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04.11.2011 19:17:42

Calling Individual RemoteBuddy buttons without a Keep-Alive connection

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Hi,

I was wondering if there was a way to call RemoteBuddy button commands via HTTP without requiring a Keep-Alive connection?

For example, to call the UP button, I can use the following URL:
http://192.168.1.5:8888/RemoteControl/remote.rmbd?event=press&button=Up&sid=&transactionCounter=1

It works okay in a browser and with CURL, but there are two issues with the application I am ultimately hoping to use it with:
* The application does not support Keep-Alive connections. Is there a different way to call buttons, without Keep-Alive?
* It also requires event=release in a seperate HTTP call. While a single URL for UP press and release would be nice, it is not a necessity. Is there a way to call a button using just one HTTP call?(instead of two)

The first item, I am pretty much dead in the water on, unless I find a different solution, and the second would be nice if there is a solution, but i can always work around it.

Thanks for your help and thanks for making such a great app!

These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic:

Hardware - Apple® Remote

After uninstalling/quitting Remote Buddy, my Mac® no longer reacts to the Apple® Remote. (FAQ015E0241)
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 - Sony® BD Remote Control

I'm having problems with the Sony® PS3 BD Remote under OS X® 10.8/10.9. (FAQ015E0246)
There's a bug in the Bluetooth®-stack of OS X® 10.8/10.9 in the context of pairing a Sony® PS3 BD Remote. OS X® 10.8/10.9 will ask you to enter a PIN code when you try to connect your remote control. This problem is known by Apple®.

If you pair your Sony® PS3 BD Remote with your Mac® for the first time
1. Use Remote Buddy's Setup Wizard to pair your remote control
2. Restart your Mac® directly after the pairing was successful, while the remote is still connected.
3. The remote should now work without problems.
If you've already paired the Sony® PS3 BD Remote with your Mac®
1. 10.9 only: Try entering 0000 as PIN and reboot. If you're lucky, that was all you needed to do. If this does not solve your issue, please continue with the steps that follow.
2. First, we'll need to remove the Link Key of your Mac® from the memory of your remote control. Since this remote control can only store one Link Key, it's as easy as pairing the remote control with another Mac®. To do so, open System Preferences > Bluetooth on another Mac® and pair your remote with it.
3. All steps that follow should be performed on the Mac® that you want to use your remote control with.
4. Remove - if it exists - the entry of your remote control at Remote Buddy > Preferences > Hardware ® Bluetooth Receiver. The entry usually is titled "BD Remote".
5. If existant, remove the device "BD Remote" from System Preferences > Bluetooth.
6. Delete the Bluetooth preferences files by entering the following in Terminal.app and hitting return (Warning: this deletes all information about all paired Bluetooth® devices):
```
sudo rm /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist
sudo rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist
sudo rm ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.Bluetooth.*.plist
```
  Please enter your admin password when requested. Then restart your Mac®.
7. Use Remote Buddy's Setup Wizard to pair your remote control
8. Restart your Mac® directly after the pairing was successful, while the remote is still connected.
9. The remote should now work without problems.

User

06.11.2011 14:34:02

Re: Calling Individual RemoteBuddy buttons without a Keep-Alive connection

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Thanks for asking.

Remote Buddy's RapidHTTPD server supports, but doesn't require Keep-Alive.

Your client should include "Connection: close" among the HTTP request's header fields - and Remote Buddy's RapidHTTPD will close the connection after serving the request.

More details here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_persistent_connection
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-8.1 (8.1.2.1 Negotiation)

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

User

07.11.2011 04:08:39

Re: Calling Individual RemoteBuddy buttons without a Keep-Alive connection

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Thanks for all the great info Felix!

Is there a complete list of all the arguments accepted by remote.rmbd, that I would be able to take a look at?

Thanks again!
- Brett

User

19.12.2011 22:00:00

Re: Calling Individual RemoteBuddy buttons without a Keep-Alive connection

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i'm very interested by a complete list command for remote.rmbd !
Thanks a lot

User

20.12.2011 09:47:01

Re: Calling Individual RemoteBuddy buttons without a Keep-Alive connection

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Thanks for asking.

These are the button names you can pass via HTTP, corresponding to the respective buttons in AJAX Remote's interface:

Up
Down
Left
Right
Play
Menu
RB
Exit

Here's a word of warning, though: the HTTP interface put in place for AJAX Remote is not an official API and may change in the future.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

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