elitegamer360 Wrote:There are so many clones around the world and I can tell you if you are not careful you can get the wrong hardware pretty easy.

Showkey.exe is the most reliable way of identifying if the remote is functioning or not, If it wasn't for jhsrennie taking the time to write this little app we would have resorted to harder reverse engineering techniques! So thanks to him for his efforts :-)

Now show me exactly what drivers your remote have, post a picture similar to this one please, as you can see this is whats on my system->


Cheers,
EG.

badokun Wrote:Looks pretty similar...

http://imageupload.org/?d=4DA9B0991

LazarusLong Wrote:OK folks, I have an odd one...

I am running Windows 7 (32-bit) with XBMC and have a "Pinnacle" branded Windows MCE remote. On the back of the remote it says "RC6". No branding on the front of the remote. The receiver is branded "Pinnacle".

I can't get it recognized at all in XBMC and ShowKeys is also not recognizing it. However, I did download IR Server Suite and installed it and it was able to see buttons being pressed on the remote. Couldn't figure out how to get XBMC to work however, so I uninstalled it.

In Device Manager I do see the eHome listed under HID and also USB.

Any ideas ??

EDIT: This is the exact remote I have: http://www.amazon.com/Pinnacle-Remote-Windows-Media-Center/dp/B000WR2E00/ref=pd_sxp_grid_i_2_2

elitegamer360 Wrote:You seem to have a similar problem to badokun, honstly this is the second time I hear about a remote that has the eHome driver but does not act as an RC6 remote instead its more like an ENE CIR HID!

I've researched about this and the only explanation is that it lists the eHome driver as a dummy driver some how! And the hardware actually uses an INTEL CIR Driver thats based on the "HID-compliant consumer control device" only.

$39.95 for a fake MCE remote is quite expensive, its a rip-off actually! I usually read reviews before buying anything and with the amount of 1 star reviews this is a NO buy for me!! There is no simple way to figure out the type of the remote before buying unless they come from a branded manufacturer which they usually list the specifications of their products accurately.

Well it looks like the fake eHome remotes will not be programmable and will only work on the default settings exactly like the cheap cloned MCE remotes that does not have the right hardware built-in to use the "Microsoft eHome Infrared Transceiver". The other explanation that I can think off is that Microsoft Certified remotes for Windows XP will not work on new releases of Windows, in a similar way the new Hardware Certified for Windows Vista or Windows 7 will not work on XP. I'm saying that because I've seen this happen so many times which makes it a reasonable explanation, some people might differ, but I say with quality RC6 hardware it will not matter what Operating system you use.

So one should be careful when buying remotes, I think if you use Windows XP it is better to buy a remote that is fully certified by Microsoft (Designed for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition) like your "Pinnacle" remote. And if you have Vista or above then stay away from any remote certified for use with Windows XP. I've had another thread were people reported remotes that did not work with Windows XP etc, etc... But I have never seen or heared about any one having a problem when buying an RC6 device certified for their proper Operating system.

This is my only logical explination that I can think of at this time!

Cheers,
EG.

LazarusLong Wrote:Actually, I only paid $ 12.99 for it from Woot.com (back in 2008 when I had Vista). It worked fine with Vista MCE back then, but doesn't work in MCE under Windows 7 either. 'Course, it could be because I'm still running the Windows 7 Release Candidate (never actually purchased the retail release LOL).

I think the issue is probably that the translation in the registry is incorrect so I'm going to do some poking around there.

I'm just honestly surprised how well XBMC runs on my ancient PC (Dell P4, 2.0 Ghz). I think this thing is about 6 years old!

elitegamer360 Wrote:@xm41907:

As we know the "Mediagate GP-IR02BK" known to be a good MCE remote, I know couple of people used it with no issues at all!

Are you using the usb receiver that came with you remote or something else?

Have you checked what drivers your receiver uses in Windows 7? Does it use the eHome Driver? I have a picture posted about this a couple of posts back please check it out.

EDIT: what config.reg did you use v1.24 or v1.25?
If you used v1.25 please try v1.24 and let me know if it makes any difference!



Cheers,
EG.

xm41907 Wrote:Elite, yes I'm using the original receiver. It worked great under xp/EventGhost. It is using the Ehome driver. That's what I had to uninstall and reinstall to get working again after merging v1.25. I'll try v1.24 tonight. One thing I notice late last night was that the default registry entries look nothing at all like entries in v1.25. There are no key entries at all. I'm wondering if my remote uses a different scheme than the common one and keeps the key entries somewhere else. I'll try v1.24 tonight and report back. Also, I'll post the default registry entry for your info.

It doesn't really matter as I just won a Logitech Harmony 650 on Ebay for $35. I can live with the half functioning remote for a few more days.