[User 9163]

Steford, I have one of these remotes and I started to try and set it up for XBMC last night. The remote that came with my Silverstone case using the iMon software is next to useless.

I have read your short tutorial for setting up this remote but being new to this whole scene (and Eventghost), it is all a little confusing.

If you (or anyone else who uses this software) could help a little it would be greatly appreciated.

I appologise in advance for being "dim"?



When you say "in XBMC" do you mean the folder for XBMC within the Eventghost set up? If so, I cant see how to do this. There doesn't seem to be a plugin for "HID Mouse".

Yes I made an XBMC folder (actually now called "Remote") to keep things neat although this is not a requirement. Under the Generic HID plugin I get mouse options. Once you have this I suggest adding at least 1 macro with event detection and associated keypress. So for example I added a "Play" macro - this detects "2.Button.1" which is what Eventghost sees (find it in the log) when I press play on the remote (HID plugin 2). This then triggers "Emulate Keystrokes p". So all Eventghost is doing is detecting 1 keypress on the remote and emulating a keyboard "p" keypress. When XBMC is running this causes the selected item to play.

I tried using the advice from that site but just got confused when it referred to saving .dll files and exe files in the folders within mediaportal. I couldn't see any corresponding folder to use in XBMC.

The only thing you need from that site is the chart that shows what keys are available. I used this to map what key corresponds to what HID event in Eventghost. As soon as you get keys being detected you'll see what I mean. Without any additional plugins you should see the up/down keys creating events in Eventghost as they are equivalent to keyboard presses and are detected by default - so start with that. Uncheck the "Log only assigned and activated events" box to see everything Eventghost detects for the time being.

I have copied the XML you quoted, thanks, and created an xml file with this in but cannot see how, or where to import this into Evenghost.

I would save the default config from Eventghost and add my stuff to it to make sure you have the right format. Add 1 event yourself as above to see where they should all be inserted.

You're not kidding.

I know I'm asking a lot but could someone please help? :o

Vorm

Hope the above helps.