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17.03.2013 21:08:56

is there a way to login during startup with the apple remote and RBExpress by running RBExpress as daemon?

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Hi,

I am a software engineer and would like to implement a feature which involves being able to login with the apple remote & RBExpress during system startup. I have read a previous post with a similar question that said it wasn"t possible because the user needs to login for the login item to auto launch. I understand this concept to be a login item/ launch agent in terms of Mac OSx Mountain Lion. Launch agents will launch after user login because those are user specific. On the other hand, a daemon is system-wide service call which can be done before user login.

Question 1 : Is it possible to run the app as a daemon? A requirement (from the launchd program) being that it doesn't use fork (if you try to daemonize the process) so launchd doesn't loose control of the process. Is the RB system broken into service and stand alone UI front-end? I think it is split; from the usage it seems the preferences UI modifies parameters of an active background process. Can I assume the front-end layer is forking the active background service? Or is the service as a main process forking a perferences pane? In any case, is there a way to call at the api/class/object to activate on startup as a system-wide service called by root?

Question 2 : What is Candelair prefs tool? I know there is a preference pane integrated in remote buddy express app for candelair. Does it communicate with the remote buddy express app? If it does that would be useful to implement my desired feature.

I am sure it is possible so please can you help me out with this.

Thanks in advance,
Manoj

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

Configuration

How can I backup and restore my Remote Buddy preferences? (FAQ015E0242)
Create a backup of your preferences:
1. Quit Remote Buddy (click on the Remote Buddy Symbol in the menu bar and select "Quit").
2. Enter killall cfprefsd into Terminal.app and hit return.
3. Create a new folder (henceforth called "backup folder").
4. Copy all files whose names start with "com.iospirit.remotebuddy" or "com.iospirit.RemoteBuddy" from [your home folder]/Library/Preferences/ to the backup folder.
5. You can now launch Remote Buddy again.
Restore your preferences from a backup:
1. Quit Remote Buddy (click on the Remote Buddy symbol in the menu bar and select "Quit").
2. Enter killall cfprefsd into Terminal.app and hit return.
3. Move all files starting with "com.iospirit.remotebuddy" or "com.iospirit.RemoteBuddy" from [your home folder]/Library/Preferences/ to your trash.
4. Copy all files from the backup folder you created (but not the folder itself) to [your home folder]/Library/Preferences/
5. You can now launch Remote Buddy again.
How can I transfer my Remote Buddy settings to another Mac®? (FAQ015E0234)
Please follow the following steps:
1. Quit Remote Buddy on both Macs.
2. Enter the command killall cfprefsd in Terminal.app and press return on both Macs.
3. Copy all files starting with "com.iospirit.remotebuddy" from [your home directory on the source computer]/Library/Preferences/ to [your home directory on the target computer]/Library/Preferences/ .
4. You can now start Remote Buddy again.
Some functions of Remote Buddy do not work here. What should I do? / How can I reset the settings completely? (FAQ015E0149)
Usually unexpected or seemingly missing functions are caused by wrong settings. Thus resetting Remote Buddy to its factory defaults can be helpful.
To reset Remote Buddy's settings to its factory defaults, please perform the following steps:
1) Quit Remote Buddy.
2) Open Terminal and type
```
mkdir ~/Desktop/OldRBSettings
mv ~/Library/Preferences/com.iospirit.*emote*uddy*.plist ~/Desktop/OldRBSettings/
```
into it. These commands create a new directory called OldRBSettings on your desktop and move your old settings inside it.
3) Start Remote Buddy.
How can I change the size of the Remote Buddy menus? (FAQ015E0181)
You can change the size of the menus in Remote Buddy's preferences with a slider in the "General" pane.
If you want to make a menu even bigger or smaller than the slider allows you to, you can - while Remote Buddy is not running - change the scaling factor by entering this line in Terminal.app:
defaults write com.iospirit.RemoteBuddy menuSizePercentFactor -int SizeInPercentOfStandardSize
So, entering
defaults write com.iospirit.RemoteBuddy menuSizePercentFactor -int 300
would set the menu's size to three times that of the default.

General

Remote Buddy does crash on my system from time to time. I have installed the Application Enhancer, SIMBL and/or InputManager(s). (FAQ015E0227)
The Application Enhancer (APE), SIMBL as well as InputManagers are being used to modify programs and system programming interfaces by infiltrating them at runtime and executing code in their context. InputManagers are especially prone to causing instabilities in applications as they are loaded into every application - regardless of whether the InputManager was developed to modify that or another app.
Stability problems did disappear permanently in 100% of all support cases after users, who had such hacks installed, deinstalled them.
Please understand, that we can't offer you support for systems modified in this fashion. We recommend the deinstallation of said hacks for optimal stability.
The hacks are usually found in these locations:
```
APE:
/System/Library/SystemConfiguration/ApplicationEnhancer.bundle
(~)/Library/PreferencePanes/ApplicationEnhancer.prefPane
(~)/Library/Application Enhancers/

SIMBL:
(~)/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/

InputManagers:
(~)/Library/InputManagers/
```
Can I run Remote Buddy under Windows®? Is there a Windows® version? (FAQ015E0214)
No. Remote Buddy is exclusively and only available for Mac OS® X.

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 - 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.

Hardware - iPhone™ / iPod® touch / AJAX Remote

Do I need a Mac® to use the AJAX Remote? (FAQ015E0230)
Yes. The AJAX Remote is purely a web application and Remote Buddy is the server that serves the web application to your device's browser and that performs the actions associated to the input you make via the served web application.
A Mac® (with Mac® OS X. Windows® is not supported.) running Remote Buddy therefore is absolutely required for the use of the AJAX Remote. An iPhone™ / iPod® Touch alone is not sufficient.
I have problems with my WLAN / AirPort® / frequent connection resets and error messages. (FAQ015E0221)
Please see our Network Guide.
Where can I find the photos I took using the AJAX Remote? (FAQ015E0216)
You can find your photos in the subdirectory "Remote Buddy" of the pictures-folder in your home folder. The file path is:
```
~/Pictures/Remote Buddy/
```

Mac App Store

Whom do I need to contact with questions regarding refunds and billing for my Mac App Store purchases? (FAQ015E0250)
If you buy something in the Mac App Store, you become a customer of Apple, who run the store. Therefore, please contact Apple with all questions regarding your purchase - including refunds and billing questions.

Apple does not provide developers with any information about buyers in the Mac App Store, nor does Apple provide developers with any insight into billing or any way to issue refunds.

Please contact Apple on all of these matters.
Can I upgrade from Remote Buddy Express to Remote Buddy? (FAQ015E0249)
Since Apple does not provide us with any information on Mac App Store customers, we are not able to implement an upgrade-path from the Express version to the regular version.
What's the difference between "Remote Buddy" and "Remote Buddy Express"? (FAQ015E0248)
Some of Remote Buddy's features - especially drivers - are not allowed in the Mac App Store. We thus have developed a special Express version for the Mac App Store, which does not contain these features and gave it an even lower price tag.

You can find an overview of the differences here.

User

18.03.2013 21:37:01

Re: is there a way to login during startup with the apple remote and RBExpress by running RBExpress as daemon?

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If it's a standard Apple Remote, then there should be some open source
code out there which can be compiled into a Daemon. However security
reasons might get in the way… If OS X is disabling the IR Remote
whilst you aren't logged in.

Don't really see the point of using Remote Buddy if it's for the
standard Apple IR Remote.

On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Manoj
wrote:

Hi,

I am sure it is possible so please can you help me out with this.

Thanks in advance,
Manoj

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User

19.03.2013 22:26:04

Re: is there a way to login during startup with the apple remote and RBExpress by running RBExpress as daemon?

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I need RBExpress service running before login (during startup) to activate the virtual keyboard to provide the user password. I haven't actually checked whether or not the apple remote ir receiver service is on during startup (before login). I am new to MacOS, I have been with ubuntu since day one, so it is going to take sometime for me to find my way around the filesystem.

Thanks,

Manoj

User

19.03.2013 22:36:01

Re: is there a way to login during startup with the apple remote and RBExpress by running RBExpress as daemon?

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Thanks for asking.

As far as I know, Remote Buddy (or other apps) can't be run outside of a user's session (which only starts once logged in).

A solution for you might be to automatically log in the user, configure OS X so that it requires a password when the screensaver was active - and activate the screen saver via Launch Items. All of the setting you need for this should be found in System Preferences > Security and > Users & Groups.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

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