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01.11.2014 15:53:46

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I have my B&O television connected to my MacMini. It uses a so called PUC that simulates the Apple Remote. I am using Kodi (XBMC Helix) and it works to control Kodi/XBMC (as long as Remote Buddy does not run).

I now installed Remote Buddy as I wanted to further improve the key-mapping for Kodi/XBMC and also find a way to launch Kodi/XBMC. After starting Remote Buddy, it no longer works that I can use the remote to control Kodi/XBMC.

Is there any step-by-step guide how to get it running?

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.

User

06.11.2014 16:30:01

Re: Beo4

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This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information.

I have my B&O television connected to my MacMini. It uses a so called PUC that simulates the Apple Remote.

How does the PUC connect to your Mac Mini? Is it just sending Apple Remote IR commands?

I am using Kodi (XBMC Helix) and it works to control Kodi/XBMC (as long as Remote Buddy does not run).

Kodi was not supported by Remote Buddy until today, so you could not control it with Remote Buddy.

You can now download an updated XBMC Behaviour with Kodi support right from within Remote Buddy:
https://www.iospirit.com/blog/article/188/Kodi/

User

08.11.2014 09:35:03

Re: Beo4

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Thanks Felix, very much appreciate the update, which gives me some control with my Beo4.

Unfortunately, it does not fully work yet though. For example, I cannot "long-press" "menu" to get the remotebuddy menu. Also, only very few keys actually work in XBMC/Kodi. Basically just up, down, left and right.

The so called PUC sends Apple Remote signals to the MacMini. My issue is that I don't know what keys on my Beo4 remote are actually mapped and how. Up, down, left and right are quite straight forward, but not clear to me what about "play", "stop", "back", "menu", and whatever else on my Beo4 is actually mapped.

Is there any functionality in RemoteBuddy that lets me press a remote button and it shows me as what button MacMini recognizes it. For example, I would press "right" and RemoteBuddy tells me that this is an AppleRemote right-click, etc.

Thanks in advance!!!

User

20.11.2014 03:48:22

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Thanks Felix, very much appreciate the update, which gives me some control with my Beo4.

Thanks in advance!!!

Felix, any chance to look into this? Thanks!

User

21.11.2014 14:56:01

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I must have missed your question at the end of your post. Sorry for not replying earlier!

Remote Buddy does not have this functionality at the moment, but our developer section has a tool that does just that.

Inside the HIDRemote SDK (http://www.iospirit.com/index.php/mode/files/type/file/id/146/HIDRemoteSDK.zip) in the Example folder, there's an app called "HID Remote Example.app" that will show what buttons are pressed. You may need to use "Open" in the Finder's context menu because that tool was built before Apple introduced Gatekeeper and is therefore unsigned.

Once the application is running, leave the mode setting at "Exclusive (Auto)" and click on "Start". When that app is front most and you have Remote Buddy's driver (Candelair) installed, Remote Buddy will automatically recognize "HID Remote Example" as a HIDRemote-driven app and pass button presses along automatically.

The only button press that won't be passed along will be a long press of the menu button. But that will open Remote Buddy's menu instead, so you get visible feedback for this as well.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

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