[TerranQ]

You mention an application that will tell you the code. What is it

It's called "debug client". It's part of the IRSS.

and you also mention 2 files irssmap.xml and keymap.xml. I do not see them in the IR Server Suite directory. Where might these be? Thanks TerranQ

the irssmap.xml is the file that tells xbmc what each of your keys is. the keymap.xml is exactly that-the file that maps each of your remote keys. These are not part of the IRSS directory. Once you install IRSS and select your remote on the input service configuration, the irssmap.xml will be created in your "system" folder in the xbmc folder (I believe it's the system folder. Not positive). You can then use the debug client to get the key id for each key on your remote and add them to the irssmap.xml if they're not already present, and then assign them to a function on your keymap.xml.

For example, my * button wasn't mapped, so I opened the debug client and started it. When I pressed my * button, it showed me that the key id for that button was 34212 (for example-not the actual id). I then went to my irssmap.xml and added the following at the bottom:
<star>34212</star>
This tells the system that 34212 is the "star" button

I then went to my keymap.xml, and added the following under <keymap>/<global>/<remote>:
<star>XBMC.PlayerControl(PartyMode)</star>
This tells XBMC that when I press the star button, no matter what screen I'm on, start up the music party mode

Now, Important information:
If you are going to alter your keymap.xml and irssmap.xml, first, make a copy of each and paste it to your userdata folder (Vista is \users\<user name>\appdata\roaming\xbmc\userdata). This is where you place your custom keymap and irssmap.xml