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garbear
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Android seems to be telling Kodi that the remote is removed when it hasn't been used in a while. This is the first time I've heard about an OS that lies about which devices are attached... I guess I could add a setting to disable device notifications.
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CiNcH
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Sony remotes are combined IR + Bluetooth Smart for voice. I suppose that the TV is powering down Bluetooth which leads to the disconnect.
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garbear
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What label would you use? "Notify when devices are connected or disconnected" is too long, especially in german
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CiNcH
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2016-12-06, 07:48
(This post was last modified: 2016-12-06, 07:49 by CiNcH.)
I just recognized that there is a detailed description anyway. So probably the following is enough for the label:
"Notify on device events"
"Benachrichtigung bei Geräteereignissen"
But it is good the way it is anyway. No point in discussing that. Sorry for bringing it up.
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* Koying wonders why a remote is advertising itself as a joystick in the first place...
Is there anything special to it? With my 2015 sony, there was a "plain" ir remote and a "touchpad" one.
Which one are we talking about? Or is it a new one?
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CiNcH
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2016-12-06, 09:03
(This post was last modified: 2016-12-06, 09:23 by CiNcH.)
This is a new one. Sony abandoned the One-Flick remote ("touchpad") for the 2016 models and merged voice functionality into the big one. That is why the new one is a combined IR + Bluetooth Smart remote. The Bluetooth Smart part is what is announced I suppose. Why as joystick I don't know. It probably also has gyroscope and stuff inside. And I think this part is being suspended after several seconds of inactivity on the remote in order to save battery, hence the frequent device events. Button presses however are transmitted via IR as far as I know and only voice is transmitted over Bluetooth.
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CiNcH
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PR still seems to be pending. So what's the status? These connect/disconnect events are really annoying.
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garbear
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2016-12-13, 14:35
(This post was last modified: 2016-12-13, 15:14 by garbear.)
Got distracted by RL. I plan to replace the open PR with one that blacklists the name "SONY TV RC MIC 001"
EDIT: PR11162