[WINDOWS] HOW-TO get Sony PS3 Bluetooth Remote Control working using EventGhost

BTW, I intend to rip out the repeating events once I get autorepeat working in EG - they were a hack until I understood enough

the power saving feature sounds potentially very good. Is it
something that we will be able to switch on and off, or would we have
to install the old version of the plugin in order to switch it off? I
personally use rechargable batteries, and I really like the fact that
the remote is always immediately responsive. I used to use a wireless
gamepad with xbmc and I always found it annoying because it took too
long to wake up. If I'm watching a movie and I want to pause, I don't
want to have to press a button, then wait 2 seconds then press
pause... same is true with volume, when they break out the machine
guns, it is nice to be able to turn the volume down right away.

I have to replace the batteries about once a week I think, but I
always have spares charged and ready to go so it's not too bad...

just a thought. It would be great if you could have a command to
switch the powerfaving mode on and off depending on how you were using
it.

I was hoping someone could help me. Having trawled through all the EG posts on this forum and the myriad of off domain links, I have successfully installed the new EG with native PS3 remote and XBMC event server support.

However the majority of posts here deal with pre-event server keyboard emulation or skip the guts of how to make the new event server way work.

Can someone briefly explain, or post a config, to get me past the point where i have the PS3 remote paired, EG + PS3 and XBMC plugins installed.

Appreciated.

I'd like to try to help but I'm not sure what you are asking.

It seems like you are asking "how does eventghost work". Which is a bit vague and I doubt you'll get a response. But if it is, I would start by reading this: http://www.eventghost.org/wiki/Short_Manual
if you still have specific questions, I'll try to help.

Do you need help pairing the ps3 remote?
Do you need help specifically with the xbmc plugin?

Can i do that from my bluetooth Mobile?

I have started using the ps3 remote using this guide without any problems up to now. Recently once the remote has gone into slep mode it refuses to wake up. I have either restart event ghost or the pc to get it to work again.

Any ideas?

just got this working in windows 7 rc 64 bit. very happy to have a working ps3 remote in windows with power saving built in. all I need to do now is figure out how to set a button to launch xbmc. also to get volume down working
edit: woot, I figured out how to map keys and to launch programs, switch programs and also I fixed the mapping for volume down.

ok I uploaded a new xml. the only changes I made.. fixed volume down in xbmc. red button launches c:\program files(x86)\xbmc\xbmc.exe -fs and green launches boxee in similar type dir. yellow launches the new alt tab from windows 7.. the one that pops up when you hold control alt tab. then you just press right and left to move then enter to choose which program to switch to.

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/134837/PS3...20rev2.xml

has anyone figured out a way to get autorepeat working? I tried adding the autorepeat in eventghost but it doesn't seem to be working

I noticed that eventghost comes with the ps3 3.0.0 plugin.. should we instead be using magou's updated 3.0.1 from this other thread?
http://www.eventghost.org/forum/viewtopi...0&start=30
I noticed that although the plugin version is 3.00 in the latest eventghost, the description mentions the power saving stuff that I think magou added in 3.0.1. so I think the newest plugin comes with the newest eventghost already..

I also found this page that will install the widcomm bluetooth stack for you if you have a broadcom chip based bluetooth adapter. Widcomm stack is necessary for the power saving modes in the plugin to work. This isn't the 5.1 recommended in the plugin description it seems to be a newer 6.x version
http://www.broadcom.com/support/bluetooth/update.php

edit 7/01/09 added new version of script with fixed mapping of the view button to info in xbmc. also mapped pop-up/menu button to bring up the context menu in xbmc

Hi guys,

Anyone experienced any pairing problems? I can't pair the sony BD remote...
The PC finds the BD Remote Control bluetooth device but when I click pair and leave the pin code empty, the Pairing error occurs...

Any ideas?

Just found out.. you have to use Microsoft bluetooth stack. I've had the HP Broadcomm's and it wont pair with the bluetooth device withoud the pin code.
I'm using the HP NC6400 notebook which came with preinstalled bluetooth drivers.

In case anyone has the same problem, here is how to remove the HP Broadcomm stack and install Microsoft:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/Tec...c00711848j

that's really strange.. did you try updating to the newest broadcom? I think you need because it includes the widcomm stack for power saving