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User 16.08.2006 16:16:31 |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Hi! I have purchased RemoteBuddy, but doesn't have a supported Remote. I thought that you were still able to use the app from the kayboard. If you provided a way to map the Apple Remote buttons to keys you would actually support a whole lot more remotes and options. I have a wireless keayboard to control my media central Mac mini and this would be perfect. I love your concept wwith menus. I also use a Logitech Harmony Remote that talks to a Keyspan Receiver, which maps buttons to keys as well. This means I would be able to use both the Keyboard or the remote, and a whole lot of 3rd party remotes, since most of the drivers let you map to keys. I really hope you're planning this for a future release beacuse right now I can't use your product that have paid for...
| These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic: Driver The Setup Wizard already contains a summary on how the driver does help Remote Buddy to provide additional features and hardware support. If that summary was too short, here's some more info on each of the points:
- fix for Apple® Remote driver problems in OS X
Since OS X 10.4.9 (that includes 10.4.10/10.4.11/10.5.x/..) many users have been experiencing that one button press on their remote does now trigger two reactions - once from any currently running application that supports the Apple® Remote, once the default system action. So, this problem is not specific to Remote Buddy. The driver provides a clean, system conform fix to this problem using only documented APIs.
- enabling of all features of built-in IR receivers
Only with the Remote Buddy driver do you gain support for arbitrary length button presses for the Play and Menu buttons as well as minimized reaction times for all buttons. While this may sound like unimportant technical details, they actually do have a strong practical impact. If, for example, you want to map a function to the Play or Menu button, that you want to see executed for as long as you press that button, this was previously simply impossible to achieve. This limitation still applies to all other applications. It does not for Remote Buddy with the driver loaded.
- the emulation of a virtual Apple® Remote
Control applications that have support for and listen to an Apple® Remote - with any remote control of your choice supported by Remote Buddy. And on any Mac®. This allows you to f.ex. use iAlertU side by side with Remote Buddy or accessing special functions and modes inside applications that would otherwise require these apps to have full control over the built-in IR receiver of your Mac® - and that your Mac® actually came with one.
- support for Bluetooth® remotes and external receivers
It's not possible to reliably operate many Bluetooth® based remotes, like for example the Wii® Remote with a Mac® purely from userspace due to limitations in the operating system. The situation for many external receivers is similiar: some of their features - or the entire device - can only be supported with the help of a driver.
Hardware Not for now. Sorry. You can find a list of supported remote controls on the respective sub page on the Remote Buddy site.
Hardware - Apple® Remote
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.
Please update your copy of Remote Buddy to version 1.15 or later.
Hardware - Harmony® Smart Control
Please verify that no power saving options are enabled at "Remote Buddy > Preferences > Hardware > Bluetooth Receiver".
The table that follows lists the commands the Harmony software assigns to the respective buttons by default - and how these need to be changed for Remote Buddy. For Remote Buddy, the commands for short and long button presses should always be identical.
Button |
Harmony Default: Short |
Harmony Default: Long |
Adapted for Remote Buddy: short & long |
Rewind |
ScanPrev |
Prev |
ScanPrev |
Fast Forward |
ScanNext |
ScanNext |
ScanNext |
Play |
Play |
Play |
Play |
Pause |
Pause |
Pause |
Pause |
Record |
- |
- |
Circle |
Stop |
Stop |
Eject |
Stop |
Red |
Red |
Red |
Red |
Green |
Green |
Green |
Green |
Yellow |
Yellow |
Yellow |
Yellow |
Blue |
Blue |
Blue |
Blue |
DVR |
- |
- |
Triangle |
Guide |
- |
- |
TopMenu |
Info |
- |
- |
Display |
Exit |
- |
- |
InstantLeft |
Vol + |
- |
- |
L1 |
Vol - |
- |
- |
L2 |
Mute |
- |
- |
L3 |
Menu |
Popup/Menu |
Popup/Menu |
Popup/Menu |
Ch/Pg + |
ChannelUp |
ChannelUp |
ChannelUp |
Ch/Pg - |
ChannelDown |
ChannelDown |
ChannelDown |
Return |
Return |
Return |
Return |
Left |
DirectionLeft |
DirectionLeft |
DirectionLeft |
Right |
DirectionRight |
DirectionRight |
DirectionRight |
Up |
DirectionUp |
DirectionUp |
DirectionUp |
Down |
DirectionDown |
DirectionDown |
DirectionDown |
OK |
Enter |
Enter |
Enter |
0-9 |
0-9 |
0-9 |
0-9 |
.- |
-/-- |
-/-- |
-/-- |
E |
- |
- |
InstantRight |
Here's where and how you can make the changes:
Unlocking all buttons of the Smart Control Show
| User 17.08.2006 14:45:02 | Re: Control from keyboard | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Hello Conny, thanks for your posting. Sorry to hear you can't currently use Remote Buddy because you don't have any supported hardware. Preview 7 should fix this for you, though ;-) In the meantime, please also check out the mail I sent directly to you. Best regards, Felix Schwarz
| User 26.03.2007 18:44:03 | Re: Control from keyboard | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. I'm unclear why you can't use your Harmony remote with Remote Buddy. If programmed right, the Harmony can send the exact IR codes as the Apple Remote, so what's the problem?
| User 26.03.2007 19:56:01 | Re: Re: Control from keyboard | |
This posting is older than 6 months and can contain outdated information. Hello Rob, thanks for bringing this back up. The information in the thread is outdated nowadays. Remote Buddy does support the respective Keyspan receivers and remotes directly for quite a few months by now. So, yes, the Harmony, if programmed correctly, should work just fine. Best regards, Felix
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