[rollipopolli]

I would like to control the volume on my AV Receiver (w/o HDMI)

My hardware setup is the following:
- Yatse on my Mobile phone to control XBMC on my HTPC
- Openelec as Mediacenter
- MCE remote connected to my HTPC
- AV-Receiver w/o HDMI connection
- TV with HDMI
...
-> connection HTPC and AV-Receiver via optical SPDIF

Does anyone has experiences with controlling the AVR via Yatse and Openelec?

Target is that Yatse would change the volume at my AVR (not in Openelec/XBMC)

Base idea is to control the AVR via IR Blasting through Openelec/XBMC
Does anyone has realised that?
Thanks

[robweber]

Not sure you'll be able to get Yatse to send volume commands somewhere other than xbmc. If you want to use another app something like the SQ Blaster could work. Other option would just be to get like a harmony type remote that let's you add multiple devices.

[rollipopolli]

Managed by myself, using Music pump remote instead of Yatsee.

Just made the following steps:

1. Enable IR blasting, following this guide:
http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php/Guide_...R_Blasting
If you do not want to add the buttons to /storage/.config/lircd.conf manually, you could check, if your remote is already listed under:
http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/
If yes, just copy the buttons you need into your lircd.conf
If not, just try similar remotes from same manufacture


2. Change the mapping file "/keymaps/joystick.WiiRemote.xml" to trigger blasting IR command (this is the mapping file used by Music Pump remote).

In the following example you can see my change of button 7 & 9 to change the volume on my AV receiver instead of changing the XBMC volume:

Code:

<button id="7">XBMC.RunScript(/storage/.config/irsend.py, SEND_ONCE Onkyo VolDown)</button>
      
<button id="9">XBMC.RunScript(/storage/.config/irsend.py, SEND_ONCE Onkyo VolUp)</button>

Please note I've used for my setup in lircd.conf a remote called "Onkyo" and the buttons called "VolDown" and "VolUp".