ASUS Eee Box EB1501 (+ alternative 1501 models EB1501U and EB1501P) discussion thread

Herak · 2011-07-20 16:47

My remote stopped working earlier today. The only chage to the system was that i plugged a usb keyboard in so i could check some bios settings and disable the unused wireless.

I was running the latest nightly with no problems other than the android remote occasionally causing xbmc to crash.

Any ideas what went wrong? At the moment xbmc is otherwise working fine using either a keyboard or the web interface to control it.

bruno1976 · 2011-11-17 11:53

This guide is ONLY for ASUS EB1501P with included remote.
I'm not really a linux expert, so I'm not able in the future to help who find problem using this guide.
It's just How I did it... so that's it. Last but not least, I've worked a bit before to get the solution and i can't remember all try I did, i think some action I've done were unusefull, but maybe not.
I've tried XBMC Live, but it didn't boot.
I've tried openELEC ... it's wonderfull, everything is working out of the box... but ... you have not a browser, and if you want to use Jdownloader you have to install on another PC, but if you don't need this features is REALLY AMAZING.

Let's go.

Install Xubuntu 11.10 (I dont want ubuntu cause unity is unusefull in this set), then install XBMC.
I've used this one, maybe it's a good idea, maybe not for all.

Code:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:nathan-renniewaldock/xbmc-stable

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install xbmc

sudo apt-get install lirc

Now is all functional but the remote.

I figured that there were some mistake in Lircmap.xml...

The first is the name, you have to change mceusb with pippo,(at the beginning) and devinput with mceusb (at the end of the list) and then you have to remap some keys like back and home... otherwise you can just paste mine in ~/.xbmc/userdata

Code:

<!-- This file contains the mapping of LIRC keys to XBMC keys used in Keymap.xml  -->

<!--                                                                              -->

<!-- How to add remotes                                                           -->

<!-- <remote device="name_Lirc_calls_the_remote">                                 -->

<!--                                                                              -->

<!-- For the commands the layout following layout is used                         -->

<!-- <XBMC_COMMAND>LircButtonName</XBMC_COMMAND>                                  -->

<!--                                                                              -->

<!-- For a list of XBMC_COMMAND's check out the <remote> sections of keymap.xml   -->

<lircmap>

    <remote device="pippo">

        <play>Play</play>

        <pause>Pause</pause>

        <stop>Stop</stop>

        <forward>Forward</forward>

        <reverse>Rewind</reverse>

        <left>Left</left>

        <right>Right</right>

        <up>Up</up>

        <down>Down</down>

        <select>OK</select>

        <pageplus>ChanUp</pageplus>

        <pageminus>ChanDown</pageminus>

        <back>Back</back>

        <menu>DVD</menu>

        <title>Guide</title>

        <info>More</info>

        <skipplus>Skip</skipplus>

        <skipminus>Replay</skipminus>

        <display>Aspect</display>

        <start>Home</start>

        <record>Record</record>

        <volumeplus>VolUp</volumeplus>

        <volumeminus>VolDown</volumeminus>

        <mute>Mute</mute>

        <power>Power</power>

        <myvideo>Videos</myvideo>

        <mymusic>Music</mymusic>

        <mypictures>Pictures</mypictures>

        <mytv>TV</mytv>

        <one>One</one>

        <two>Two</two>

        <three>Three</three>

        <four>Four</four>

        <five>Five</five>

        <six>Six</six>

        <seven>Seven</seven>

        <eight>Eight</eight>

        <nine>Nine</nine>

        <zero>Zero</zero>

        <star>Star</star>

        <hash>Hash</hash>

        <clear>Clear</clear>

        <enter>Enter</enter>

        <red>Red</red>

        <green>Green</green>

        <yellow>Yellow</yellow>

        <blue>Blue</blue>

        <teletext>Teletext</teletext>

    </remote>

    <remote device="mceusb">

        <left>KEY_LEFT</left>

        <right>KEY_RIGHT</right>

        <up>KEY_UP</up>

        <down>KEY_DOWN</down>

        <select>KEY_OK</select>

        <enter>KEY_ENTER</enter>

        <clear>KEY_DELETE</clear>

        <start>KEY_HOME</start>

        <back>KEY_BACK</back>

        <record>KEY_RECORD</record>

        <play>KEY_PLAY</play>

        <pause>KEY_PAUSE</pause>

        <stop>KEY_STOP</stop>

        <forward>KEY_FASTFORWARD</forward>

        <reverse>KEY_REWIND</reverse>

        <volumeplus>KEY_VOLUMEUP</volumeplus>

        <volumeminus>KEY_VOLUMEDOWN</volumeminus>

        <channelplus>KEY_CHANNELUP</channelplus>

        <channelminus>KEY_CHANNELDOWN</channelminus>

        <skipplus>KEY_NEXT</skipplus>

        <skipminus>KEY_PREVIOUS</skipminus>

        <title>KEY_EPG</title>

        <subtitle>KEY_SUBTITLE</subtitle>

        <language>KEY_LANGUAGE</language>

        <info>KEY_INFO</info>

        <display>KEY_ZOOM</display>

        <mute>KEY_MUTE</mute>

        <power>KEY_POWER</power>

        <eject>KEY_EJECT</eject>

        <menu>KEY_DVD</menu>

        <menu>KEY_MENU</menu>

        <myvideo>KEY_VIDEO</myvideo>

        <mymusic>KEY_AUDIO</mymusic>

        <mypictures>KEY_CAMERA</mypictures>

        <mytv>KEY_TUNER</mytv>

        <teletext>KEY_TEXT</teletext>

        <one>KEY_NUMERIC_1</one>

        <two>KEY_NUMERIC_2</two>

        <three>KEY_NUMERIC_3</three>

        <four>KEY_NUMERIC_4</four>

        <five>KEY_NUMERIC_5</five>

        <six>KEY_NUMERIC_6</six>

        <seven>KEY_NUMERIC_7</seven>

        <eight>KEY_NUMERIC_8</eight>

        <nine>KEY_NUMERIC_9</nine>

        <zero>KEY_NUMERIC_0</zero>

        <star>KEY_NUMERIC_STAR</star>

        <hash>KEY_NUMERIC_POUND</hash>

        <red>KEY_RED</red>

        <green>KEY_GREEN</green>

        <yellow>KEY_YELLOW</yellow>

        <blue>KEY_BLUE</blue>

    </remote>

</lircmap>

to open it:

sudo leafpad ~/.xbmc/userdata/Lircmap.xml

Now in my case there was another issue to fix... the double click remote ... when you use it it just sent two input to the PC.
I absolutely don't know how & why it happend ... but I've googled a bounce of hours and find a trick that I cantunderstand, I don'knowhowitwork but it work.

sudo leafpad /etc/rc.local

and paste this line just before exit 0

echo none +lirc > /sys/class/rc/rc0/protocols.

that' all.

Feel free to rewrite and upgrade my experience ... just dont'ask me because ALL I know is wrote here.

Mupet · 2012-10-07 10:26

My version of the ASUS Eee Box EB1501p came without a remote. I picked it up at a bargain price of £100 on a local Facebook Sales page. Big Grin

I have found that the IR receiver must be compatible with MCE / RC6 remotes, as it worked with my xbox 360 remote control, which is of this type.
I run win7 ultimate and EventGhost to remap a few keys, (fullscreen and OSD I find usefull, and have mapped them to some colour buttons). Most keys worked right out of the box.

Mupet · 2013-01-21 21:12

As a plus, my harmony remote works with the settings on this thread with the IR built into my 1501P.
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=54466
I use the Red button set to 'Esc' > back 1 level,
and the Blue button set to 'C' > context menu.

Mupet Junior Member Posts: 4 Joined: Nov 2011 Reputation: 0	2013-01-21 21:12 Post: #144 As a plus, my harmony remote works with the settings on this thread with the IR built into my 1501P. http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=54466 I use the Red button set to 'Esc' > back 1 level, and the Blue button set to 'C' > context menu. (This post was last modified: 2013-01-21 21:14 by Mupet.)
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