2010-07-24, 15:35
Is there any way to get the green button on this remote to open XBMC rather than Windows Media Center?
...It is a certified MCE remote.
Thanks.
...It is a certified MCE remote.
Thanks.
jhsrennie Wrote:Yes, there are several ways. I haven't used an Emprex 3009URF, but if it's a full MS compatible (see http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Usi..._with_XBMC for the differenvce between a full compatible and an MCE clone) then you can reconfigure the green button to send a keystroke of your choice, e.g. ctrl-shift-X, and assign that as a hotkey for the XBMC shortcut.
cheetah05 Wrote:How do I reconfigure the green button to send another keystroke?
cheetah05 Wrote:Well the remote is "Certified by Microsoft" so I assume that means is compatible.
gaborm Wrote:Yes it is possible without any special treatment. I am using this Emprex remote on win7 with eventghost. The trick is that the remote registers as 3 individual HID device each representing a group of buttons on the remote.
In my setup I started eventghost and removed everything pre-configured. I added the remote 3 times as "Generic HID", on the device list there are 3 of the following
USB MCE Cordless Remote Controller (manufacturer: BTC)
enter something in the "Event Prefix (optional)" field so you'll see in the log which button belongs to which virtual device out of the three (I used r1, r2 and r3). (The big green button is on the 3rd one.)
So in the autostart now you have "Plugin: XBMC" and 3 times "Plugin: HID: BTC USB MCE Cordless Remote Controller". Now if you press the green button it will show up on the left side in the log as "r3.Button.13" (the prefix r3 is the one you used during the HID setup).
In the XBMC plugin there is no macro for the start XBMC so
- add a new Macro,
- select "System > Start Application" from the left side list,
- point it to the XBMC.exe,
- name it something like "Start XBMC",
- drag the "r3.Button.13" with the flash icon from the log into the macro and
- save.
The green button will start XBMC from now on.
gaborm Wrote:Yes it is possible without any special treatment. I am using this Emprex remote on win7 with eventghost. The trick is that the remote registers as 3 individual HID device each representing a group of buttons on the remote.
In my setup I started eventghost and removed everything pre-configured. I added the remote 3 times as "Generic HID", on the device list there are 3 of the following
USB MCE Cordless Remote Controller (manufacturer: BTC)
enter something in the "Event Prefix (optional)" field so you'll see in the log which button belongs to which virtual device out of the three (I used r1, r2 and r3). (The big green button is on the 3rd one.)
So in the autostart now you have "Plugin: XBMC" and 3 times "Plugin: HID: BTC USB MCE Cordless Remote Controller". Now if you press the green button it will show up on the left side in the log as "r3.Button.13" (the prefix r3 is the one you used during the HID setup).
In the XBMC plugin there is no macro for the start XBMC so
- add a new Macro,
- select "System > Start Application" from the left side list,
- point it to the XBMC.exe,
- name it something like "Start XBMC",
- drag the "r3.Button.13" with the flash icon from the log into the macro and
- save.
The green button will start XBMC from now on.