[giant25]

Pulling my hair out trying to get my remote working. I use a Harmony 650. I bought two different MCE sensors, an Ortek VRC-1100, and a Sony PCVA-IR8U. I got the Ortek working OK, but programming the remote as an Media Center Extender instead of a keyboard limits the buttons I have available to map, I was hoping to be able to use it as a keyboard. So I tried the Sony with the remote programmed as an MCE Keyboard. It registers in Openelec as as an "eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver" and "MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse" when I do "cat /proc/bus/input/devices":

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=0609 Product=031d Version=0000
N: Name="Media Center Ed. eHome Infrared Remote Transceiver (0609:031d)"
P: Phys=usb-0000:00:14.0-3
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0/rc/rc0/input15
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=kbd event6
B: PROP=0
B: EV=100013
B: KEY=fff 0 200108fc32e 2b7605100000000 0 700158000 419200004001 9e968000000000 10004000
B: MSC=10

I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
N: Name="MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (mceusb)"
P: Phys=/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/virtual/input/input16
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=sysrq kbd mouse0 event10
B: PROP=0
B: EV=100017
B: KEY=30000 7 ff87207ac14057ff febeffdfffefffff fffffffffffffffe
B: REL=3
B: MSC=10

The sensor lights up when I press buttons on the remote, but there is no response from Kodi. I've tried all the USB ports, rebooted, etc.

Am I out of luck and I have to use this as an MCE Extender? Because I can get the Ortek working for the basic commands that way, I just might lose some of my custom buttons since there are fewer to map to with an Extender vs a keyboard.

Not having the Harmony control everything with all of the shortcut keys I had programmed is really killing WAF, any help is greatly appreciated

Edit: I tried the Sony IR receiver on my Windows box and it worked fine, controlled Kodi programmed as a keyboard. Still no luck in Openelec

I don't have a good answer to solve the problems with your receivers, but I use a Flirc with my Harmony 650 and Chromebox OE setup flawlessly. I highly recommend it, way easier to set up. Good luck.