Zotac ZBOX Nano AD10 remote is driving me crazy !!
#1
I have a problem configuring the Zotac MCE remote. Basic Functions (Play, Stop, Cursor ...) work out of the box in Windows 7 ultimate 64bit, but none of the colour buttons and - biggest problem for me - neither info nor context menu button work. I already applied the keyboard.xml and registry keys mentioned here but nothing changed.
Only thing i got to work is to launch xbmc with the green mce button using this little app.
Strangest thing is that all buttons work with no issue using openelec.tv ....
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#2
The link you mentioned, http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=78179, is only for remotes that use the eHome driver. Look at http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Usi...in_Windows to see if your remote uses the eHome driver, but I would guess that it doesn't.

Grab KeyMapEdit.exe from http://xbmcmce.sourceforge.net/. This makes it easy to write key mapping files, and it will even detect what keypresses are being sent from your remote.

JR
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#3
there is both the eHome driver as well as an ITECIR infrared receiver driver installed.
i already checked the keypresses from the remote and there aren't any (at least for the buttons not working) !!!
since i have two AD10's i swapped remote controls to check if one is defective, but both are ok. the only difference is:

- openelec.tv on AD10: all buttons work in XBMC
- Windows 7 u64 on AD10: not all buttons work in XBMC
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#4
Try installing the MCERemote add-on (it's in the programs section) and using that to configure the remote.

JR
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#5
i already tried that too. only thing that works is assigning the missing buttons (or keypresses) to the number buttons, since i don't use them
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#6
I can't comment further without having an AD10 to test (donations gratefully received :-). I wonder if it's like the XBox universal remote - http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Remote_Contr...te_Control. This remote uses the same eHome driver as the MS remote but you need a few manual registry hacks.

JR
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#7
just re-tried the MCERemote add-on to remap button 1 to "i", 2 to "c" and 3 to "w" (only tried to remap info and menu button before) but that didn't work too :-( would have been a workaround...
is there nobody else using a AD10 ??
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#8
Hello all . . .

I have been working with this Zotac ZBox AD10 for a while now, and I'm still experiencing the issues dt2510 first reported, specifically, "I have a problem configuring the Zotac MCE remote. Basic Functions (Play, Stop, Cursor ...) work out of the box in Windows 7 ultimate 64bit, but none of the colour buttons and - biggest problem for me - neither info nor context menu button work."

Has anyone found a fix for this yet?

I am not using Openelec.tv . . .
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#9
(2012-07-31, 17:47)S14Silvia Wrote: Has anyone found a fix for this yet?
I did Smile
Here's the link to my original post:
http://www.zotacusa.com/forum/topic/5868...emote-fix/

content of zotacRemoteFix.reg
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;@author        Petrovic Veljko <[email protected]
;@device        RC2604323/01G
;@requirements  This fix requires the ITECIR diver from ZOTAC website to be installed.
;@usage         Just import the fix to the registry, to activate missing keys
;@references    Translation tables: http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/1/161ba512-40e2-4cc9-843a-923143f3456c/translate.pdf
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\HidIr\Remotes\745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57df]
"ReportMappingTable"=hex:\
  3d,00,00,00,03,82,00,\; O
  8e,00,00,00,03,83,00,\; I
  37,00,00,00,01,b2,00,\; Record  
  30,00,00,00,01,b1,00,\; Pause
  31,00,00,00,01,b7,00,\; Stop
  29,00,00,00,01,b4,00,\; RWD
  2c,00,00,00,01,b0,00,\; Play
  28,00,00,00,01,b3,00,\; FWD
  21,00,00,00,01,b6,00,\; Prev
  20,00,00,00,01,b5,00,\; Next
  83,00,00,00,01,24,02,\; Back
  cb,00,00,00,04,01,07,\; Info  -> Ctrl + D
  5d,00,00,00,02,0d,00,\; MCE
  59,00,00,00,04,00,51,\; Down
  58,00,00,00,04,00,52,\; Up
  5a,00,00,00,04,00,50,\; Left
  5b,00,00,00,04,00,4f,\; Right
  5c,00,00,00,04,00,28,\; OK
  10,00,00,00,01,e9,00,\; Vol Up
  11,00,00,00,01,ea,00,\; Vol Down
  0d,00,00,00,01,e2,00,\; Mute
  1e,00,00,00,04,00,4b,\; pgDown
  1f,00,00,00,04,00,4e,\; pgUp
  00,00,00,00,04,00,27,\; 0
  01,00,00,00,04,00,1e,\; 1
  02,00,00,00,04,00,1f,\; 2
  03,00,00,00,04,00,20,\; 3
  04,00,00,00,04,00,21,\; 4
  05,00,00,00,04,00,22,\; 5
  06,00,00,00,04,00,23,\; 6
  07,00,00,00,04,00,24,\; 7
  08,00,00,00,04,00,25,\; 8
  09,00,00,00,04,00,26,\; 9
  32,00,00,00,04,02,20,\; *
  33,00,00,00,04,02,25,\; #
  3a,00,00,00,04,00,29,\; Clear -> Esc
  2f,00,00,00,04,01,17,\; T     -> Ctrl + T
  3e,00,00,00,04,00,65,\; Title -> App ( Right click menu )
  34,00,00,00,04,00,2C,\; enter -> Space
  6d,00,00,00,04,05,1e,\; Red   -> Ctrl + Shift + 1
  6e,00,00,00,04,05,1f,\; Green -> Ctrl + Shift + 2
  6f,00,00,00,04,05,20,\; Yellow-> Ctrl + Shift + 3
  70,00,00,00,04,05,21;   Blue  -> Ctrl + Shift + 4
[/code]
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#10
Well, it seems I'm not the only one fooling around with a Zotac remote!

Mine is a RC2604323/01G remote too, and was inside the box of a Zotac ZBox AD04, along with a dedicated USB IR receiver. This remote does not use the Windows eHome driver, and the problem is, as dt2510 already said, it doesn't send any keystroke when you push some of the buttons (Info, Text, Guide, Red, Green, Yellow, Blue), so you can't fix it just editing the keymap file.

I tried to patch the register with the code provided by dlabz, but didn't work for my AD04. Maybe the IR receiver makes the big difference here. Maybe I need to patch the registry for the remote and the external receiver, simultaneously. I don't know.

I also tried another RC-6 remote recently in Openelec (http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Phi...MCE_Remote), and it worked right away. Weird, uh?

If someone has any clues of what happens here, it'll be much appreciated. I guess a lot of ZBoxes with RC-6 remotes are been used for XBMC, not just for WMCE. And it will be nice if Zotac could considerate this too, providing the right patch to his customers.
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#11
My AD12 was a pain to setup but here are some tips based on what worked for me:

First you need to find the right registry location for your remote :
- install XBMC MCERemote (Program Add-ons) - it contains a file 'D:\Users\Shared\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\plugin.program.mceremote\resources\data\CreateTestConfig.reg' (you can uninstall it after)
- get ShowKey from here - http://xbmcmce.sourceforge.net/
- backup your HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\HidIr\Remotes
- Update CreateTestConfig.reg to match the remote ID in your registry.
- Save and merge the registry and restart you computer
- use ShowKey to see if your keys were remapped - all possible keys would have been re-mapped, keys that before didn't function in ShowKey should at least now register some keyboard sequence - if nothing has changed repeat above for the other remote IDS until you find the correct one.

So now using ShowKey and the backup version I was able to cross reference the pressed keys against the entries. For example let's say I pressed the red colored button and ShowKey displayed shif-alt-0 - that means in the test config - FB,00,00,00,04,06,27 in the backup original reg file I would find the entry FB,00,00,00,xx,xx,xx and change the xx,xx,xx to whatever I wanted it to map (use the CreateTestConfig.reg file for reference). However this didn't work for one keys for me, it just didn't match what ShowKey was saying - to track that one down I went through the original registry file and mapped each unknown key , rebooted, and tested in ShowKey one by one to find it. The key in question is to the right of the [T] key and I mapped it to the right click context menu.

You can see my AD12 remote registry file here: http://danielsokolowski.blogspot.ca/2013...emote.html

Good luck!
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#12
(2013-01-19, 10:07)danielsokolows Wrote: My AD12 was a pain to setup but here are some tips based on what worked for me:

Thank you for your tips, Daniel. But I've the same problem Zissakos reported in your blog. I guess the big difference between ZBox Nano AD10/AD12 and non-Nano ZBoxes, is the integrated IR receiver on the Nanos. I guess you have to enable it in BIOS, and then install ITECIR driver from Zotac (Version: v5.1.0.7 for Lenovo v1.00 Beta01, Driver Date: 07/13/2010, Release Date: 04/06/2011). So when non-Nano users just use the external IR receiver, the mapping for the remote is different. Can you confirm you're using ITECIR driver?

I've grabbed CreateTestConfig.reg and I'll do some testing.

Please notice this subject has been quadruple posted, although most useful information is in this thread and the first one listed below:
Zotac Nano AD10 remote issues
Zotac ZBOX Nano AD10 remote is driving me crazy !! (this thread)
Zotac Zbox AD10 Remote problems
MCE Remote?

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