2008-11-10, 01:08 AM
ok, I figured out how to make it work with EventGhost.
First, you need to add TWO copies of the HID plugin (which for reasons known to them but not me, shows up under 'Other' rather than as a remote receiver). On my system, the Gyration RF Technology Receiver shows up about 7 times. For me, the first entry reads the button with the little 'i' on it (it reads others too, but the others already work in GB-PVR). Then the last entry gets the Green Button, the little TV with the Play icon (opposite the 'i' button), the 4 media buttons just above the number pad, and the DVD Menu button at the bottom right.
As near as I can tell the remaining buttons at the very bottom of the remote don't generate HID events at all - the little green LED above the power button doesn't flash for those like it does for all the other buttons.
To actually map a button to a keypress, you create a new Macro, select the Window-Emulate Keypress action, enter in the keypress(es) you want. Now, hit the desired button on the remote. An HID.Button event will show up in the log on the left - drag it into your macro on the right, and you're done.
I also disabled all the other plug-ins and macros; the only function I'm after now is mapping HID buttons to keypresses. I see EventGhost is really powerful, it may yet have more uses for me.
Like many things it all seems quite simple having figured it out, but it was rather complicated to get here.
Now I just need to decide which keypresses to assign to which buttons.
First, you need to add TWO copies of the HID plugin (which for reasons known to them but not me, shows up under 'Other' rather than as a remote receiver). On my system, the Gyration RF Technology Receiver shows up about 7 times. For me, the first entry reads the button with the little 'i' on it (it reads others too, but the others already work in GB-PVR). Then the last entry gets the Green Button, the little TV with the Play icon (opposite the 'i' button), the 4 media buttons just above the number pad, and the DVD Menu button at the bottom right.
As near as I can tell the remaining buttons at the very bottom of the remote don't generate HID events at all - the little green LED above the power button doesn't flash for those like it does for all the other buttons.
To actually map a button to a keypress, you create a new Macro, select the Window-Emulate Keypress action, enter in the keypress(es) you want. Now, hit the desired button on the remote. An HID.Button event will show up in the log on the left - drag it into your macro on the right, and you're done.
I also disabled all the other plug-ins and macros; the only function I'm after now is mapping HID buttons to keypresses. I see EventGhost is really powerful, it may yet have more uses for me.
Like many things it all seems quite simple having figured it out, but it was rather complicated to get here.
Now I just need to decide which keypresses to assign to which buttons.