[xj-boonie]

Hey your guide helped me setup a Harmony 900 with OVU412002 DELL receiver and worked great.

The only issues I had are the following:

1- After setting up my two Keyboard and remote devices I still had to set them to be transmitted over RF. They would work over IR initially but mysteriously nothing happened over RF. This was fixed in the remote settings and can be googled (set harmony 900 RF device settings).

Basically I went into the menu, RF settings on the remote (in there somewhere is a menu with all devices on it...you can select each one to toggle RF usage on or off).

2- Your guide doesn't mention how to setup the power options for Sleeping and Waking your XBMC box (not that I saw). This is critical for WAT certification. Fast start up and fast shutdown are keys to ease of use.

I accomplished this by going into the Harmony Menu>Devices>(Your MCE Remote) Settings. From here I said this device can be turned on and off using separate keys. I setup to power on using the "POWER" toggle as PowerON specifically had no effect. For power off I was however able to use the "PowerOff" specifically. All of this allowed me to sleep my machine quickly and bring it online immediately using only the harmony remote.

SIDE NOTE: Sleeping/Waking a Windows PC for weeks is not advisable as Windows gets crappy after a few times. To fix this I simply created a Batch file with one line in it "shutdown -r -t 05". I then setup a Windows Scheduled task to run this script every night at 3am. Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Task Scheduler. This greatly increases overall stability when using Sleep/Wake.

My machine is a Gigabtye ITX Fusion Zacate system. Movies are on a 1.5 terrabyte seagate USB 3 external drive. I use confluence but I modded it to have a Kiosk Mode...which is the final step in WAT certification.

Thanks for the guide!!

Two questions:

What does the batch file you made do?
How did you mod confluence for kiosk mode?

Thanks!

[goldberg96]

Hi folks. I am not using a Harmony remote so I'm not setting up that part. But I followed the directions so far to create the AutoHotKey scripts. Then I set up an Advanced Launcher item to launch the Netflix script (.exe file). I get what looks like a Command screen for about 1/10 of the second and then it just returns to XBMC. The AutoHotKey script should work even though I'm not triggering it with a Harmony Remote. I have tried numerous times to capture the screen image so I could see what messages were in the command screen but so far no luck because it comes and goes so fast and my reflexes just aren't that good.

Any ideas??

P.S. Once I see what these scripts do, I actually plan to get a Harmony remote but I want to see each script work to assure myself I'm on the right track. I know I won't be able to go back and forth but at least I would be able to jump to Netflix on WMC to see that I can get there (likewise to get to Hulu Desktop).

[goldberg96]

Here's some more info from my last post:

Here's my AutoHotKey script;

IfWinExist Windows Media Center
{
WinActivate
WinMaximize ;
}
else
{
Run C:\Users\xbmc\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\XBMC Scripts\netflix.bat
WinWait Windows Media Center
WinActivate
WinMaximize ;
}

IfWinExist, XBMC
WinClose ;

IfWinExist, Hulu Desktop
WinClose ;


Here's my bat file:

Start windowsmediacenterapp:{e6f46126-f8a9-4a97-9159-b70b07890112}\{982ea9d3-915c-4713-a3c8-99a4688b7c59}?EntryPointParameters=

There are no extra spaces at the end.


Every time I run the Netflix.exe file I get an icon in my task bar from AutoHotKey saying Netflix.exe. If I invoke it 5 times I get 5 icons in the task bar. Don't know if this info helps but I would really like to get this going.

Oh and I am running XBMC 12.1 and Windows 8 Pro x64

Thanks.......Rob

[goldberg96]

ok folks, finally captured the screen. Only took about 50 tries. It seems the 'Start' command in my bat file is not being recognized as a valid command. What do I do about that?

[goldberg96]

It's so weird, when I run the bat file the error shows some weird characters before the Start command but they're not in the bat file. They not even readable characters so I can't tell you what they are.

[goldberg96]

Problem solved. When I created my script files and bat files they got created as UTF-8 format instead of ANSI format to control characters were being added to the front of the command lines. Once I resaved everything as ANSI format and recompiled the autohotkey scripts again, everything worked perfectly. I even have an iPhone app Hippo Remote that includes function keys so I am using it just like a Harmony Remote.

Thanks so much to the author of this thread for teaching me how to do this.

Rob

[archie456]

Just come across this post - looks exactly like the solution I need with my new Harmony - thanks.

[satand]

I assigned CTRL + ALT + K to Kodi. When I press this combination with the keyboard, Kodi starts. But when I press it on my Logitech Harmony One, nothing happens. Whats wrong? My RC6 receiver basically works in Kodi and to start the HTPC.