Hauppauge remote without IR.exe?

[isgdre]

Hi All

Hauppauge support said that it's possable to get SageTV to respond to the remote without having it have focus by using setting like this;

PLAY={findwnd(SageApp,SageWin)}{SendMsg(1258,0,59)}
NAVLEFT={findwnd(SageApp,SageWin)}{SendMsg(1258,0,2)}
NAVRIGHT={findwnd(SageApp,SageWin)}{SendMsg(1258,0,3)}

etc... etc...
Does anyone know what this means and if it can be used to re-configure the GB-PVR to be able to be run in the background?

[mikey]

I'm sure you could do exactly the same with GB-PVR, but instead of using the {SendMsg()} command, you just need to send the keystrokes listed in tipstir's post above.

[isgdre]

Well it's my understanding that {SendMsg()} IS exactly the thing that makes it possable to have GB-PVR (SageTV) not have to have focus. Sending keystrokes is why it needs focus.

[mikey]

No, thats not the case. You can still send keystrokes to a window thats not in the foreground, these are just a special type SendMsg(). The trick is really that you have to put these keystroke definitions in a different part of irremote.ini and use findwnd() instead of relying on the window being in the foreground.

[DaveC]

isgdre ... did you get this to work?

Does anyone know where the detailed syntax of this stuff between the { } would be documented?

Thanks

[Tjas]

I have been dealing with this issue for a while, trying to find a work around for this since Sub says the direct access feature doesn't work with the 45 button hauppauge remote, and probably won't in later releases because of the hauppauge drivers.

I have had some success recently with a freeware program called auto hot key.  It can be found at http://www.autohotkey.com

With this program, you can set up hotkeys that will send simulated keystrokes to programs, even when those programs are not in focus.

Through a combination of creating these hotkeys, and editing the remote.ini file so that the remote sends these hotkeys, I have got most of the remote functions for GBPVR to work without having to have the program in focus.  I am still working out a few bugs, and haven't had much of a chance to sit down the last few days and get 100% of the buttons working right yet, but when I do, if anyone is interested, I can send my edited irremote.ini files and my hotkey.ini files.

At any rate, it does seem to work, even though you are adding yet one more program into memory, taking up some of your system resources.  It's worth a look if you really want to use the remote without GBPVR being in focus.

Tjas

[isgdre]

No, Still Can not get this remote to work without GBPVR being in the foreground.

[hansi]

It looks like hauppauge uses the FindWindow(className, windowName) and SendMessage(windowHandle, message, wparam, lparam) functions, so I think you should be able to configure ir.exe to use the same values.

Because FindWindow will deliver the windowHandle, it looks like you only need to give the last 3 arguments.

The GBPVR window className is normally something like 'WindowsForms10.Window.8.app5' (I have also seen '..app4' depending on the window being started maximised or not), and the title (if present) is 'GB-PVR'.

GBPVR responds to messages labeled with the following values: message: 0x00008003 (32771 in decimal)
wparam: keycode delivered from the remote
lparam: 0

For wparam, I know of the following values (decimal):

const int GBPVR_0 = 192; // 0
const int GBPVR_1 = 193; // 1
const int GBPVR_2 = 194; // 2
const int GBPVR_3 = 195; // 3
const int GBPVR_4 = 196; // 4
const int GBPVR_5 = 197; // 5
const int GBPVR_6 = 198; // 6
const int GBPVR_7 = 199; // 7
const int GBPVR_8 = 200; // 8
const int GBPVR_9 = 201; // 9
const int GBPVR_UP = 224; // UP
const int GBPVR_DOWN = 225; // DOWN
const int GBPVR_LEFT = 209; // LEFT
const int GBPVR_RIGHT = 208; // RIGHT
const int GBPVR_ENTER = 229; // ENTER
const int GBPVR_ESCAPE = 223; // ESCAPE
const int GBPVR_HOME = 205; // HOME
const int GBPVR_REV = 242; // CTRL-R: also used for RED button
const int GBPVR_FFW = 244; // CTRL-F
const int GBPVR_PLAY = 245; // CTRL-P
const int GBPVR_PAUSE = 240; // CTRL-Q
const int GBPVR_STOP = 246; // CTRL-S
const int GBPVR_SKIPREV = 228; // CTRL-LEFT
const int GBPVR_SKIP = 222; // CTRL-RIGHT
const int GBPVR_GREEN = 238; // CTRL-G
const int GBPVR_BLUE = 233; // CTRL-B
const int GBPVR_RED = 242; // CTRL-R: also used for rewinding
const int GBPVR_YELLOW = 248; // CTRL-Y
const int GBPVR_ONOFF = 253; // GREEN button
const int GBPVR_GO = 251; // GO button
const int GBPVR_BLANK = 204; // Blank button
const int GBPVR_FULL = 252; // FULL button
const int GBPVR_RECORD = 247; // Record button


Hope this helps,

Hansi

[isgdre]

OUTSTANDING hansi.

It works!!!!!!!!!!

I can finaly get GBPVR to work with the 45 key remote while it's in the background!!!!!!!!!!! :-) :-) :-) :-)

I can now also bring the gbpvr to the foreground with the remote.

Now I put GBPVR in the startup of this computer and with the 350 card it's truly a PVR.

I don't even need the keyboard, mouse or monitor.


THANKS for the info.

I'll see what I can do to clean up this irremote.ini file and post it for all to use. Maybe we could get sub to change the install so they work right from the get go.

[reven]

can you give a print out of your irremote.ini gbpvr section?