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13.07.2008 15:26:14
Wake up on usb with eHome 2005 receiver?
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I cannot wake up my mac mini from sleep with my eHome 2005 reciever + Apple Remote + RB - i found this topic:

"The eHome 2005 receiver does not support "wake by Apple Remote" in the first place. That feature only is available when using Apple's own 
built-in receivers."

Is this still the case?

And would this be solved if i got the keyspan express reciever?

Best regards, 
Kristian of Denmark 

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14.07.2008 11:35:16
Re: Wake up on usb with eHome 2005 receiver?
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Thanks for asking.

"Wake up from remote" is a low-level hardware / USB protocol feature, 
which needs to be implemented by the receiver. It can't be added by 
software running on your Mac because, of course, when the Mac is 
sleeping no software can be run.

The eHome 2005 receiver do not support wakeup in hardware, so I'm 
afraid it can never be added.

The Keyspan Express receiver is the only 3rd party IR receiver I can 
currently think of that supports wakeup by remote.

Best regards, 
Felix Schwarz 

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14.07.2008 15:45:50
Re: Wake up on usb with eHome 2005 receiver?
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Thanks for answering - and thanks for a super product.

And if anybody knows where to buy Keyspan Express in Denmark, please don't be shy :)

Best regards, 
Kristian 

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24.07.2008 01:26:40
Re: Wake up on usb with eHome 2005 receiver?
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Hi Felix, 
Do you know if the cheaper Keyspans like the URM-15T will do Wake-up?

Thanks, 

User

24.07.2008 16:44:11
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Hello Ryan,

to the best of my knowledge only the Keyspan Express does support wake 
from sleep. The hardware of the URM-15T appears to be identical to the 
late Digital Media Remote receivers (which did not support wake from 
sleep). Since I could never get my hands on a URM-15T here in Germany, 
though, I can't tell for sure. It might be a different revision and 
might be supporting wake from sleep, but I personally don't believe 
so. Keyspan wants to sell the Express bundle, too, after all.

If you go for the Remote for iTunes bundle, please make sure you can 
return it and please share your experience here on the forum.

Best regards, 
Felix Schwarz 

User

07.08.2008 21:05:52
Re: Wake up on usb with eHome 2005 receiver?
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Hello Felix, 
I've purchased the Keyspan Remote for iTunes (URM-15T) and it is working fine out of the box.

The main reason I'm replacing my eHome 2005 is to wake from sleep. The Keyspan does wake from sleep, but there is a major problem. It will wake from any IR signal, no matter what remote and no matter how short or long the press is.

If I use the Keyspan driver (removing RB driver) it has a setting to lower the sensitivity so that it has to be a long press to wake from sleep.

First, is there a way to change the sensitivity in your RB driver so that it has to be a long press and second, is there a way to limit it just to the Keyspan remote?

Thanks so much, 
Ryan 

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10.08.2008 15:19:16
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Thanks for the info!

I was not aware that the URM-15T has a settable period of time after 
which it wakes up. I've put investigations into and support for this 
feature on the ToDo-list (=> not a promise, as I may not be able to 
get hold of a URM-15T here in Germany, but that makes sure I won't 
forget looking into it).

Regarding limiting the wakeup functionality to a certain remote: I 
don't think that'll be possible. The Keyspan receiver does not do any 
parsing/decoding of the raw IR signals it receives on its own. That's 
entirely done in the software on your computer.

Opposed to that, receivers like the one Apple builds into Macs limit 
wake up to specific remotes (here: the Apple Remote), but also do 
parsing/decoding of the raw IR signals in hardware. That's the 
positive aspect. The negative aspect here is that these receivers are 
limited in hardware to a limited set of remotes using the same 
protocol and thus lack the flexibility a "stupid" receiver like the 
Keyspan has.

Best regards, 
Felix Schwarz