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24.11.2006 09:18:42

Wake up with Keyspan Express

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Hi Felix,

first thanks for this great app and for your superb support to user requests and questions!!!!
im using RB since it supports the Keyspan express receiver and i just love it.
But there is one things that doesn't seem to work correctly here (mini PPC 1.4 1GB Ram , 10.4.8):
when i put my mini to sleep, i can not wake it up via the remote. this was possible with the original Keyspan-driver. As i don't have Keyboard nor Mouse connected this is a little annoying.
Any ideas on that?
Thanks in advance.

Heiko

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

Driver

What is the task of the driver and what do I need it for? (FAQ015E0177)
The Setup Wizard already contains a summary on how the driver does help Remote Buddy to provide additional features and hardware support. If that summary was too short, here's some more info on each of the points:
- fix for Apple® Remote driver problems in OS X
  Since OS X 10.4.9 (that includes 10.4.10/10.4.11/10.5.x/..) many users have been experiencing that one button press on their remote does now trigger two reactions - once from any currently running application that supports the Apple® Remote, once the default system action. So, this problem is not specific to Remote Buddy. The driver provides a clean, system conform fix to this problem using only documented APIs.
- enabling of all features of built-in IR receivers
  Only with the Remote Buddy driver do you gain support for arbitrary length button presses for the Play and Menu buttons as well as minimized reaction times for all buttons. While this may sound like unimportant technical details, they actually do have a strong practical impact. If, for example, you want to map a function to the Play or Menu button, that you want to see executed for as long as you press that button, this was previously simply impossible to achieve. This limitation still applies to all other applications. It does not for Remote Buddy with the driver loaded.
- the emulation of a virtual Apple® Remote
  Control applications that have support for and listen to an Apple® Remote - with any remote control of your choice supported by Remote Buddy. And on any Mac®. This allows you to f.ex. use iAlertU side by side with Remote Buddy or accessing special functions and modes inside applications that would otherwise require these apps to have full control over the built-in IR receiver of your Mac® - and that your Mac® actually came with one.
- support for Bluetooth® remotes and external receivers
  It's not possible to reliably operate many Bluetooth® based remotes, like for example the Wii® Remote with a Mac® purely from userspace due to limitations in the operating system. The situation for many external receivers is similiar: some of their features - or the entire device - can only be supported with the help of a driver.

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.

User

25.11.2006 16:05:01

Re: Wake up with Keyspan Express

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Hi Heiko,

thanks for letting me know. I'm not sure, however, whether I can make
this work. Reason is, Remote Buddy's drivers are operating from user
space and are not kernel extensions. That has a number of advantages
(high stability, high security, mostly independant of Kernel API
changes) but I have doubts that a system could be woken up from a
userspace driver, since it would basically require the application to
run while the system is sleeping. Another possibility could be that I
missed a small detail when initializing the receiver. I'll put it on
the Todo list and do indepth research on possible solutions as soon
as possible.

Not pretty, but a working and quick workaround: plugging and
unplugging the receiver will wake up your mini, too.

Best regards,
Felix

User

03.01.2007 16:33:55

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I too would be very interested in seeing this feature of my express remote return. it's my single complaint with your great program. i really hope you can make it work. in the original driver it just detected IR signal in varying levels to wake the computer, not a specific keypress.

good luck,
-rae

Last edited: 03.01.2007 16:34:29

User

04.01.2007 22:43:01

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Hello Rae,

thanks for bringing this back to my immediate attention!

I'll look into it as soon as I find a little time.

Best regards,
Felix

User

17.05.2007 22:14:23

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Hi Felix,

Love your product. Wondering if there's any progress on the issue. RB also introduced a Kernel extension (if I understand that right). Is there a possibility to add a wake-on-sleep function to the kernel extension?

Hope you don't mind me bringing this back to your attention.

...Remote Buddy's drivers are operating from user space and are not kernel extensions.

User

21.05.2007 16:48:02

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Hi,

thanks for asking.

I'll certainly see what can be done as soon as I find some time.

Best regards,
Felix

User

28.10.2007 15:53:11

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I'd like to put in another vote for being able to wake up my mini using my Keyspan Express. I was a bit disappointed to find out that this doesn't work in an otherwise excellent product.

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