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30.12.2008 18:04:29

mapping keystrokes in Global Behaviour

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Hello all,
I'm working on a project and I basically want to map a bunch of keystrokes to the buttons on a WiiMote so I can use these shortcut keystrokes to control a program (VirtualDJ) with a WiiMote. (e.g. map CMD+1 to the up button, CMD+2 to the down button, etc.)

I figured the proper place in Mappings would be to edit the Global Behavior section of the WiiMote, but I am unable to create a Custom Action there that would allow me to hardwire keystrokes to the WiiMote. It gives me existing behaviors to choose from, but nothing that would allow me to create a custom action.

Am I just going about this the wrong way or am I missing something? Any help would be greatly, greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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

Behaviours

How can I create my own Behaviours? (FAQ015E0240)
You can create your own Behaviours with the Behaviour Construction Kit. A video on the Remote Buddy website provides you with an overview and step by step instructions.

You can also find step by step instructions in the Remote Buddy Help under "How Tos". You can access the Help via Remote Buddy's icon in the menu bar and via the support area of this website.

Configuration

How do I add a new action to a Behaviour - f.ex. an emulated key press or AppleScript? (FAQ015E0153)
1) Open the Remote Buddy Preferences via the pulldown-menu and choose "Mapping".
2) Choose the mapping you want to modify.
3) Select "Custom actions" for the button you want to map to an action of your own.
4) Create the action you need using the appearing editor.

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

07.01.2009 20:57:06

Re: mapping keystrokes in Global Behaviour

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Thanks for asking.

Custom Actions are currently not available for the Global Mapping
table. You can, however

1) create actions in the Behaviour Construction Kit
2) check the respective checkbox to make them globally available
3) then select them in the Global Mapping table (=> they can be found
under "Miscellaneous" in the popup)

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

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