Support > Remote Buddy Forum > RB Custom Actions Pane Too Big for 720p // IOSPIRIT [EN]

Support

All support resources for our products. Here you can find answers to frequently asked questions, discuss with other users, recover a lost license code or file a support request.

Forum closed

This forum was closed and turned into an archive effective April 21, 2018. It is no longer possible to create new topics or reply to existing topics.

Thanks everyone for all the great questions and contributions over the years.

Please use the Contact form to get in touch.

Remote Buddy Forum

Overview

Author

Thread

User

23.11.2009 20:28:16

RB Custom Actions Pane Too Big for 720p

View

This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information.

I recently purchased Remote Buddy, and really love the software. The flexibility is amazing — especially when combined with AppleScript and a Harmony One remote. I only have one complaint: the Remote Buddy custom actions screen is too big for my 720p TV resolution. Here is a screen grab:

http://frontiernet.net/~dmclec/RB-Res.png

My current work-around is to collapse the top button bar first, then open the custom action pane. That works fine. The problem is when I don't remember to do that, I'm stuck with force quitting Remote Buddy, which I'd rater not do (you can't collapse the button bar after the pane is open). Are there any plans to adjust the size of the window so it fits?

Anybody else have this, or is just me? I'd guess 720p TV's are common for users of Remote Buddy.

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

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.
After updating to OS X 10.6.2, my Apple® Remote is no longer available for selection in Remote Buddy. (FAQ015E0236)
Please update your copy of Remote Buddy to version 1.15 or later.

Hardware - Harmony® Smart Control

If I haven't used the Harmony Smart Remote for a few minutes, Remote Buddy does not react to the first button press. (FAQ015E0263)
Please verify that no power saving options are enabled at "Remote Buddy > Preferences > Hardware > Bluetooth Receiver".

User

07.12.2009 09:49:21

Re: RB Custom Actions Pane Too Big for 720p

View

This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information.

Thanks for the info!

The next Remote Buddy release will have a smaller window that I hope will fit on the 720p screen. Please let me know if it does not.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

Remote Buddy
Support
1. Overview
2. Manuals
3. FAQs
4. Forums
1. Lost license code
2. Support inquiry
IOSPIRIT
1. About us
2. Blog
3. Labs
4. Developers
1. Contact
2. Press releases
3. Imprint
4. Jobs