Zotac Zbox AD10 Remote problems

Hello everybody:

I recently buy the mini-pc Zotac ZBOX AD-10 and I have problems with the remote.

It's strange because in Windows Media Center, all buttons works perfectly but on XBMC some buttons (info button, colour buttons, teletext and guide button) do nothing and I need "info button" to see the context menu on films, for example.

Someone with the same problem? Anybody know the solution?

Thanks.

Not sure what remote that is but if it is a standard media center remote this is what works for me. I use my guide button for my context menu and the Info button for... well info. and I don't have a teletext button so not sure on that one.

In your keyboard.xml (you may need to create one)

Hope that helps!

use remote maping program to create custom keys,, that's what i did, otherwise there is no info button or delete addons

Grab ShowKey from http://xbmcmce.sourceforge.net/ and see what the buttons are sending. You can use KeyMapedit from the same web site to create a key mapping file to map the keypresses you identify.

JR

Thanks for your answers!

loki131 Wrote:Not sure what remote that is but if it is a standard media center remote this is what works for me. I use my guide button for my context menu and the Info button for... well info. and I don't have a teletext button so not sure on that one.

In your keyboard.xml (you may need to create one)

Code:

<keymap>
  <global>
    <keyboard>
      <!-- MCE Guide -->
      <g mod="ctrl">ContextMenu</g>
      <!-- MCE Details -->
      <d mod="ctrl">Info</d>
      <!-- yellow -->
      <t mod="ctrl,shift">ActivateWindow(VideoLibrary,TvShowTitles)</t>
      <!-- blue -->
      <m mod="ctrl">ActivateWindow(MusicLibrary,Artists)</m>
      <!-- green -->
      <i mod="ctrl">ActivateWindow(pictures)</i>
      <!-- red -->
      <e mod="ctrl">ActivateWindow(VideoLibrary,MovieTitles)</e>
    </keyboard>
  </global>
</keymap>

Hope that helps!

I have pasted your lines to keyboard.xml file of xbmc and nothing has changed.

janushaan Wrote:use remote maping program to create custom keys,, that's what i did, otherwise there is no info button or delete addons

I have MCE Remote Key Mapper but not appear "Info Button" to program my remote control button.

jhsrennie Wrote:Grab ShowKey from http://xbmcmce.sourceforge.net/ and see what the buttons are sending. You can use KeyMapedit from the same web site to create a key mapping file to map the keypresses you identify.

JR

I downloaded these programs but they don't read these buttons (info button, colour buttons, teletext and guide button). Other buttons are readed ok.

The only program that reads these buttons for the moment has been EventGhost and when I push the "Info Button", I obtain the code: "MceRemote.FB84" but I don't know what I can do with this. I don't want to use EventGhost everytime that I use XBMC.

Is the remote using the eHome driver? See http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Usi...in_Windows for how to find out.

If the remote is using the eHome driver then the MCERemote add-on should be able to configure all the buttons. However I vaguely remember someone saying that the AD10 remote uses some non-standard button codes. In that case you may need to manually adjust the remote settings.

JR

Yes, I also think that the AD10 remote uses some non-standard button codes (there are some posts in this forum talking to it).

Do you know how I can manually adjust the remote settings like you say?

Thanks.

If you've installed MCERemote there's a sample .reg file in MSRemote.reg. To find it press windows-R and type:

"%APPDATA%\XBMC\addons\plugin.program.mceremote\resources\data"

(including the quotes) and click OK and an Explorer window should open showing this file (amongst others). The article http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Usi...in_Windows explains how this file works.

JR

I am running XBMCbuntu on my ZBox AD10 and several button of the Zotac Remote work, but not all. Especial not being able to use the "info" button is extremely inconvenient. I have been searching around but most solution seems to be for windows based system or mention the MCERemote addon, which I cannot find in the repository.

Considering the popularity of the ZBOX, it seems to me many people should be facing the same problem. Anyone got a solution?

You can't find the MCERemote add-on because it's Windows only.

For problems with the AD10 remote on Linux you're probably better off asking in the Linux forum.