indifference_engine;452370 Wrote: > Maybe I could use some hot-key combination to turn ir on and off and > maybe even to allow you to switch the setup of which keys did what for > controlling multiple devices?
Here is an idea: Is it technically possible to define an "extended hold"-function for the buttons? Then you could keep the original button behaviours for DATA_PRESS and DATA_HOLD, and then assign the IR-commands to an "extended hold" action, e.g. when you hold down the button for, say, 5 seconds or more? I think that would be helpful to me, because you could then assign the button actions globally, but only activate them when you deliberately hold down the button for an extended period of time? Or will it clash with the regular DATA_HOLD behaviour? > A global setup would certainly be easiest and the profile switching > hot-key idea above would get round any inflexability if people wanted to > do something different. I think the hot key idea would work. Then you could, for instance, make the Play and "+" key together turn on the amp. You might run into future trouble, though, as I suspect that future firmware versions will introduce more default hot keys (I'm just guessing, as I have always been surprised at the general lack of hot keys on the SBC). > I think you're right. The only ones I can think of where over-riding > may be desirable is holding Home (turns SBC off) I think you should leave that alone - unless there is another way (i.e. a menu command) to turn off the SBC (and I can't remember if there is). > and the volume keys (there's no point controlling the volume on both > your amp and and the SB!). Actually, in my case there is: As I wrote in an earlier post, the IR receiver in my NAD only reacts when you are sending IR-commands from an angle that is not too steep - so in my case, I can't sit at my dining table and send IR-commands to the NAD which is in the other end of the living room and blocked by a couch. Instead, I rarely touch the volume knob on the NAD. I keep it at a fairly high level and then compensate by setting the SBC volume to, say, 75 %. Still, I would like the opportunity to control the volume knob from a menu command on the SBC, in the odd case that someone (read: the kids!) has turned down the volume on the NAD. The current setup allows me to do what I want - I can just choose to assign the volume-commands to a menu instead of the volume buttons. > Maybe I'll make this configuable again (like the '@' prefix) but only > for certain keys. I think you should make it configurable for all keys, if possible - then users can adapt the behaviour to their needs. > Thanks! Designing an app is always the hardest part as people always > want features that I haven't thought of. I know - but it is an easy job for me to just shout out wishes and complaints and then leave someone else with all the hassle of making it work! Thanks for all you work - I'm sure this will be a popular applet! -- Pokersut ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pokersut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14520 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66795 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
