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User 26.08.2007 01:48:45 |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Hi Felix, Thanks for a great piece of software. I also like the pricing for multiple licenses, I bought this for my 3 Macs. A few observations / suggestions from my first few days of using the software. 1) I am using EyeTv with a ZephIR to control a satellite box. When I change channels using the Remote Buddy channel list the following happens. The screen goes blank for about one second and then the ZEPHIR sends the signal. This does not happen if I use EyeTV without Remote Buddy, there is no lag when EyeTV / ZEPHIR are used without Remote Buddy, not really a problem, just an observation. 2) Is it possible to reduce the amount of pixels the virtual mouse moves for each click. For very small icons (setting the time in eyetv program schedule) the step movement is a little too big and the icon is sometimes difficult to click on. 3) The ZEPHIR software works well and accurately learns IR codes. I would like to be able to turn on and off my TV and possibly control other IR functions using the WiiMote in conjunction with the ZEPHIR software. Do you know of any scripts or behaviors that have been written that will allow Remote Buddy to control the ZEPHIR IR blaster output? I really would like help on the ZEPHIR scripts mentioed above in #3. Thanks again for a great piece of software. FMD | 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 - EyeTV Receiver
The latest info on hard- and software-requirements including info on support hardware can be found on the dedicated page for EyeTV receivers.
Please consider making use of the free Remote Buddy trial version to test your device for compatibility directly on your computer.
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 28.08.2007 10:45:01 | Re: ZephIR Control and EyeTV | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Hi FMD, thanks for sharing your observations. 1) Remote Buddy uses AppleScript to change channels in EyeTV. Depending on your system, this might be an AppleScript performance issue. 2) Right now, the step can't be set, but I can add such an option for sure. (put it on the Todo list). 3) I don't know the Zephir software, but if it allows scripting, this should be really easy. You can then either use the "Custom actions" item in the Mapping tables - or use the Behaviour Construction Kit to create a Behaviour compiled of AppleScripts by yourself. I recommend the video in the developer section of this website for a quick intro on how Behaviours are constructed. Best regards, Felix
| User 09.09.2007 11:28:51 | Re: ZephIR Control and EyeTV | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Hi Felix, Thanks for the reply. With the scripting ability of the ZephIr software I now have remote buddy controlling all of my external components (TV on/off, Satellite, Amplifier etc). Remote Buddy really is one great verstatile sofware package. Thanks FMD
| User 02.10.2007 00:01:11 | Re: ZephIR Control and EyeTV | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. With the scripting ability of the ZephIr software I now have remote buddy controlling all of my external components (TV on/off, Satellite, Amplifier etc). FMD, this is fantastic news! With my growing frustration with my Logitech remote, I've been looking into the ZephIR solution to controlling my external hardware (speaker amp and TV) as well. Thanks for posting your results. Would you be willing to help another user in the future? :)
| User 02.10.2007 18:20:11 | ZephIR Control & power up? | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. With the scripting ability of the ZephIr software I now have remote buddy controlling all of my external components (TV on/off, Satellite, Amplifier etc). FMD, I was thinking... how do you turn your TV back on, if you can't see the RB window?! Turning everything off after you're done using your media center is easy, but turning back on is another thing. That's one area where RB is quite reliant on a monitor to see what you're doing. Would it be possible with Applescript to detect when the Mac is coming out of the sleep state (i.e., turning all equipment to the ON state)? If so, then I suppose you could automate turning the TV back on. Does the ZephIR software have this sort of sensing built in? If not, Griffin makes a free key automator app called Proxi: http://proxi.griffintechnology.com/ and it has a sleep monitor action built in. Perhaps with this, you could also monitor any keyboard / IR remote presses. Something like: if (keyboard OR remote) { if (waking from sleep) { tell ZephIR turn on TV & amp } }
| User 04.10.2007 17:18:57 | Re: ZephIR Control & power up? | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. iRob, I am using one very basic Applescript to fire the Zephir, and have not tried any Macros yet. The Applescript / Zephir is very reliable and the IR output is very strong. One of the main issues with the Zephir is that it takes time to learn IR codes, it is not as simple as a Logitech. In answer to you question on powering on the screen, I am using the Wii remote with one dedicated button for powering on the TV. FMD
| User 04.10.2007 17:51:25 | Re: ZephIR Control & power up? | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. FMD, where did you buy your ZephIR? How long ago was it? Their store seems to be down and no one from the company is replying to emails. :(
| User 04.10.2007 18:01:39 | Re: ZephIR Control & power up? | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. I was also trying to buy another zephir, I was told that the store is down as they currently have no stock. It will be about 3 weeks before they have stock again. FMD
| User 05.10.2007 11:13:05 | Re: ZephIR Control & power up? | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Right now, I wouldn't know a way to execute an AppleScript on sleep / wake, sorry. Best regards, Felix
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