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24.07.2010 16:14:39

How to use the Virtual Remote Function with multiple logical remotes ?

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Hi Felix,

Great software and have happily paid for your licence.

I would really appreciate some guidance on your virtual remote function you described here in your blog and depicted in your commented gallery:
http://www.iospirit.com/blog/article/131/Remote-Buddy-and-Boxee-Plex-and-XBMC/

I have a harmony one and have assigned it to ten logical remotes in Remote Buddy.

For Plex I would like to use the virtual remote function and have RB simply pass through the button press directly to Plex (or Boxee for that matter). However, when I choose the corresponding virtual remote function for each of the logical remotes this does not happen, ie nothing much happens in Plex.

Can I ask a basic question. Does the virtual remote pass through to plex the entire apple remote ID ? Or does it only work with one apple remote ?

Thanks for any pointers you can give me

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.
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".
When the Harmony Hub connects to my Mac, I'm asked for a PIN. (FAQ015E0262)
Please enter 0000.

User

26.07.2010 14:22:37

Re: How to use the Virtual Remote Function with multiple logical remotes ?

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Felix,

Don't worry. I discovered the Remote Control Diagnostics program on your website. As noted in another thread Boxee will block everything if it's always on.

Thank you. Your virtual remote does pass on the apple id in the multiple remote scenario, which is what I wanted for my setup

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