[aimaim]

Hi everybody,

I'm running an install of the new xbmc-live dharma beta and I just got an mce remote. Unfortunately it doesn't really work. Sometimes the up and down keys function but nothing else.
Here is a picture of the remote:

On the sticker on the back it says "AR Remote Control MCE Art.- NR.: 1040050". Googling for 1040050 and remote brings it up in some boards but never linked to xbmc...
If anybody could help me set it up I'd really appreciate that.

Thanks in advance

aimaim

[leadfingers]

After googling "AR Remote Control MCE Art.- NR.: 1040050", according to this site
http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/genera...rol-10970/
Your remote & receiver are NOT classified as "MCE" but fall into the "X10" category.

You need to reconfigure lirc for the X10 remote & receiver.

In a terminal

Code:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc

This should bring up a window to let you choose a new remote & receiver.
Select the X10 and follow the instructions. (Once lirc is reconfigured you might need to reboot for lirc to see the changes)

In a terminal

Code:

irw

this should leave you at a blinking prompt waiting for a remote button press. One at a time press the buttons on your remote to make sure they all work. This will also tell you the lirc-name of your remote.

If xbmc works with your remote, your done. If not see this How-To for custom keymapping.
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...mce+remote

The exact button names and the lirc-name of your remote that you get from the irw command (upper & lower case sensitive) will be important if you have to create your own "Lircmam.xml" & "remote.xml".

[aimaim]

Hi,

firstly thank you for your help..

I did "sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc".
After that I restarted lirc.
Then I tried "irw" and all the buttons were recognized as "00000014d7020000 04 Power Medion_MD8800
00000014f41f0000 00 Right Medion_MD8800" etc. Strangely one button press would output 1-5 events..
After that I took this guys: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=74278 remote.xml and Lircmap.xml . Unfortunately after restarting lirc or even rebooting the machine the remote still won't do anything.
I appreciate your input

Thanks

aimaim

[leadfingers]

Hi,

firstly thank you for your help..

I did "sudo dpkg-reconfigure lirc".
After that I restarted lirc.
Then I tried "irw" and all the buttons were recognized as "00000014d7020000 04 Power Medion_MD8800
00000014f41f0000 00 Right Medion_MD8800" etc. Strangely one button press would output 1-5 events..
After that I took this guys: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=74278 remote.xml and Lircmap.xml . Unfortunately after restarting lirc or even rebooting the machine the remote still won't do anything.
I appreciate your input

Thanks

aimaim

If you've got the buttons to work with the irw command this tells you several things.
1) lirc is configured correctly and working properly
2) The exact lirc name of each button
3) The lirc name of your remote (Medion_MD8800)

The next step is creating a "Lircmap.xml" and "remote.xml" so xbmc knows what buttons corresponds with what actions.

To make things easier, run the irw command again, press all the buttons one at a time, copy & paste the entire output to a text file. This will be your reference for the lirc_button_names when you make the Lircmap.xml and remote.xml.

Read the first post in this How-To all the way through
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...mce+remote
Start with the 4 basics Up, Down, Left, and Right. When you've got them to work correctly in xbmc, add one button at a time until all the buttons work.

Lircmap.xml goes in the hidden folder ~home/.xbmc/userdata
remote.xml goes in the hidden folder ~home/.xbmc/userdata/Keymap

If at any time you think somethings wonky go over your xbmc.log
~home/.xbmc/temp

Once you've got all the buttons working, if you could post your Lircmap.xml & remote.xml it would be a big help for others trying to get the same remote working.