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28.10.2014 10:35:46

Behavior Construction Kit loses & scrambles Actions

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I created 4 new Actions in the Action Factory pane of the Behavior Construction Kit. Each of the actions is an AppleScript and is marked "globally available". (I did not define anything in the Behavior Factory pane.)

I then closed the Behavior Construction Kit window and attempted to map the new actions to Apple Infrared Remote buttons in Prefs > Mapping.

One of the newly defined actions was missing from the Perform Action popup. Other buttons were mapped to the wrong action.

I eventually solved the problem of the missing action by duplicating it in the Action Factory and choosing the duplicate in the Mapping pane. I eventually solved the problem of the erroneous mappings by deleting and recreating the actions in the Action Factory. However, this is a serious bug.

Last edited: 28.10.2014 10:38:40

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

Configuration

How do I add a new action to a Behaviour - f.ex. an emulated key press or AppleScript? (FAQ015E0153)
1) Open the Remote Buddy Preferences via the pulldown-menu and choose "Mapping".
2) Choose the mapping you want to modify.
3) Select "Custom actions" for the button you want to map to an action of your own.
4) Create the action you need using the appearing editor.

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.
After updating to OS X 10.6.2, my Apple® Remote is no longer available for selection in Remote Buddy. (FAQ015E0236)
Please update your copy of Remote Buddy to version 1.15 or later.

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Behavior Construction Kit loses & scrambles Actions, User, 28.10.2014 10:35:46

Re: Behavior Construction Kit loses & scrambles Actions, User, 28.10.2014 10:51:01

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