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24.07.2011 20:01:02

Can I use remote buddy to logout/login a user

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I would like to use remote buddy with a macmini, harmony remote and Plex .9. I know all that is possible without remote buddy but here is the rub. Plex .9 does not yet have parental controls so I need to setup to separate user accounts, one for parents and one for kids. These different user accounts will have access to different folders on the NAS holding the media.

My question is "Can I use remote buddy to logout the current user and login a new user with a button on my Harmony 880?" If I can do it, how does one set that up? Also, is it possible to use the numbers on the harmony remote to enter a password for the "parent" user account?

thanks.

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 - Harmony® Smart Control

How do I set up the Harmony Smart Control and connect it to Remote Buddy on my Mac? (FAQ015E0264)
Please see the detailed HowTo on this topic in our blog.
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

27.07.2011 22:46:01

Re: Can I use remote buddy to logout/login a user

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Thanks for asking.

Remote Buddy needs to run in the context of a user's session. Since logging out will inevitably terminate Remote Buddy as well, I can't see a way how it could be used to log in another user then - it is no longer running at that time.

Fast User Switching might be something you might want to explore. This could possibly be made working with some UI scripting. Unless of course, security restrictions of OS X prevent you from using UI scripting for this. I really can't tell. I never tried to do this.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

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