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User 18.12.2007 17:14:42 | how do I unpair the PS3 remote? | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. I have my slingplayer set up on my mac, and just installed remote buddy. I'd like to be able to use slingplayer almost like I use my skyHD downstairs. the apple remote is a little limited so I thought the PS3 bluetooth remote woudl be ideal. but when I press a button, it switches my PS3 on. is there something I can do to unpair it, so I can use it with remote buddy? I don't really use it when watching movies as it isn't backlit, so this would be ideal if I can get it working properly with slingplayer | 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.
Please update your copy of Remote Buddy to version 1.15 or later.
Hardware - Sony® BD Remote Control
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
- Use Remote Buddy's Setup Wizard to pair your remote control
- Restart your Mac® directly after the pairing was successful, while the remote is still connected.
- The remote should now work without problems.
If you've already paired the Sony® PS3 BD Remote with your Mac®
- 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.
- 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.
- All steps that follow should be performed on the Mac® that you want to use your remote control with.
- Remove - if it exists - the entry of your remote control at Remote Buddy > Preferences > Hardware ® Bluetooth Receiver. The entry usually is titled "BD Remote".
- If existant, remove the device "BD Remote" from System Preferences > Bluetooth.
- 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®.
- Use Remote Buddy's Setup Wizard to pair your remote control
- Restart your Mac® directly after the pairing was successful, while the remote is still connected.
- The remote should now work without problems.
Hardware - Wii™ Remote In order to automatically activate the Bluetooth® Receiver on startup, enter the settings, choose "Hardware", then click on "Bluetooth® Receiver". Finally activate the checkbox "Search for supported remotes on startup". Remote Buddy will then automatically look for remote control paired through the "Setup Wizard" on next startup.
| User 18.12.2007 18:59:32 | Re: how do I unpair the PS3 remote? | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. alternatively, I do have an eyeTV remote. But trying that, there only seems to be a small number of buttons mappable to slingplayer actions. Is there some way to use the other buttons? | User 18.12.2007 20:52:20 | Re: how do I unpair the PS3 remote? | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. just me in here chatting to myself :) so, found the behaviour kit, played with that for a while. then found that I could unmap the eyeTV controls from being 'direct to receiver' or whatever. Then the slingplayer application had them all available for me to map. then I went in and added the ones that weren't there (number keys etc) as custom keys. Needed to change to single key press to stop repeats, but seems ok so far. I don't like the idea of needing eyeTV open for this to work though. Will stick it out for a while and see how I go. hopefully I'll have it mostly polished up by the time my demo runs out so I can know whether to buy it or not. But looking good so far :D
| User 18.12.2007 23:10:02 | Re: how do I unpair the PS3 remote? | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. I'm sorry, but Remote Buddy can only control functionality on your Mac and I really only own the remote but not the gaming console, so I can't give you any advice on this either. What will work for sure, though, would be to plug your console into a
power strip with a power switch that allows you to really switch off
your console. You'll also save energy this way. Best regards,
Felix
| User 18.12.2007 23:14:08 | Re: Re: how do I unpair the PS3 remote? | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. I don't like the idea of needing eyeTV open for this to work though. Will stick it out for a while and see how I go. That's unavoidable as EyeTV is containing the actual driver. If Remote Buddy had its own driver, EyeTV and Remote Buddy would be mutually exclusive. hopefully I'll have it mostly polished up by the time my demo runs out so I can know whether to buy it or not. But looking good so far :D While you're at testing ;-) .. does "channel up" work for you? If not,
which key do you have to press on your keyboard to make SlingPlayer to
go up a channel? The reason I'm asking is my lack of access to a SlingBox. I thus can
neither test the SlingPlayer Behaviour nor can I fix problems without
the help from users. Best regards,
Felix
| User 19.12.2007 15:08:03 | Re: how do I unpair the PS3 remote? | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. ok, seems to be OK for channel change, although I don't use those so much - I tend to browse the EPG and flick through that way. slingplayer has key bindings for all the main controls (at least for my sky remote) apart from 'backup' which is annoying and I've asked them to add it. i'll list the keys that slingplayer exposes for me later when I get home if its helpful (in case you could update your default slingplayer config)
| User 19.12.2007 19:33:19 | Re: how do I unpair the PS3 remote? | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. ok, on the slingplayer remote, the keyboard shortcuts are channel up =
channel down -
number keys are just the numbers (so 1=1 etc)
play P
pause U
stop S
record ctrl+shift+R
rewind R
ffwd F
red ctrl+shift+D
green crtl+shift+G
blue ctrl+shift+B
yellow crtl+shift+Y
volume up cmd+up arrow
volume down cmd+down arrow
info I
mute cmd+option+down arrow
power toggle ctrl+shift+P
program guide G | User 07.01.2008 18:06:01 | Re: Re: how do I unpair the PS3 remote? | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Sorry for the late reply. The info on the keys would be most useful, but it would have to
reflect the standard key configuration as shipped by SlingPlayer. An updated behaviour is just a matter of minutes then. Best regards,
Felix
| User 07.01.2008 18:08:02 | Re: Re: how do I unpair the PS3 remote? | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Just saw you already posted them ;-) Thanks a lot for the overview! Can you use the = and - on the number block of your keyboard? Best regards,
Felix
| User 07.01.2008 22:23:01 | Re: how do I unpair the PS3 remote? | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Hi don't know, I'm using a wireless keyboard right now which does'nt have a numpad. But the - and = next to the numbers on the top row work ok. | User 16.01.2008 12:49:01 | Re: Re: how do I unpair the PS3 remote? | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Did you have a chance to try with a full-featured keyboard in the meantime? Best regards,
Felix
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