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13.03.2010 07:15:36

Disappearing behaviours

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I had successfully added three new behaviours using the Behaviour Construction Kit and everything was going well—until I relaunched Remote Buddy. Upon start-up I was missing two of the three behaviours that I created. The Behaviour Factory still has them listed, but they are definitely not listed in the "Mapping" section of the preferences. So, I again "compile, test drive, and permanently install" them, but Remote Buddy warns me that the behaviours are not new. If I proceed to (re)install my missing behaviours they show up with all of my original mappings in place. So it seems that the missing ones aren't really missing, but just not showing in the "Mapping" list, but this is a problem because until I recompile them the apps they control don't receive any control from Remote Buddy.

Any ideas?

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.

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

17.03.2010 16:14:46

Re: Disappearing behaviours

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Thanks for asking.

Please check the values you entered at Behaviour Factory > Specification and Metadata > [Behaviour Bundle Metadata] Identifier.

This value should be unique for all three Behaviours.

If you use the same value for all three Behaviours, Remote Buddy will consider them multiple copies of the same Behaviour, look for the Behaviour with the highest version number and load only that one.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

User

24.03.2010 15:00:05

Re: Disappearing behaviours

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Thank you, that did it.

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