[zeldi]

Evinyatar, any luck this weekend? I finally managed to make linux@atv work, so I might dig into code and try to make it send remoteid+code.

[zeldi]

Evinyatar, I manged to patch atvclient's code, so I can use 63 buttons with my appletv. Any interest in putting that into your code?

[Evinyatar]

Sure. Could you pastebin the patch? Thanks!

[zeldi]

Sure,

here is the patch file,
and here is the full atvclient.cpp

I did some more testing today, and hopefully all buttons are now mapped correctly.

[trevorcobb]

Sure,

here is the patch file,
and here is the full atvclient.cpp

I did some more testing today, and hopefully all buttons are now mapped correctly.

i can't wait to get off work today and go home and try this out on my atv running xbmc under ubuntu 8.04. yay!!!

is there anything else I need to do to get my harmony 700 set up properly?

actually, come to think of it, I probably can't leave it in ATV device mode, right or an activity built around the ATV itself as a device?

[feikenberg]

I'm about to test the recently postet AppleTV Crystalbuntu (Ubuntu Linux and Crystal HD) Disk Image.
Could someone be so kind and post a step by step guide on how to get my Harmony remote with all available buttons to work with the ATV? I think I have read all the post about it, but im still kind of lost here.

[zeldi]

i can't wait to get off work today and go home and try this out on my atv running xbmc under ubuntu 8.04. yay!!!

is there anything else I need to do to get my harmony 700 set up properly?

actually, come to think of it, I probably can't leave it in ATV device mode, right or an activity built around the ATV itself as a device?

On Harmony you have to add new device, choose: Computer->Media Center PC->Plex (manufacturer)->Plex Player (model). That's pretty much it. Then you might do some button customization in xbmc and that's it.

How did it go trevorcobb?

[zeldi]

I'm about to test the recently postet AppleTV Crystalbuntu (Ubuntu Linux and Crystal HD) Disk Image.
Could someone be so kind and post a step by step guide on how to get my Harmony remote with all available buttons to work with the ATV? I think I have read all the post about it, but im still kind of lost here.

-Install Ubuntu
-Download atvclient from github
-replace atvclient.cpp with the one from my link
-compile and install atvclient as described in original atvclient README
-on harmony, add new computer->media center pc->Plex (manufactrer)->Plex player (device)
-and it should work
-keymap.xml is the default keymap supplied with recent builds

[feikenberg]

-Install Ubuntu
-Download atvclient from github
-replace atvclient.cpp with the one from my link
-compile and install atvclient as described in original atvclient README
-on harmony, add new computer->media center pc->Plex (manufactrer)->Plex player (device)
-and it should work

Thank you for you answer! I did all that with the USB image, but had no success. I had no error messages, had to perform a "sudo apt-get install libusb-dev" though, so I suppose I did it right, but my Harmony continues to behave like a normal ATV remote.

[zeldi]

Thank you for you answer! I did all that with the USB image, but had no success. I had no error messages, had to perform a "sudo apt-get install libusb-dev" though, so I suppose I did it right, but my Harmony continues to behave like a normal ATV remote.

I am not sure what you mean by USB image, but pls do:
-ssh to appletv console,
-stop atvclient service (/etc/init.d/atvclient stop)
-manually start atvclient (just type atvclient, or if you're not root sudo atvclient), on console you should see output like this:

Code:

Creating socket...
Preparing button map...
Paired to: 0
Ready!

now press some keys on Harmony (up, record, info), you should see "hex command: xx xx xx xx xx" output on console, pls share what output you get when you press those commands.

[feikenberg]

Thank you Zeldi for your help. I did everything again with a new image and now it's working perfectly!

BTW, I meant this USB image: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=74992

[dan1son]

Grabbed another Harmony over the weekend for use on my TV in the bedroom that has the ATV hooked up to it. Thanks a lot for the button patch. It's working wonderfully. So nice not being limited to 6 buttons as before.

[scorneil]

-Install Ubuntu
-Download atvclient from github
-replace atvclient.cpp with the one from my link
-compile and install atvclient as described in original atvclient README
-on harmony, add new computer->media center pc->Plex (manufactrer)->Plex player (device)
-and it should work

i did all this, and it seems to work, kind of (on my ATV running Ubuntu)

i set a custom button to OSD, mapped to F5 (as per http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=55660). when pressed it doesn't bring up the OSD, it instead pauses. it seems I am still working on a ATV remote button limitation. not sure what i am doing wrong here...

[zeldi]

i did all this, and it seems to work, kind of (on my ATV running Ubuntu)

i set a custom button to OSD, mapped to F5 (as per http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=55660). when pressed it doesn't bring up the OSD, it instead pauses. it seems I am still working on a ATV remote button limitation. not sure what i am doing wrong here...

Are all other buttons working as expected? Please send me the hex code which you get when you press the F5 button on your remote; how to do it-pls see my reply to feikenberg.

[scorneil]

Are all other buttons working as expected? Please send me the hex code which you get when you press the F5 button on your remote; how to do it-pls see my reply to feikenberg.

this is weird, previously I got the console, now I do not:

Code:

xbmc@atv:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/atvclient stop
[sudo] password for xbmc:
xbmc@atv:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/atvclient
Usage: /etc/init.d/atvclient {start|stop|restart|force-reload}
xbmc@atv:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/atvclient start
xbmc@atv:~$

not sure what now

PS - left, right, up, down, ok, menu work (same as ATV remote, and same as prior to atvclient install)