[WINDOWS] HOW-TO control XBMC using EventGhost with the Microsoft MCE Remote

When "disable HID" option is checked and all keys are mapped properly, theres no navigation sounds at all.. How to fix it? (I would leave "disable HID" option unchecked and have my sounds back but then theres some problems with navigation in xbmc..)

I had this problem and I just created new macros under the xbmc plugin to emulate the arrow keys on the keyboard. Sound works fine now.

fazzieng Wrote:When "disable HID" option is checked and all keys are mapped properly, theres no navigation sounds at all.. How to fix it? (I would leave "disable HID" option unchecked and have my sounds back but then theres some problems with navigation in xbmc..)

What navigation issues do you have with the option unchecked? Are you getting double presses? If so, be sure you DO NOT have the arrow keys mapped with the option unchecked. Don't map the select button or exit buttons either. With the option unchecked, those buttons automatically emulate the keyboard keys, which is what you want.

OK, will try that..

Make sure you reboot when you change the HID checkbox. The changes don't take effect until you reboot.

Henkske Wrote:Some buttons like UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT are already pre-defined. You do not have to add them. If you do you will get troubles in XBMC. (if you press down it will go down several times instead of 1x)

I'm leaving HID enabled and UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT and SELECT all work. Are there any others that we shouldn't map?

Is there any way to add copy, paste etc.. functions to event ghost for XBMC..?

LaTropa64 Wrote:I'm leaving HID enabled and UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT and SELECT all work. Are there any others that we shouldn't map?

If your remote has an "Exit" button, that should be mapped to the Escape key.

And the number keys are all mapped to the number keys on the keyboard.

After some trial and error, it looks like there are quite a few MCE remote buttons that already mapped to various functions in windows if you don't disable the HID service:

Navigation/select
Power
Mute
Vol +/-
Record TV
TV EPG
Live TV
Clear
Enter

A lot of those would come in handy if I could map them in XBMC. The problem with disabling the HID service though is that you can no longer use the remote correctly for Windows Media Center.

Is there some weird way to do this where I can have it both ways? Like a way to not disable HID until you start XBMC and the re-enable HID when XBMC is closed?

hello all,
Thanks a lot for these forums helped me out alot.
Whenever I try to add the mce plugin in evenhost I get the following error.

Error starting plugin: Microsoft MCE Remote
Traceback (most recent call last) (1476):
File "C:\Program Files\EventGhost\eg\Classes\PluginInfo.py", line 299, in Start
File "C:\Program Files\EventGhost\plugins\MceRemote\__init__.py", line 272, in __start__
File "C:\Program Files\EventGhost\plugins\MceRemote\__init__.py", line 315, in CheckHidState
WindowsError: [Error 5] Access is denied
Error starting plugin: Microsoft MCE Remote
Traceback (most recent call last) (1476):
File "C:\Program Files\EventGhost\eg\Classes\PluginInfo.py", line 299, in Start
File "C:\Program Files\EventGhost\plugins\MceRemote\__init__.py", line 272, in __start__
File "C:\Program Files\EventGhost\plugins\MceRemote\__init__.py", line 315, in CheckHidState
WindowsError: [Error 5] Access is denied