2010-05-13, 20:13
Yet another question on remotes! I'm thinking about using the Boxee Box remote which is described here:
http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/01/05/qwe...ox-remote/
It sounds almost perfect, the strong points being:
- it is RF. I know everyone loves IR Harmony's, but the only RF remote I ever owned was phenomenal and I would love to have another
- it comes with a USB dongle (most RF remotes terminate with an IR blaster)
- it will work with Linux
Now for the bad part. I cannot see any way to use this to control the Power or the Volume! My plan is to use this as my only remote. I have only two devices, my htpc running xbmc and a LG television. I will connect the htpc to the television via a serial cable, and can write some scripts to forward commands to the TV. The only commands I need to handle are Power, and Volume - should be simple.
The problem is there are no buttons for it! Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can use the Boxee remote to handle tv power/volume? I could just hijack a few buttons from the QWERTY side - but then they won't function when I actually go to type something. Plus, having to hit "Q" to turn the volume up will not have a very high WAF.
Why doesn't this remote have a few extra buttons on it (Power, Volume, Mute)? Darn you Boxee/DLink!
http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/01/05/qwe...ox-remote/
It sounds almost perfect, the strong points being:
- it is RF. I know everyone loves IR Harmony's, but the only RF remote I ever owned was phenomenal and I would love to have another
- it comes with a USB dongle (most RF remotes terminate with an IR blaster)
- it will work with Linux
Now for the bad part. I cannot see any way to use this to control the Power or the Volume! My plan is to use this as my only remote. I have only two devices, my htpc running xbmc and a LG television. I will connect the htpc to the television via a serial cable, and can write some scripts to forward commands to the TV. The only commands I need to handle are Power, and Volume - should be simple.
The problem is there are no buttons for it! Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can use the Boxee remote to handle tv power/volume? I could just hijack a few buttons from the QWERTY side - but then they won't function when I actually go to type something. Plus, having to hit "Q" to turn the volume up will not have a very high WAF.
Why doesn't this remote have a few extra buttons on it (Power, Volume, Mute)? Darn you Boxee/DLink!