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RE: How to Power ON/OFF your HTPC using a Remote? - -DDD- - 2014-04-09

Here are your Choices: http://skinflint.co.uk/eu/?cat=mbp4_1155&xf=494_Consumer+Infrared+Headers~522_Mini-ITX
If you take an Intel, you have to initialize the CIR the first time with Windows7, before you can use it fully on Linux.
You can make this with an 30Day Trial of Win7.


RE: How to Power ON/OFF your HTPC using a Remote? - cw-kid - 2014-04-09

(2014-04-09, 20:48)-DDD- Wrote: Here are your Choices: http://skinflint.co.uk/eu/?cat=mbp4_1155&xf=494_Consumer+Infrared+Headers~522_Mini-ITX
If you take an Intel, you have to initialize the CIR the first time with Windows7, before you can use it fully on Linux.
You can make this with an 30Day Trial of Win7.

Hello DDD

Thanks for the reply.

"You have to initialize the CIR the first time with Windows7, before you can use it fully on Linux."

Really? How does that work.

So I'd have to install Windows 7 first and then what? Just ensure the CIR driver gets installed and try out the remote in MCE ?

Cheers


RE: How to Power ON/OFF your HTPC using a Remote? - -DDD- - 2014-04-09

Yes, see https://communities.intel.com/message/224829#224829 and all the other Posts at Intel Forums.

Install Windows 7, Update it with Windows Updates, Install CIR Driver, don't let The Installer of CIR Reboot your System.
Windows have to download and Install Patches after the Install of the Driver. When thats done, you can Reboot and now shouls
see the CIR and virtual HID Devices in Windows Device Manager.
Translated from: http://www.vdr-portal.de/board18-vdr-hardware/board13-fernbedienungen/p1163991-cir-for-dummies-praxisbeispiele-f%C3%BCr-selbst-gebastelte-ir-empf%C3%A4nger-gesucht/#post1163991


RE: How to Power ON/OFF your HTPC using a Remote? - cw-kid - 2014-04-09

On that link you gave he says

"I finally got round to swapping out the hard drive in my linux/openelec machine. I installed a spare hard drive and installed Windows 7 on it, booted into Windows 7 and installed the CIR driver. I then put back the original hard drive with linux/openelec on it. Low and behold, the machine boots from S3/power off via the remote"

Presume by "power off" he means from S5 shutdown as well.

Funny thing is, on my HTPC I did have Windows 7 / MCE installed original and then later switched to Ubuntu / XBMC. But for what ever reason I was not able to turn on the PC from S5/S3 with the remote when using the CIR.

I will certainly try and install Windows 7 first this time as you recommend. I just need to pick an ASRock motherboard now, their website is terrible you cannot filter properly on the products you are looking for.

Cheers


RE: How to Power ON/OFF your HTPC using a Remote? - -DDD- - 2014-04-10

go with skinflint, the Filters there are good Smile


RE: How to Power ON/OFF your HTPC using a Remote? - panchon - 2014-05-01

I have a asrock motherboard with a philips ir receiver and a harmony, and I am not able to turn on the htpc. With a logitech keyboard the HTPC turn on perfectly.

anyone know how to do?

thank you


RE: How to Power ON/OFF your HTPC using a Remote? - wolfodeiwolfy - 2014-05-16

Hello,

I've just bought and installed the PCS-2 kit from SIMEREC.

This is very easy to install (around 5 minutes), program (5 minutes) and to use.
No driver, just some cables to connect, one button to press to program your PCS-2 with your remote.

It works perfectly. I just have to make a little hole in my case for the IR receiver.

Many thanks to eskro for his post.


w2w


RE: How to Power ON/OFF your HTPC using a Remote? - thumber - 2014-05-17

Hey Guys,

I had an older Asrock A75M-ITX board which i can power on from turned off state via Harmony remote.

Im now Building a new HTPC for my dad with XBMC, he has a harmony remote too, but i cannot get the board anymore.

Is the Asrock FM2A75M-ITX able to do the same with powering on via usb ir and the harmony remote? I was not sure what to look for in the specs listing.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/FM2A75M-ITX/index.us.asp

Thanks in advance for any info.


RE: How to Power ON/OFF your HTPC using a Remote? - -DDD- - 2014-05-17

"1 x CIR header"
With that CIR you can turn on your HTPC without USB


RE: How to Power ON/OFF your HTPC using a Remote? - tekno - 2014-05-19

So has anyone figured out the secret sauce for why Windows suddenly causes this to behave differently once you go back to Linux? I have Chinese board that I have been messing with . It is this one http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Super-Mini-PC-X3700m-Intel-Celeron-1037u-Dual-Core-1-8Ghz-Processor-2GB-RAM-8GB-SSD/1593071054.html

Seems the CIR header is there and I can get some remote response . It came with Windows 2010 Embedded but I do not see the option to add/remove components so I have no way to install WMC. I just installed a Vishay TSOP38238 to the CIR header

I did notice at one point after using the WMC remote that Windows Media Center remote appears in System Profiler in Ubuntu

I have seen the same 6 Pin (two rows of three pins) One pin is "no pin" or "key" and other pin is "NC" according to the manual I have. I have seen other boards with this same pin arrangement. I think however to get a powered V+ pin when unit is off , it needs to come from a USB header, much like I have seen on Asrock boarsds that Use the USB 5V

I am quite perplexed however at how to configure Lirc for thhe CIR header as it has no mention of ITE8704 driver, which is what this appears to be, but if I set for serial it seems to work "somewhat" as some keys work


RE: How to Power ON/OFF your HTPC using a Remote? - thumber - 2014-05-19

(2014-05-17, 22:21)-DDD- Wrote: "1 x CIR header"
With that CIR you can turn on your HTPC without USB

Hey DDD,

Thanks for the reply.

Do you know if i need something separate to get that to work, or will everything come with the motherboard?

I was thinking of buy the Antec ISK 300-150 as the chassis for the build.
http://www.antec.com/product.php?id=2239&pid=6


RE: How to Power ON/OFF your HTPC using a Remote? - -DDD- - 2014-05-19

You need an IR Controller with CIR like: http://www.cohaus-berlin.de/shop/RC6-Infrarot-Empfaenger/Interner-CIR-Infrarot-Empfaenger-mit-RC6-Protokoll-Modell-CIR2-01::86.html


RE: How to Power ON/OFF your HTPC using a Remote? - tekno - 2014-05-20

Well I just did a reinstall of Win 7 with Windows Media center, and no change. I guess I really need to know how to configure LIRC , assuming of course it is really needed. I still have partial control of XBMC but probably lack a valid LIRC config for the ITE8704 CIR header. Works beautifully in Win 7

Since it is not a USB device, I doubt that MCEUSB is what I need buit maybe?


RE: How to Power ON/OFF your HTPC using a Remote? - tekno - 2014-05-23

By the way, you do not always need to drill a hole in the case...

If your case has a translucent part of a power button, this may be all you need. I situated an TSOP38238 (this is all you need for most CIR headers!) directly behind the Power button that is semi translucent. I tested with Win 7 and MCE remote and it worked at over 20 Ft in bright sunlight

The power switch illuminates with an LED behind it and makes contact with a momentary contact switch. I located the receiver off to one side but very near the translucent plastic and it works brilliantly


RE: How to Power ON/OFF your HTPC using a Remote? - pike - 2014-05-24

Is it possible to "init" the CIR device from Inteset on another windows PC than the HTPC ?