2012-08-20, 16:36
(2012-04-25, 20:21)svinyard Wrote: Hey your guide helped me setup a Harmony 900 with OVU412002 DELL receiver and worked great.
The only issues I had are the following:
1- After setting up my two Keyboard and remote devices I still had to set them to be transmitted over RF. They would work over IR initially but mysteriously nothing happened over RF. This was fixed in the remote settings and can be googled (set harmony 900 RF device settings).
Basically I went into the menu, RF settings on the remote (in there somewhere is a menu with all devices on it...you can select each one to toggle RF usage on or off).
2- Your guide doesn't mention how to setup the power options for Sleeping and Waking your XBMC box (not that I saw). This is critical for WAT certification. Fast start up and fast shutdown are keys to ease of use.
I accomplished this by going into the Harmony Menu>Devices>(Your MCE Remote) Settings. From here I said this device can be turned on and off using separate keys. I setup to power on using the "POWER" toggle as PowerON specifically had no effect. For power off I was however able to use the "PowerOff" specifically. All of this allowed me to sleep my machine quickly and bring it online immediately using only the harmony remote.
SIDE NOTE: Sleeping/Waking a Windows PC for weeks is not advisable as Windows gets crappy after a few times. To fix this I simply created a Batch file with one line in it "shutdown -r -t 05". I then setup a Windows Scheduled task to run this script every night at 3am. Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Task Scheduler. This greatly increases overall stability when using Sleep/Wake.
My machine is a Gigabtye ITX Fusion Zacate system. Movies are on a 1.5 terrabyte seagate USB 3 external drive. I use confluence but I modded it to have a Kiosk Mode...which is the final step in WAT certification.
Thanks for the guide!!
Two questions:
What does the batch file you made do?
How did you mod confluence for kiosk mode?
Thanks!