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14.06.2015 14:15:57

Harmony Remote Plex-Player - Config Overview available?

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Hi there,

I recently bought a Harmony Touch, which has support of a Plex-Player device. It basically turns the Harmony into multiple Apple Remotes.

Remote Buddy supports this via multiple remotes. So far so good.

I've spend some time searching the web for an answer to the question, which button of the Plex-Player setting on the Harmony triggers which Apple Remote Button. I wonder if someone here has an overview like

Harmony Remote Apple Remote
Red Button ID 123 Menu
Green Button ID 123 select
Guide ID 678 Menu

and so on.

Thanks for any reply

Stefan

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

Which Harmony commands need to be assigned to the respective buttons on the Smart Control so that I can use all buttons with Remote Buddy? (FAQ015E0265)

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".

User

22.06.2015 12:01:01

Re: Harmony Remote Plex-Player - Config Overview available?

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Thanks for asking.

I don't have an overview I could provide you, but there's the HIDRemoteExample.app included in the HIDRemote SDK that shows you exactly this information when run.

Be warned, though, that the Plex Player profile contains programming errors (like f.ex. single button presses on the Harmony simulating several single button presses, so that one button press on the remote leads to the assigned action getting executed several times) and should therefore not be used with anything other than Plex, really.

For this, however, you can also just use the Virtual Remote to forward button presses to Plex.

If you're looking for a Harmony device profile with verified and intact Apple Remote button codes for use with Remote Buddy, please search for vendor "Iospirit" and device "Remote Buddy" in the Harmony software.

Cheers,
Felix

User

23.06.2015 01:02:41

Re: Harmony Remote Plex-Player - Config Overview available?

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Thanks Felix,

I've activated the iospirit remote buddy device on my harmony.

Works great except for one thing. None of the buttons wakes up my Mac Mini from sleep mode. Am i missing something?

Last edited: 23.06.2015 01:03:07

User

23.06.2015 10:35:01

Re: Harmony Remote Plex-Player - Config Overview available?

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You're welcome :-)

Chances are you've paired your Apple IR Receiver with a single remote control (in which case only that one will be able to wake it up) or turned the receiver off (in which case no Apple Remote will be able to wake the mini). Solution there would be to "Unpair" and enable the IR receiver respectively. You can find these options either directly in Remote Buddy > Hardware > Built-in Receiver - or - in System Preferences > Security > Advanced… (or "More…").

If that's not it or you want me to have a look, please run Remote Control Diagnostics (free download from the Labs section of this website) and copy and paste the full report it generates.

User

23.06.2015 22:14:38

Re: Harmony Remote Plex-Player - Config Overview available?

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Hi,

has been pairing.....

D'oh

Thanks
Stefan

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