2015-02-27, 17:40
Hi!
I had a RPI Model B for some years running OpenElec on a secondary TV in my house, connected by a wired connection to a home server. I hooked a USB IR Receiver with a media center remote and it was working but sometimes, when the RPI was left idle for a couple of hours, the remote was not detected anymore and I had to push about every buttons for about 2 minutes for the RPI to detect it again.
I endured this problem for a long time. Recently I bought a brand-new RPI2 and god, what an incredible improvement. To cope with the more demanding power usage of the PI2, I paired it with a ASUS 5V/2A Power supply.
Still using the same IR receiver and the same controller, at first it was silky smooth, but then again after a day or two, problems came back. It seems to be disconnecting randomly and, even as I stand about 1 feet from the receiver, it takes me about 1-2 minutes of button mashing to wake this thing up. The RPI seems A1 all this time, it is showing the current date and time.
Now my wife's really angry with it and wants me to buy a CEC-compatible TV to use the TV remote instead of my WMC remote. Our old TV is from 2008.
Can this be related to Kodi shutting down USB ports to limit power usage, as Windows often does? Can I override this setting?
All help is appreciated, because otherwise, I'll buy another 500$+ TV with CEC standards...
Thanks!!
I had a RPI Model B for some years running OpenElec on a secondary TV in my house, connected by a wired connection to a home server. I hooked a USB IR Receiver with a media center remote and it was working but sometimes, when the RPI was left idle for a couple of hours, the remote was not detected anymore and I had to push about every buttons for about 2 minutes for the RPI to detect it again.
I endured this problem for a long time. Recently I bought a brand-new RPI2 and god, what an incredible improvement. To cope with the more demanding power usage of the PI2, I paired it with a ASUS 5V/2A Power supply.
Still using the same IR receiver and the same controller, at first it was silky smooth, but then again after a day or two, problems came back. It seems to be disconnecting randomly and, even as I stand about 1 feet from the receiver, it takes me about 1-2 minutes of button mashing to wake this thing up. The RPI seems A1 all this time, it is showing the current date and time.
Now my wife's really angry with it and wants me to buy a CEC-compatible TV to use the TV remote instead of my WMC remote. Our old TV is from 2008.
Can this be related to Kodi shutting down USB ports to limit power usage, as Windows often does? Can I override this setting?
All help is appreciated, because otherwise, I'll buy another 500$+ TV with CEC standards...
Thanks!!