MCE Remote WITHOUT ANY SOFTWARE!

[skyking]

I'm getting places with this, thank you very much!
Where I'm lost now is converting the F keys to the proper binary values.
I have an OEM HP with music, radio, and pictures button. I need to map F4, F5, F6
I already know the proper first part from the IRcodes table. I could use some help with how to get the rest.
I looked at what was here and can't see where
04,00,40
for F7 came from:o

EDIT: Ok I got it. The 04 for keyboard commands, the 00 well, just because.

[misterc]

Firstly thanks for this useful information on how to change the codes, it works perfect for me. I wanted to change one of the mappings to switch between fullscreen and windowed and I cant work out how to map Alt+Enter on the remote, I previously used the Green Windows button on HIP to do this.

Could you tell me the code used to map the Green button to Alt+Enter. Thanks.

[pBS]

alt-enter would be 04,04,28 i believe...
the key modifiers are:

list of ctrl/alt/shift states:
CTRL 1 (0x01)
SHIFT 2 (0x02)
CTRL+SHIFT 3 (0x03)
ALT 4 (0x04)
CTRL+ALT 5 (0x05)
SHIFT+ALT 6 (0x06)
WIN 8 (0x08)
CTRL+WIN 9 (0x09)
SHIFT+WIN 10 (0x0A)
ALT+WIN 12 (0x0C)

which gets put in second pair of last section..

04,04,28 =
first pair=what type of key it is, [keyboard key, remote key,appcommand,etc]
second pair=modifier...alt-cntrl-shift,etc..
third pair=key code itself..

so,
04,=it's a keyboard key we're emulating
04,=alt-
28,=enter...

[pBS]

btw,power is 03,81,00 for the regular power key...
03,82,00 is suspend/sleep..
03,83,00 is system wake? hmm...interesting..

[misterc]

thanks for the correct codes for Alt+Enter, it worked perfect.

[jw100]

This fix has saved me from remote hell after trying Intelliremote (works well but needs $$), LMRemote and IR ServerSuite (couldn't get fully working, maybe crippled under Win7). If I were to be using the remote with other applications, I would splash out on Intelliremote, but it's over complex just for a few key mappings.

Besides the changes made in the revised map at the start of this thread, I have added a few more mappings.
Since there's no UK Freeview Teletext support, I programmed my "teletext" button for subtitles instead:
5A,00,00,00,04,01,0C
where 5A is my RC118 teletext button (MCE-compatible), and 04,01,0C is keyboard press Ctrl-Y.
This actually works better than on any other Freeview TV/recorder I have used - they all need multiple button presses. [Edit: I just noticed the yellow button is already programmed for that, but I think the labelled key will be easier to remember]

49,00,00,00,04,00,3E F5 Pictures
50,00,00,00,04,00,3F F6 Radio
4A,00,00,00,04,00,3C F3 Videos
47,00,00,00,04,00,3D F4 Music

One guide says to restart eHome under Devices after changes, but this is greyed out under Win7 defaults, so I just plugged the receiver out/in to force it.
My exported key is attached - please backup your own before using.

[dvasco]

pBS,

I have gone to Windows 7 and I am trying to use your mceblast but I am not seeing the emitter light up. The wiki directs me to this thread. Can you give me an example of how I would send channel 241 to port 2? mceblast 241 remoteindex b or just mceblast 241 b?

[collin]

I was not able to get MCEblast to work, I also run windows 7. I used IRBlast.exe(comes with IR server suite) for blasting and used the following parameters: -host localhost –port Port_1(2) –channel {channel}. The MCE remote fix works great for my remote though!

[dvasco]

Collin, do you have 64bit Windows 7? I got IR Server to capture some keys and I tested and saw the blasters/emitters light up. I set that aside to set up a few other things and made some changes in GBPVR for the PCH and now I can't get the receiver to capture the key presses from the satellite remote. I have rebooted and switched between pBs' reg patch and the default. I still can't get it to work again. Any ideas?

[collin]

Collin, do you have 64bit Windows 7? I got IR Server to capture some keys and I tested and saw the blasters/emitters light up. I set that aside to set up a few other things and made some changes in GBPVR for the PCH and now I can't get the receiver to capture the key presses from the satellite remote. I have rebooted and switched between pBs' reg patch and the default. I still can't get it to work again. Any ideas?

I'm running the 32bit home edition(it was cheap). I actually found a posting from someone else on here with a way to manually input the codes for your device. If you have IR Server Suite installed go to c:\program data(not program files)\ir server suite\set top boxes. Program Data is hidden by default. If your STB is one of the directories, copy the commands in that directory to c:\program data\IR Server Suite\IR Commands. The next time you go into IR Server Suite's Translator the commands will show up in the IR Commands tab and will just work. No learning necessary. I only use IR Server Suite for blasting, I use the reg patch for remote keys. It's been a rock solid setup and was the easiest way I found to control two STBs with two IR blasters.