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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.
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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
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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.
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2014-05-17, 22:21
(This post was last modified: 2014-05-17, 22:21 by -DDD-.)
"1 x CIR header"
With that CIR you can turn on your HTPC without USB
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2014-05-20, 07:46
(This post was last modified: 2014-05-20, 07:48 by tekno.)
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?
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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
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Is it possible to "init" the CIR device from Inteset on another windows PC than the HTPC ?