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

tyler Wrote:Good news

I am having a problem currently. Whenever I use the media buttons (play/stop/FW etc) the remote stops responding until I double click the XBMC icon again in the taskbar.

I run XBMC in a fullscreen window on my TV and have to double click on the XBMC icon on the laptop screen to 'reactivate' it I guess.

Anyone had this issue?

Not sure what could be causing this, maybe the application is taking focus. In which case, try one of my experimental releases (links to which are on twitter).

Which version are you using out of interest?

cheetah05 Wrote:I have found a way to get the remote to hibernate properly and save battery on all machines now (including 64bit ones!)....check my twitter for the new release soon: https://twitter.com/#!/BenBarrondotCom

Might have to return to using this remote if it works

cheetah05 Wrote:Not sure what could be causing this, maybe the application is taking focus. In which case, try one of my experimental releases (links to which are on twitter).

Which version are you using out of interest?

PS3 Remote Application - v1.0 BETA

Not tried the experimental versions. My XBMC version is 10.0 Dharma.

I tried running as true full screen and not fake but it still does the same. The remote works 100% until I hit play/pause/stop/fw/rw etc

It's less of a problem than it sounds as I use the arrows to skip and enter to play but it's still not ideal.

the latest experimental release (14) looks promising for hibernation support

Tested and seems to be working on

- Win7 32bit with WidComm (UAC off)

- Win7 64bit with a microsoft stack (UAC off)

superarcan Wrote:BD Remote Power Manager 1.0.1 put PS3 BD Remote to sleep mode / sniff mode / low-power state mode, after a time of inactivity to save battery life...

I cannot get the power manager to locate my PS3 remote. Populate Items shows on the display "Populating... (Please wait.)" but doesn't populate the two drop-down lists. It is possible for me to locate the values for those two fields (Bluetooth Address and HID Device) manually somehow?

Ben's recent tweet says "Guess I will have to find another way of getting the remote to hibernate..." So, I assume his app isn't quite working yet.

onlineaddy Wrote:Ben's recent tweet says "Guess I will have to find another way of getting the remote to hibernate..." So, I assume his app isn't quite working yet.

Yeah, it's weird cause I thought it was working. My multimeter is broken so I can't tell for sure if it's working. It's kind of hard to follow tweets where you can only see 1/2 the conversation.

I really don't know why he prefers twitter to a forum for this type of thing.

Hello boys and girls,

Yeah from my recent tweet it may look like I need to find a new way to hibernate the remote. I will be able to tell for sure when I get to test it out myself. As I don't have my remote with me I can't and have to rely on the reports of others.

Thanks.
Ben

No problem, Ben. Just update us here whenever you are able to. Appreciate it.

cheetah05 Wrote:Not sure what could be causing this, maybe the application is taking focus. In which case, try one of my experimental releases (links to which are on twitter).

Which version are you using out of interest?

I fixed this by changing the config of those buttons to the media tagged definitions instead of CTRL+SHIFT+P for play etc (which it was by default) and it works great now. Still using BETA 1.0