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User 10.11.2008 21:19:06 |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Hello Felix I noticed that with the ir mouse mode activated the orientation of the Wii remote has an influence on the mouse on the screen. In the extreme case you hold your remote up side down and the mouse on the screen gets inverted. I'm looking for a way to disable that so that the mouse always goes right when I point right no matter how I hold the remote. Is this possible? Cheers, Rob
| These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic: Hardware - Apple® Remote
To enable you to use all capabilities of the IR Receiver of your Mac®, Remote Buddy is using its own driver. In contrast, all other applications with integrated Apple® Remote support usually use the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.
As long as you're running Remote Buddy, Remote Buddy and its driver are responsible for turning the received button presses into actions. As soon as you quit Remote Buddy, this task is again handled by the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.
If other applications don't use the interface to the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem correctly, this can lead to the effect that nothing happens when you press a button on your Apple® Remote. For as long as you're running Remote Buddy, issues like this are covered by Remote Buddy and it's driver and are therefore not visible to you. However, as soon as you quit Remote Buddy, the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem is back in control and any issues caused in it by other applications become visible.
Therefore Remote Buddy is neither the cause of the issue nor is it responsible for it. Instead, the cause of the issue exists independently of Remote Buddy. It's located elsewhere and can also only be solved there.
Although our products can't cause any such issues, we're regularly contacted about such issues and asked for help. In order to make locating and fixing the cause of such issues as easy and efficient as possible, we've developed a free diagnostics tool: Remote Control Diagnostics. It can locate issues with a single click and will provide you with information about the issue as well as with instructions on how you can fix it.
Hardware - Wii™ Remote Built into the Wii™ Remote is an infrared sensor, that can locate several, punctual infrared light sources and report their location to Remote Buddy.
It's impossible to determine the position of the remote control - and thus also moving the mouse cursor - without at least one of these infrared lightsources.
When using the game console, the so called sensor bar is supplying this IR light source. The name is a bit misleading, as it does not contain any sensors at all, just IR diodes, that emit light in the IR spectrum - which is invisible to the human eye.
If no sensor bar is available to you - or if the IR diodes in it are currently turned off, another infrared light source is required. Infrared radiation is also called heat radiation. Simply said, when there's heat, there's infrared light, too. Using this physical phenomena, you can also use very hot objects as infrared light source - whereas f.ex. tealights and candles are especially predestined. Always make sure to exclude the possibility of a fire and any other risks, when using burning candles, tealights or very hot objects,
An infrared receiver can not be used as infrared lightsource. It can only receive, not emit infrared light.
TV sets and monitors don't create light in the infrared range that would be strong enough, either.
In order to use the infrared mouse mode, you have to point your remote control to the IR lightsource. You can easily check, whether this source is strong enough by having a look at the options of your remote in Remote Buddy's preferences (in the Hardware tab). There, all light sources recognized by the IR sensor are displayed for as long as the IR mouse mode is active.
You can find more information on infrared light on f.ex. Wikipedia (Link to external article).
| User 14.11.2008 15:12:11 | Re: Wii remote mouse invert | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Hello Rob, thanks for asking. Right now, Remote Buddy assumes an even positioning of the Wii Remote. Support for other positions is on the ToDo list, but not a high priority item atm. Best regards, Felix Schwarz
| User 16.11.2008 19:55:58 | Re: Wii remote mouse invert | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. ok, i'm looking forward to that. for me this would be an essential feature because this makes remote buddy useful for more interesting applications then just a fancy remote. cheers rob
| User 03.02.2009 23:36:16 | Re: How to attach a simple script to a Menu | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Felix, How do I attach a simple script to a menu. When I use the Action Factory is created a second step where I have to select ACTIVATE. Thanks again, Neil On Nov 14, 2008, at 8:12 AM, Felix wrote: Hello Rob, thanks for asking. Right now, Remote Buddy assumes an even positioning of the Wii Remote. Support for other positions is on the ToDo list, but not a high priority item atm. Best regards, Felix Schwarz [standard mail footer removed] | User 05.02.2009 17:02:17 | Re: Re: How to attach a simple script to a Menu | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Thanks for asking. 1) Create the action in the action factory. 2) Select the "global" checkbox in the metadata of the action. 3) Find it in Prefs > Menu > (in Library > Actions > Miscellaneous) and drag it at any place of your choice in the menu. Best regards, Felix Schwarz
| User 14.02.2009 22:32:16 | Re: Behavior does not appear in the library. | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Felix, I am creating a Remote for a Sony DB player. I have created the actions and a behavior in the Action Factory. When I try to go and find the Action Called "Blu Ray" in the Library it cannot be found in Actions or Behaviors. I have complied, test driven, and installed it too. What am I missing? Neil Johnson On Feb 5, 2009, at 10:02 AM, Felix wrote: Thanks for asking. 1) Create the action in the action factory. 2) Select the "global" checkbox in the metadata of the action. 3) Find it in Prefs > Menu > (in Library > Actions > Miscellaneous) and drag it at any place of your choice in the menu. Best regards, Felix Schwarz [standard mail footer removed] | User 25.02.2009 19:34:07 | Re: How to start RB with a particular Behavior via applescript | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Hello, I am trying to write an applescript to start remote buddy with a behavior called BLURAY. Are there any samples out there? Thanks, Neil Johnson On Feb 5, 2009, at 10:02 AM, Felix wrote: Thanks for asking. 1) Create the action in the action factory. 2) Select the "global" checkbox in the metadata of the action. 3) Find it in Prefs > Menu > (in Library > Actions > Miscellaneous) and drag it at any place of your choice in the menu. Best regards, Felix Schwarz [standard mail footer removed] |
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