2011-02-05, 03:19
I'm a bit annoyed having to use my tv remote to control the volume, so I'm looking for a workaround...
Luckily my LG tv has a RS232 port and my NAS with the xbmc library is standing not too far away. So I've bought an USB-RS232 adapter, connected the NAS to my tv and set up a php script to control it.
I can control my tv volume by sending http requests to my NAS now. So far so good
I'm not sure if http will be responsive enough, but it's easy for testing. UDP is another option if http won't do.
Next step is to make xbmc send http requests when I want to change the volume with my atv2 remote. I'm not familiar with the xbmc code (yet), so I was wondering if somebody could answer some questions before I start messing around:
* Is it possible to achieve this with an add-on, or are there any existing add-ons that could be used/adapted?
* Or will I have to change the xbmc code?
thx...
Luckily my LG tv has a RS232 port and my NAS with the xbmc library is standing not too far away. So I've bought an USB-RS232 adapter, connected the NAS to my tv and set up a php script to control it.
I can control my tv volume by sending http requests to my NAS now. So far so good
I'm not sure if http will be responsive enough, but it's easy for testing. UDP is another option if http won't do.
Next step is to make xbmc send http requests when I want to change the volume with my atv2 remote. I'm not familiar with the xbmc code (yet), so I was wondering if somebody could answer some questions before I start messing around:
* Is it possible to achieve this with an add-on, or are there any existing add-ons that could be used/adapted?
* Or will I have to change the xbmc code?
thx...