[LINUX] HOW-TO get Hama MCE Remote Control to fully work in Ubuntu 9.04

Hi H.udo,

thanks for ur work but no lucky for me.

Im running Yavdr 0.3, xbmc is perfect but vdr has no remote.

yaVDR doesn't work like that.
It has a system of 'templates' for the config files. Go to vdrportal.de and search for 'hama'. They have at least two threads describing how to make it work. I once had the same problem with yaVDR.

h.udo

Hi H.udo!

thanks for ur help.

But i've ordered an Origen-ae M10 (with VFR 310 vfd/ir module)

new ir module, new story ghhggh

Cool! Those remotes rock!
I just finished assembling a system to a friend that uses that Imon PAD remote and that VDF encased in a Nox Live. Can't be sure about the VFD, do. The one I had in my hands yesterday has the 15c2:0036 IR/VFD version.

I used OpenELEC distro. He is a XBMC newbie, and OpenELEC makes my life easier.

h.udo

hudo Wrote:Cool! Those remotes rock!
I just finished assembling a system to a friend that uses that Imon PAD remote and that VDF encased in a Nox Live. Can't be sure about the VFD, do. The one I had in my hands yesterday has the 15c2:0036 IR/VFD version.

I used OpenELEC distro. He is a XBMC newbie, and OpenELEC makes my life easier.

h.udo

Hi Hudo,

OpenElec is a great distro!!! but doesn't have VDR

No, just Tvheadend I'm afraid.

Use yaVDR and ask the dev's help at vdrportal.de. They speak English and are very helpful.

h.udo

Hi,

I'm all new to xbmc and remote control and i'm facing a problem.
Sorry to use this thread but didn't want to make a whole new one just to ask a question.

I own a hama mce remote and using windows 7 x64 & xbmc 10.1 and wanted to know if there was a way to use the configuration hints given on the first post of this thread on windows os?

thanks!

@xoanon

xoanon Wrote:I changed the setup a little because I liked the keyboard emulation of the Hama MCE for my Launcher ( ubuntu netbook-launcher )

hama_mce.rules

Code:

#
#  start the hama_mce HID parser/keycode translator for XBMC
#
#  There is also a LIRC driver available for this, but some buttons are unusable then, since
#  they send mouse button events instead of key press events.
#
# SYMLINK and MODE is not needed. but set the right OWNER!
BUS=="usb", ACTION=="add", SYSFS{idVendor}=="05a4", SYSFS{idProduct}=="9881", SYMLINK+="hamamce" OWNER="xbmc", MODE="0666"

now I can start the hama_mce binary ( read link doc ) and the xbmc with a little script. And only then the other input devices from the hama mce are dropped (keyboard/mouse).

Need some clarification. If you are running binary directly, then why do you have to change the hama_mce.rules. I didn't get that part.

Do you mind sharing your script. Curious to know how are you killing hama_mce when you exit XBMC. Something special or simple kill!