XBMC remote volume buttons not working
#1
Hello all,

I have bought this remote so I can use my logitech harmony 650 on XBMC.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00224Z...d_i=507846

Almost every button works but the volume buttons. The volume buttons only control the system. I'm on windows 8. I tried it on windows 7 on my laptop and that didnt work either.

How can I get the volume buttons working?

Edit: Also the EventGhost driver keeps failing installation.
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#2
Welcome to the XBMC forums.

(2013-08-30, 06:29)mk92595 Wrote: The volume buttons only control the system.

They only control the system how?

Try enabling debug logging in XBMC, press the Volume +/- buttons several times each, exit XBMC and examine your debug log (wiki) to see how (or if) XBMC recognized those keypresses and what actions, if any, it took in response to those keypresses. If you want others here to review your debug log (wiki), then upload its contents to a public paste site such as www.xbmclogs.com and post the assigned URL here.
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#3
(2013-08-30, 06:38)artrafael Wrote: Welcome to the XBMC forums.

(2013-08-30, 06:29)mk92595 Wrote: The volume buttons only control the system.

They only control the system how?

Try enabling debug logging in XBMC, press the Volume +/- buttons several times each, exit XBMC and examine your debug log (wiki) to see how (or if) XBMC recognized those keypresses and what actions, if any, it took in response to those keypresses. If you want others here to review your debug log (wiki), then upload its contents to a public paste site such as www.xbmclogs.com and post the assigned URL here.

The +/- keys work fine when im using my keyboard. When I press the volume down on my remote, it lower's the PC's volume not XBMC's.
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#4
Then try what I suggested in the second paragraph of my reply above.
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#5
(2013-08-30, 06:46)artrafael Wrote: Then try what I suggested in the second paragraph of my reply above.

I got this

http://www.xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=52271
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#6
Looks like they're working as far as invoking the XBMC VolumeDown and VolumeUp actions:
Code:
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: Keyboard: scancode: 0c, sym: 002d, unicode: 002d, modifier: 0
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: minus (f02d) pressed, action is VolumeDown
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnVolumeChanged from xbmc
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 64, from xbmc, message OnVolumeChanged
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: Keyboard: scancode: 0d, sym: 003d, unicode: 003d, modifier: 0
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: equals (f03d) pressed, action is VolumeUp
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnVolumeChanged from xbmc
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 64, from xbmc, message OnVolumeChanged

... unless those were from the keyboard -/+ keypresses rather than from the remote control Volume -/+ buttons?
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#7
(2013-08-30, 07:10)artrafael Wrote: Looks like they're working as far as invoking the XBMC VolumeDown and VolumeUp actions:
Code:
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: Keyboard: scancode: 0c, sym: 002d, unicode: 002d, modifier: 0
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: minus (f02d) pressed, action is VolumeDown
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnVolumeChanged from xbmc
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 64, from xbmc, message OnVolumeChanged
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: Keyboard: scancode: 0d, sym: 003d, unicode: 003d, modifier: 0
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: equals (f03d) pressed, action is VolumeUp
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnVolumeChanged from xbmc
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 64, from xbmc, message OnVolumeChanged

... unless those were from the keyboard -/+ keypresses rather than from the remote control Volume -/+ buttons?

Those were from the keyboard. Its getting late. Tomorrow I'll post a new log of me pressing the buttons off the remote.
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#8
Here is the new log.

http://www.xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=52410

There is no sign of a volume change
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#9
(2013-08-30, 07:10)artrafael Wrote: Looks like they're working as far as invoking the XBMC VolumeDown and VolumeUp actions:
Code:
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: Keyboard: scancode: 0c, sym: 002d, unicode: 002d, modifier: 0
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: minus (f02d) pressed, action is VolumeDown
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnVolumeChanged from xbmc
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 64, from xbmc, message OnVolumeChanged
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: Keyboard: scancode: 0d, sym: 003d, unicode: 003d, modifier: 0
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: CApplication::OnKey: equals (f03d) pressed, action is VolumeUp
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnVolumeChanged from xbmc
00:53:49 T:4728   DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 64, from xbmc, message OnVolumeChanged

... unless those were from the keyboard -/+ keypresses rather than from the remote control Volume -/+ buttons?


Any new help related to my problem?
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#10
Can somebody please help me?
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#11
Nevermind. I just bought this instead

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005AI4...d_i=507846
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#12
For future reference please don't bump your thread more than once a day.
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#13
(2013-08-31, 09:08)nickr Wrote: For future reference please don't bump your thread more than once a day.

Unless you have something else to add, that is.
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#14
Just out of curiosity, for the tests above where the Volume -/+ buttons did not register, were you using the Harmony remote with the VRC-1100 (wiki) IR receiver or were you using the actual VRC-1100 (wiki) remote with it?
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