2011-01-28, 02:22
EDIT: See latest post for relevant question! (wiki)
Hi guys,
Finally got sick of all the remotes I had to use to control my home theater setup and invested in a URC-R50 universal remote. So far, I'm loving it.
At the moment my remote is set up to control my 2.1 system, TV, and DVR. I'd like to have it also control XBMC, which is running on my Win7 laptop. I've done a lot of reading in the how-to threads in the forum here and I haven't found any how-to specifically for this circumstance--most are for MCE remotes or the Harmony remotes, which use PC-based programming, while the R50 is programmed entirely in-remote or by learning from other remotes.
I don't yet have an IR dongle for the laptop, mostly because I don't know what kind to get (I've heard the HP media center dongle is pretty good and cheap).
So, what I need to know is:
1. What kind of IR dongle should I get?
2. What software do I need to control XBMC via IR?
3. How do I program the R50 to control XBMC?
Any and all help would be appreciated!
Hi guys,
Finally got sick of all the remotes I had to use to control my home theater setup and invested in a URC-R50 universal remote. So far, I'm loving it.
At the moment my remote is set up to control my 2.1 system, TV, and DVR. I'd like to have it also control XBMC, which is running on my Win7 laptop. I've done a lot of reading in the how-to threads in the forum here and I haven't found any how-to specifically for this circumstance--most are for MCE remotes or the Harmony remotes, which use PC-based programming, while the R50 is programmed entirely in-remote or by learning from other remotes.
I don't yet have an IR dongle for the laptop, mostly because I don't know what kind to get (I've heard the HP media center dongle is pretty good and cheap).
So, what I need to know is:
1. What kind of IR dongle should I get?
2. What software do I need to control XBMC via IR?
3. How do I program the R50 to control XBMC?
Any and all help would be appreciated!