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I tried the Flirc dongle this morning with an old Harmony 510. Here is the post I made on the Flirc Forum a little earlier today:
I spent the morning programming my old Harmony 510. First I had to use the Harmony software to enable every key I intended to use, then I used the Flirc software to program the dongle. Seemed pretty easy. Now for the test. It works BUT the sensitivity / direction of pointing the remote are very, very, very poor. Also, I sometimes have to hit a button twice before the command is executed. I'm sick - this is not what I was hoping for. I tried my Intel NUC's front port, back port with extension cable and many, many different placements of the dongle. None produced usable results. My Harmony 510 works perfectly with both my Sony TV & Pioneer AVR. Both are very responsive to the remotes commands. The problem is the Flirc.
I printed an eBay Pre-Paid Return Shipping Label and put it in my mailbox.
Intel NUC DC53427HYE i5-3427U
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2015-08-27, 22:34
(This post was last modified: 2015-08-27, 22:35 by blueribb.)
I received the HP MCE IR Remote today and I have to give it you Matt. Your suggestion was right on. Using the MS Media Center Extender profile, every button does the correct function. My Harmony 650 even shuts off the NUC along with the TV & AVR. It's quite impressive. I have only 1 key to program and I really need help doing it. The RED color button is assigned to PVR recording or something but I don't use it's function. Can this button be made to emulate a "G" keyboard press ?
What is the simplest way to do this ?
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2015-11-24, 22:52
(This post was last modified: 2015-11-24, 22:55 by blueribb.)
Everything has been working great using my NUC, Harmony 650 remote and HP IR Receiver until recently. Before, I used to press the keys on the remote almost as fast as I like and Kodi would respond. Now I have to hold the buttons down a little longer before I get a response. The HP IR unit's red LED responds to very fast key presses but not Kodi. I wonder if the latest version of OpenELEC or Kodi affected the remote control's key press response timing. I remember reading that a "long press" option was being added or something like that.
Any ideas on getting back to the way it was before ?