XBMC gets dedicated remote - Motorola Nyxboard

Lovely remote this and I am enjoying using this. One question I have is I have many TV episodes I have already watched and would like to mark this as watched. Is it possible to program the USER button to mark episodes as watched? If so can you please help as to how? Also is there a way to configure all the colored buttons on the remote?

Thank You

Just flip it over and use W

All,

I have been reading through this thread and working with the keyboard.xml. I have had mixed results; but I was using Microsoft Notepad; and I have just switched to Notepad++, so I will try that to see if I can get my keyboard.xml file recognized under Userdata before I ask for assistance with that; however what I would like to ask is about programming the User button to act as the Escape key. I have looked for help on this, but I have not been able to find or I just don't understand the code that needs to be used to map the User button to Escape. My goal here is to take advantage of some of the work being done that allows you to launch a Metro App (Windows 8) and then get back to XMBC through exiting the Metro App via an Escape key stroke.

I have worked with the Nyxboard, which I just purchased, and so far so good. My main frustration with programming the keystrokes is finding the code references that need to be used to remap any of the keys.

Thanks in advance

Just got the nyxboard remote to go with my xios ds using the linux build has anyone had any luck getting the volume down to work or mute. It also wont continuously scroll if I hold down the arrow button wtf.

Hi,
I've been using ther NYXBoard remote for about 3 months ~ and its brilliant.. i luv it.
The only real problem (and i think its a big problem) - is Battery life!! On average, i find the batteries last for about 5 weeks, before they're flat!
~ So it has terrible battery life.

I also have a very old (like 7yr old) logitech Cordless mouse plugged into the Media Centre.
Sometimes i wont touch the NYXBoard for over a week (and just use the mouse instead) - but it seems the frequency of how often the remote is used makes no difference on the battery life.
Oh... and the battery's in this old Cordless Logitech Mouse last's for about 1.5yrs.

Does anyone else have this issue?

I'm using XBMC v12.1 on Windows 7 64bit, with the Hybrid Skin...
Running on a Core 2 Duo, with 4GB RAM & a Radeon 5450 1GB Graphics Card.

(2013-04-26 06:36)BlissSol Wrote:  Hi,
I've been using ther NYXBoard remote for about 3 months ~ and its brilliant.. i luv it.
The only real problem (and i think its a big problem) - is Battery life!! On average, i find the batteries last for about 5 weeks, before they're flat!
~ So it has terrible battery life.

Mine lasts for months on end. So something wrong with your remote. Maybe faulty and I use it almost daily daily to watch a show or 2. Its been at least 5 months since I have changed batteries and its still going..

been using mine constantly for 9 months and changed batteries once - super little remote - @tennisbgc I have no issues with the volume controls or mute or for that matter anything - are you using the correct keyboard xml

leepenny ~ would the keyboard.xml file make any difference on the battery life?
but anyway ~ im just using the default keyboard.xml file of Frodo 12.1... is there a 'better' one i should be using?

And i have a friend who i built a Media Centre for, who also has the same remote - with the same battery issues.

I guess the only other question is ~ have their been different revision's of this remote (with slightly different firmware)?
I got these remotes when Pulse Eight first ever launched them on the market... so if they've been revised since the first batch, that may be my issue?

last part if you read my post in its entirety is for another user ! (tennisbgc)
I use a modified keyboard xml that ive had for a while - nothing special
@blisssol - have you had any joy on the nxyboard forums or sent them an e-mail ?
I recieved my remote last year after needing a compact keyboard (used ps3 remote b4) and as I said havent noticed any draining of the battery - my remote is used approx 15 hrs a day EVERY day - so it must be the remote dont you think ? TBH You may get more technical answers from the nyxboard forum.
http://forums.pulse-eight.com/

(2011-10-16 10:35)Malard Wrote:  

redvenomweb Wrote:Just got my Nyxboard (along with a fresh install of 10.1) and it seems to be working quite well. I noticed that for IR controls, it doesn't work very well if I point the remote directly at the device; I have to point the top leading edge of the remote at the device (so it looks like I'm aiming below the target) and it works flawlessly.

The keymap.nyxboard.xml posted earlier in this thread (at http://pastebin.com/t1KFBKBr ) solved all of my initial problems. However, the one thing that's missing for me is that the Nyxboard power button won't automatically shutdown XBMC. (With my old mediacenter remote, the power button shuts down XBMC without a hitch.)

After doing some research, it looks like the keymap shutdown command is XBMC.ShutDown() but I can't find the Nyxboard power button in the keymap. I tried <power> and that didn't work. What does the power button on the remote correspond to?

It's not mappable, you would need to bind another key to bring up the shutdown menu/close XBMC, the Power button is hard coded to VK_SLEEP which the operating system consumes

Not to gravedig (and maybe this is already known) but I found out that the above response was inaccurate.

For any Nyxboard owners that want to have the power button send Shutdown command, add the following line (at least, for Dharma):

<key id="61599">XBMC.ShutDown()</key>

In reading another thread, someone mentioned that you can enable debugging and check xbmc.log for key IDs. At that point, demystifying key mapping becomes simple.