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Trying to improve the user experience of my mini HTPC further, I am puzzled on how to solve the following:
Currently I run Plex and EyeTV on the mini and use RB to switch between the applications. To manipulate the menus I use either AJAX or a Harmony 555. The Harmony is currently using the EyeTV IR receiver; I effectively replaced the EyeTV IR remote with the Harmony and changed the EyeTV remote buttonmap to my liking in RB. This includes using some scripts to change between Plex/EyeTV easily etc.
The nice thing here is the EyeTV remote buttonmap is extensive enough to assign custom actions to buttons I otherwise don't need and still have all the functionality to easily manipulate EyeTV. Plex and other applications are a lot less demanding in the buttonset needed.
The disadvantage however is I can't use IR controls until EyeTV is running. This implies e.g. that when my mac sleeps there is no method to wake it, and if EyeTV hangs for whatever reason my IR control is lost.
As alternative, I understand I can also make use of the mac mini native IR that responds to an AppleRemote.
This would allow waking, but a major drawback of this remote is the very small amount of buttons/actions available. I already have trouble with the AJAX interface's limited amount of buttons (almost the same buttonmap), but the AppleRemote has even less. I am really struggling to get all the actions in I'd like to use. And e.g. typing numbers to go to a certain TV channel is of course plain impossible.
My question is how to use a more extensive button/action-remote on the native IR receiver of the mini? Is this possible and if yes how?
Thanks
Kind regards
Jurgen
