[WINDOWS] HOW-TO setup Sony PS3 Bluetooth Remote Control to work with XBMC

djdafreund Wrote:Thanks alot for posting about this. I actually bought one from work last night just to start using after reading this post, and being bluetooth (Yeah, no aiming!!) Works just great too. I might add 'use no pairing code' to the info though. A lot of devices use 0000 as a default (my mouse,all headsets,etc.), so i'm guessing there might be users out there trying this and thinking something isn't working right when it comes back saying couldn't pair. I tried no code 1st luckily, but still thought it would be helpfull to others in case.
I would also love to see some feedback if/when someone happens to find out if it auto shuts off, so it doesn't wear down the batteries trying to always keep paired even when not being used. I could always pull out a battery when just not using, or unpair it til then.
Would you mind posting your ini file to share that you setup for XBMC? (the exported ini file for the BT remote application), which works perfectly BTW, That way we only have to just tweak a few buttons if any.

no need to pull a battery, just hold the PS button (the one with the playstation symbol under enter button) down for 6 seconds and it will stop until you press another button.

i Like to build a nice ini file, but i dont' have time or patience to go trough the xml, so if someone can tell me (or give a list) what keyboard key's are commonly used in xbmc i can build one right away. I don't even know if it is skin dependent or not.

but its nice to heard this feedback guy's tnx alot.

ill check whether it is possible or not to send a shutdown command. till then, keep the PS button pressed for 6 sec's or so like brownstein said.

Ok, here's one i made so far. I will tweak things later, but this is enough. Also, make a shortcut to load up xbmc and make the following keys to open it in the shortcut properties to work with this "ctrl-alt-x", this was the PS button will properly load up XBMC. Copy and paste in a new .ini file and load it up in the progam.

<settings version="1.0" smsinput="Y">
<key repeat="N">83</key>
<key repeat="N">17,16,65</key>
<key repeat="N">.</key>
<key repeat="N">17,85</key>
<key repeat="N">8</key>
<key repeat="N">.</key>
<key repeat="N">97</key>
<key repeat="N">98</key>
<key repeat="N">99</key>
<key repeat="N">100</key>
<key repeat="N">101</key>
<key repeat="N">102</key>
<key repeat="N">103</key>
<key repeat="N">104</key>
<key repeat="N">105</key>
<key repeat="N">96</key>
<key repeat="N">17,69</key>
<key repeat="N">17,77</key>
<key repeat="N">17,65</key>
<key repeat="N">9</key>
<key repeat="N">77</key>
<key repeat="N">17,16,77</key>
<key repeat="N">67</key>
<key repeat="N">8</key>
<key repeat="N">17,84</key>
<key repeat="N">73</key>
<key repeat="N">27</key>
<key repeat="N">17,79</key>
<key repeat="Y">38</key>
<key repeat="Y">40</key>
<key repeat="Y">37</key>
<key repeat="Y">39</key>
<key repeat="N">13</key>
<key repeat="N">17,18,88</key>
<key repeat="Y">34</key>
<key repeat="Y">33</key>
<key repeat="N">.</key>
<key repeat="Y">107</key>
<key repeat="Y">109</key>
<key repeat="N">17,18,77</key>
<key repeat="N">.</key>
<key repeat="N">.</key>
<key repeat="Y">17,16,66</key>
<key repeat="Y">17,16,70</key>
<key repeat="Y">17,66</key>
<key repeat="Y">190</key>
<key repeat="Y">33</key>
<key repeat="Y">34</key>
<key repeat="N">80</key>
<key repeat="N">88</key>
<key repeat="N">32</key>
</settings>

Thank you for your input, i did not have a chance to test your setup, but it looks oke..

Hi - I'm actually the developer of this application....so any ideas - fire away.

Also...a new version was released last night which fixed the SMS input.

I don't see any new versions other then beta 1.0 still on your site. BTW, thanks for making this program to use. Very usefull and nice. I can definitely come up with a bunch of idea's if your really asking

Yeah - I didn't change the version number....stupid of me I know.....but it is an updated version and the SMS input does work on this version.

I didn't really want to develop the application too much, I wanted to keep it as small as possible for quicker loading/lower resource usage....but what did you have in mind?

Well, not really much idea's to be honest, it's basic and already does what you need it to do. I was thinking though of having the remote image useable.

Check this out. What about the possibilities of having a user be able to select a button on the remote image, and it would then pop up the keyboard action for that button (same as when you double-click on the current button to change now.) instead of looking through the list? Thats really the only idea i actually have to complete this.

djdafreund Wrote:Well, not really much idea's to be honest, it's basic and already does what you need it to do. I was thinking though of having the remote image useable.

That's possible to do, and I know how to do it....its just it would take a while, and honestly...I don't think its really worth the hassle.

cheetah05 Wrote:Hi - I'm actually the developer of this application....so any ideas - fire away.

Also...a new version was released last night which fixed the SMS input.

Hi,

thanks for the app, works great for me. The only thing that bugs me is the need to disconect the remote by holding the PS button in order to save batteries. If it is possible to make it disconnect automaticaly after some while of inactivity, it doesnt need any other changes. Oh and thanks for fixing the sms input, works flawlessly.