User

14.07.2006 13:09:21

Forgive me if this is covered - I did not find it. 
I use an imac as my tv in the bedroom, using an elgato410. The only problem is that I want to put it to sleep when I have finished watching - and I do not want to get out of bed! 
Can RB be programmed to send the mac to sleep? 
Thanks 
Ian 

User

14.07.2006 13:50:07

Hello Ian,

yes, this is possible. You can either choose this from the RB's 
system menu ("Put to sleep") or you can even map it globally to a 
specific button (have a look at the "Remotes" part of the 
preferences). Do note however that globally mapped buttons are no 
longer available to specialized use inside behaviours.

Best regards, 
Felix 

User

14.07.2006 20:31:01

Thats great, thanks for the quick response. 
Now to get hold of the correct keyspan remote, and I can start 
experimenting. 
Regards, Ian

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User

24.07.2007 17:35:57

One note from me about this putting in sleep thang:

For me, the LONG press on the play button from the apple-remote to put to sleep doesn't function anymore when RB is open.

Is this normal ?

I find it abit annoying that does't work anymore ;it's a fast method to put my mac mini into sleep.

User

24.07.2007 21:33:02

Hello Rob,

Remote Buddy allows you to freely map any button to an action, 
including, if you so want, hardwiring a long press on the play button 
to system sleep.

As, however, with only six buttons, the number of functions you can 
map to the remote are already kind of limited, the default 
configuration is to give you application specific functionality for 
the "play hold" state (mostly used to toggling to fullscreen or 
another special mode).

You can map the sleep function (found in Miscellaneous group of the 
popup in the table) in Preferences > Hardware > Apple Remote > Mapping.

Then, a long press on Play will always put your system to sleep. 
This, of course, will also mean you can't map any other function to it.

Please have a look at the online help if you want to learn about how 
actions for button presses are chosen.

Best regards, 
Felix