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13.03.2012 03:48:21

PS3 remote disappears after wake

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10.7.3 Mac Mini 2011

If I wake the Mini with the PS3 remote, it disappears from RemoteBuddy (yet still connected and on via Bluetooth to the system).

http://cl.ly/1t2M0T233c2a0E0e1Q14/Screen%20Shot%202012-03-12%20at%2010.42.13%20PM.png

If I wake the system by other means (WoL, my Bluetooth keyboard), it will disappear (looking like above) but about 30 seconds later come back. RemoteBuddy will say "Press any button on your BD remote"

Any reason why this is happening? 10.7.3 fixed the keycode problem I was having previously but now this new cropped up. Thanks for your help!

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

Hardware - Sony® BD Remote Control

I'm having problems with the Sony® PS3 BD Remote under OS X® 10.8/10.9. (FAQ015E0246)
There's a bug in the Bluetooth®-stack of OS X® 10.8/10.9 in the context of pairing a Sony® PS3 BD Remote. OS X® 10.8/10.9 will ask you to enter a PIN code when you try to connect your remote control. This problem is known by Apple®.

If you pair your Sony® PS3 BD Remote with your Mac® for the first time
1. Use Remote Buddy's Setup Wizard to pair your remote control
2. Restart your Mac® directly after the pairing was successful, while the remote is still connected.
3. The remote should now work without problems.
If you've already paired the Sony® PS3 BD Remote with your Mac®
1. 10.9 only: Try entering 0000 as PIN and reboot. If you're lucky, that was all you needed to do. If this does not solve your issue, please continue with the steps that follow.
2. First, we'll need to remove the Link Key of your Mac® from the memory of your remote control. Since this remote control can only store one Link Key, it's as easy as pairing the remote control with another Mac®. To do so, open System Preferences > Bluetooth on another Mac® and pair your remote with it.
3. All steps that follow should be performed on the Mac® that you want to use your remote control with.
4. Remove - if it exists - the entry of your remote control at Remote Buddy > Preferences > Hardware ® Bluetooth Receiver. The entry usually is titled "BD Remote".
5. If existant, remove the device "BD Remote" from System Preferences > Bluetooth.
6. Delete the Bluetooth preferences files by entering the following in Terminal.app and hitting return (Warning: this deletes all information about all paired Bluetooth® devices):
```
sudo rm /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist
sudo rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist
sudo rm ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.Bluetooth.*.plist
```
  Please enter your admin password when requested. Then restart your Mac®.
7. Use Remote Buddy's Setup Wizard to pair your remote control
8. Restart your Mac® directly after the pairing was successful, while the remote is still connected.
9. The remote should now work without problems.

Hardware - Wii™ Remote

How can I activate the Bluetooth® receiver automatically on startup? (FAQ015E0163)
In order to automatically activate the Bluetooth® Receiver on startup, enter the settings, choose "Hardware", then click on "Bluetooth® Receiver". Finally activate the checkbox "Search for supported remotes on startup". Remote Buddy will then automatically look for remote control paired through the "Setup Wizard" on next startup.

User

12.04.2012 17:01:28

Re: PS3 remote disappears after wake

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Just a little more info. I see this in the console after wale:

4/12/12 10:58:01.137 AM com.apple.launchd: (com.iospirit.candelair.sync) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds

I've noticed that it's very intermittent. Sometimes it comes back quickly, sometimes it takes a few minutes and sometimes it never comes back. If I restart RemoteBuddy, it comes back immediately. Any idaes?

User

21.04.2012 10:42:02

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Thanks for reporting this issue.

It took a while, but I could eventually reproduce the issue. What happens is that OS X notifies Remote Buddy that Bluetooth's power state has changed. But when Remote Buddy then asks OS X what the current power state is (Bluetooth turned on or off), the information OS X returns is not always up to date, leading to what you observe.

The next release of Remote Buddy (1.21, scheduled for release this month) will now check the power state once per second for 60 seconds whenever it was notified about a Bluetooth power state change - which should address your problem.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

User

22.04.2012 03:18:21

Re: PS3 remote disappears after wake

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Cool I'm glad I wasn't imagining it!! Thx for the update Felix!

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