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16.12.2008 20:10:00

10.5.6 Update - Anyone having problems?

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I was wondering if anyone else is having problems with their Sony BD remote after updating to 10.5.6?

I can't be sure that updating to 10.5.6 is the cause but it is the only major thing I did today.

Here is what is in the console. Does this relate to remote buddy?

Dec 16 20:03:05 Pro blued[46]: addDeviceToHIDEmulationMode - unrecognized HID device; NOT storing the link keys to the module.
Dec 16 20:03:05 Pro blued[46]: isCSR: 1 isBRCM: 0
Dec 16 20:03:05 Pro blued[46]: major class: 5 minor class: 3
Dec 16 20:06:33 Pro mds[32]: (Warning) Server: No stores registered for metascope "kMDQueryScopeNetwork"

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

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.

Hardware - Sony® BD Remote Control

How can I increase battery life? (FAQ015E0232)
To increase battery life for the Sony® BD Remote, you should turn on the power saving options Remote Buddy offers. You can find them at Remote Buddy Preferences > Hardware > Bluetooth Receiver.
These settings are recommended:
General
Search for paired remotes on startup: On.
Stop searching for paired remotes after max .. minutes: Off.
Display pairing instructions and status messages: Off. If you experience problems, you should turn this option back on to aid you in debugging the problem.

Energy saving
Automatically disconnect remotes after inactivity of more than .. minute(s): On, value of 1 minute.
Disconnect remotes when computer goes to sleep: On. The potential power saving with this option is huge. But as the warning says, this will not work with all computers: if you can't wake up your computer with your remote after turning this option on, please turn it off again.

User

16.12.2008 20:48:28

Re: 10.5.6 Update - Anyone having problems?

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I am having the same Problem after installing 10.5.6

User

16.12.2008 20:56:55

Re: 10.5.6 Update - Anyone having problems?

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It's bizarre. I've tried looking around to figure out what is wrong. In System Preferences>Bluetooth, the "BD Remote Control" is green and connected.

Then at some random interval, Remote Buddy starts registering what's going on and the menu will come up.

I've tried two other sets of batteries, just in case...

User

16.12.2008 21:00:03

Re: 10.5.6 Update - Anyone having problems?

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I also noticed that whilst remote buddy is open, kernel_task takes up around 10% of every core on a 8 core Mac Pro... that's alot of crunching

User

16.12.2008 21:33:19

Re: 10.5.6 Update - Anyone having problems?

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I have same issue. Both on 10.5.6 client and server

User

16.12.2008 21:50:17

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Thanks everybody for reporting the issue. I've been able to reproduce
it and am looking into it. What seems to be happening is that the OS X
10.5.6 version of the Apple Bluetooth stack keeps opening and closing
the communication channel in an endless loop, so that Remote Buddy
never can complete the process of connecting to the device.

Early research results hint at a possible workaround, but it'll be
quite complex and - unless I find a different solution - will require
a complete rewrite of the BD Remote driver, which - of course - will
take some time.

Therefore, I recommend everybody who has not yet updated to 10.5.6 to
postpone the update until a solution is available.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

User

16.12.2008 23:11:24

Re: 10.5.6 Update - Anyone having problems?

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Thanks for the quick response Felix. Is this problem likely to be a bug in OS X (that Apple might be open to fixing)? Or is it a change of behaviour from OS X?

User

21.12.2008 13:09:27

Re: 10.5.6 Update - Anyone having problems?

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I have a problem after updating 10.5.6. on Sony BD Remote.
I hope that Felix would rectify the problem as soon as possible.

User

22.12.2008 11:56:17

Re: Re: 10.5.6 Update - Anyone having problems?

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The exact mechanism of what is happening is still unclear to me, as I
haven't found a way to dig as deeply into the internals of IOKit as
I'd need to to get to the bottom of things.

Nonetheless, I already have the rewritten driver running and am
currently testing it in a number of different setups. Unless something
unexpected turns up during the tests, the new driver will be available
in a matter of days.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

User

23.12.2008 09:25:44

Re: 10.5.6 Update - Anyone having problems?

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FYI -

I'm not sure if this is related, but since updating to 10.5.6 I have been having trouble with movies played via front row stuttering whenever I my wii remote is not powered on.

I first noticed this when the wii remote auto-powered off and video started getting really glitchy. I pressed the 1+2 buttons to pair the remote and as soon as I did so playback resumed with no glitches or stuttering.

I have confirmed this multiple times by powering off the wii remote during video playback. I also am able to play video without remote buddy running with no stuttering.

User

23.12.2008 20:05:49

Re: 10.5.6 Update - Anyone having problems?

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Hi, Felix! Can You give me this driver please. I would like to try it .I have old Power Mac G5 dual processor. This Machine is very problematic with your program ( before of problem with update 10.5.6 i can't use brithnes, opening DVD slot and ecc... on MacBookPro 15" intel no any problems.
Thanks.

User

24.12.2008 00:38:22

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Im having the same problems :S

User

28.12.2008 23:56:03

Re: 10.5.6 Update - Anyone having problems?

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Im having the same problems. :-(

PowerMac G5 Dual 1,8 GHz (PowerPC G5), 3GB DDR SDRAM
Mac OS X 10.5.6

User

01.01.2009 14:05:42

Re: 10.5.6 Update - Anyone having problems?

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I also had this pb with 10.5.6 and the 1.11.4 release fixed this issue, thx a lot.

But in fact, I have a new hick up with the new driver : the "power saving disconnection" does not work. The BD is operating very well but Remote Buddy does not disconnect it after the specified time value (I tried multiples values without success).

Anyone having the same issue ?

User

01.01.2009 18:15:46

Re: 10.5.6 Update - Anyone having problems?

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Anyone having the same issue ?

From the release note for 1.11.4, revert back to 10.5.5 and it will work again:

NEW: New driver for the Sony® PS3 BD Remote. Apple® made changes to the Bluetooth subsystem in OS X 10.5.6 that rendered the previous driver incompatible. An unfortunate side-effect of the changes in OS X 10.5.6 is that Remote Buddy can no longer offer auto-disconnect functionality for connections to the Sony® PS3 BD Remote. To disconnect your BD Remote using the remote itself, press the PS button for several seconds. The new driver is only used for users running OS X 10.5.6 and later.

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