[slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
How do I make my SB3 respond to the infrared signals intended for another piece of hardware than the SB or the JVC DVD player? I would like to be able to define the use of each key so that I control which keys on the alternative remote control that substitutes those of the original one. Can this be done through software or would there be hardware issues involved? Can it be done through a plugin or would it take more programming than that? Regards Claus -- Claus-DK Claus-DK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2659 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
Start by having a look at the Home / Technical Information / Help / Button Mapping page in your slimserver... -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
ceejay;205118 Wrote: Start by having a look at the Home / Technical Information / Help / Button Mapping page in your slimserver... Thanks! Now I only need to find out what codes - in the same format - my remote sends. I wonder how I get that informmation? Regards Claus -- Claus-DK Claus-DK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2659 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
Claus-DK;205123 Wrote: Thanks! Now I only need to find out what codes - in the same format - my remote sends. I wonder how I get that informmation? Regards Claus Hmm Case is that I have a universal remote that is preprogrammed for many different devices. Unfortunately the Squeezebox isn't one of them. So I thought that I could pick one of the preprogrammed players and set the SB up to respond to them. Here I found a lot of infrared hex codes: http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin/codes/ Unfortunately they don't seem to be in the same format as the ones used in the ir-files on my Slimserver. So how do I translate the codes from Remotecentral to codes that I can use for my Slimserver? Regards Claus -- Claus-DK Claus-DK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2659 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
I don't have an answer for that question but... doesn't your universal remote support a JVC DVD player? If so that would be your easiest solution. Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
'IRBlaster' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?IRLearning) in learning mode can learn the codes of most remotes. Not sure if the result is compatible - it produces lines and lines of codes on a single button press for me. Works fine with IRBlaster but if you're looking for a single code it may not help. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910postcount=2) Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
ceejay;205139 Wrote: I don't have an answer for that question but... doesn't your universal remote support a JVC DVD player? If so that would be your easiest solution. Ceejay Yes! But for two resons I don't want to use this solution: 1. I would like to use the DVD section of the remote with my DVD-player 2. The way the keys are used could be far better Regards Claus -- Claus-DK Claus-DK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2659 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
Claus-DK;205145 Wrote: Could I ask you to give me an example of how IRBlaster returns the learned codes? Here's the .conf file for my Marantz RC1400: Code: begin remote name Marantz_RC1400 flags RAW_CODES begin raw_codes name Power on 1025725190016251825800 950800950800950800 9508009501675950800 182580095089700 1000750182516751825800 975775975775975775 9757759751650975775 18507759752 name Switch to CD input 10507001050725975775 1825167518258009501675 950800950800950800 95080095080095088800 950775950800950800 1825167518258009501675 950800950800950800 9508009508009502 name V-Mute on 1050700187516501825800 9508009757759754300 9757759751650975775 182516751825800950800 950800950167518252 end raw_codes end remote The names I specified myself. Unfortunately as you see it's not hexadecimal codes like on Remote Central. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910postcount=2) Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
Mark Lanctot;205148 Wrote: Here's the .conf file for my Marantz RC1400: Code: begin remote name Marantz_RC1400 flags RAW_CODES begin raw_codes name Power on 1025725190016251825800 950800950800950800 9508009501675950800 182580095089700 1000750182516751825800 975775975775975775 9757759751650975775 18507759752 name Switch to CD input 10507001050725975775 1825167518258009501675 950800950800950800 95080095080095088800 950775950800950800 1825167518258009501675 950800950800950800 9508009508009502 name V-Mute on 1050700187516501825800 9508009757759754300 9757759751650975775 182516751825800950800 950800950167518252 end raw_codes end remote The names I specified myself. Unfortunately as you see it's not hexadecimal codes like on Remote Central. Thanks! Here's the content ot the Slim_Devices_Remote.ir file: --- # This mapping is for the custom Slim Devices remote # Additionally, some new codes may be defined for use with programmable # remotes ## # Button names to IR code mappings ## 0 = 76899867 1 = 7689f00f 2 = 768908f7 3 = 76898877 4 = 768948b7 5 = 7689c837 6 = 768928d7 7 = 7689a857 8 = 76896897 9 = 7689e817 arrow_down = 7689b04f arrow_left = 7689906f arrow_right = 7689d02f arrow_up= 7689e01f voldown = 768900ff volup = 7689807f power = 768940bf rew = 7689c03f pause = 768920df fwd = 7689a05f add = 7689609f play= 768910ef search = 768958a7 shuffle = 7689d827 repeat = 768938c7 sleep = 7689b847 now_playing = 76897887 size= 7689f807 brightness = 768904fb favorites = 768918e7 browse = 7689708f power_on= 76898f70 power_off = 76898778 --- So I guess that I'm back to how do I translate the codes from IRBlaster or the ones I find on the Internet into something that can be used in a ir-file? Regards Claus -- Claus-DK Claus-DK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2659 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
The IRBlaster codes are formatted in a way 'LIRC' (http://www.lirc.org/) understands. Perhaps there is a conversion script available? -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910postcount=2) Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
Mark Lanctot;205153 Wrote: The IRBlaster codes are formatted in a way 'LIRC' (http://www.lirc.org/) understands. Perhaps there is a conversion script available? Good idea! Any idea on what the format used in the IR-file is called? Regards Claus -- Claus-DK Claus-DK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2659 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
Claus-DK;205156 Wrote: Any idea on what the format used in the IR-file is called? I don't think there's a name for it, it's just a format LIRC uses. LIRC is open-source so if you have the programming skills you could dig in. It appears to support custom actions so you could have it send a CLI command to SlimServer based on a button press from remote controller X. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910postcount=2) Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
Mark Lanctot;205158 Wrote: I don't think there's a name for it, it's just a format LIRC uses. Just came across this: http://www.herger.net/slim/detail.php?nr=716kategorie=slim It seems as though Michael Herger did the same thing with a NAD remote. I hope that he can give a few input for me to come further with this project. Regards Claus -- Claus-DK Claus-DK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2659 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
Claus-DK;205161 Wrote: Just came across this: http://www.herger.net/slim/detail.php?nr=716kategorie=slim It seems as though Michael Herger did the same thing with a NAD remote. I hope that he can give a few input for me to come further with this project. Regards Claus This is the coolest thing I have seen today, since I just bought a NAD c720BEE reciever (which uses this remote) for my bedroom squeezebox system. Thanks for posting it!! -- gdpeck gdpeck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4686 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
Claus-DK;205161 Wrote: Just came across this: http://www.herger.net/slim/detail.php?nr=716kategorie=slim It seems as though Michael Herger did the same thing with a NAD remote. I hope that he can give a few input for me to come further with this project. Regards Claus I think that I have come a bit further: Fumbeling around in the webinterface of my Slimserver I came across Server settings Debugging. When activating d_ir I was able to read out the codes from any remote in the logfile. Then I created the file AlfaView_Remote.ir and placed it in the IR directory on my Slimserver. The content of the file is shown here: --- # This mapping is for the AlfaView DeLuxe remote for AUX code 142 ## # Button names to IR code mappings ## 0 = cd06 1 = cd86 2 = cd46 3 = cdc6 4 = cd26 5 = cda6 6 = cd66 7 = cde6 8 = cd16 9 = cd96 arrow_down = cdf6 arrow_left = cde6 arrow_right = cd76 arrow_up= cd4e voldown = 0402aa55 volup = 04022ad5 power = cd22 rew = 04022ad5 pause = 0402aa55 fwd = cd32 add = 7689609f play= cdb2 search = 768958a7 shuffle = 7689d827 repeat = 768938c7 sleep = 7689b847 now_playing = 76897887 size= 7689f807 brightness = 768904fb favorites = 768918e7 browse = 7689708f power_on= 76898f70 power_off = 76898778 --- Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work. Not even after restarting my SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 10260 - Linux - EN - iso-8859-1 So hmmm what the is the problem here? Regards Claus -- Claus-DK Claus-DK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2659 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
Claus-DK;205199 Wrote: I think that I have come a bit further: So hmmm what the is the problem here? Stupid me! I was logged in as root when i copied the file to the IR directory - Well changing ownership to Slimserver did the trick. The only thing left now is to fine tune the layout of the buttons on the remote. Thanks to those who helped me! Regards Claus -- Claus-DK Claus-DK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2659 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
The only thing left now is to fine tune the layout of the buttons on the remote. I guess I'm rather late here :-) (this is a public holiday in Switzerland) Thanks to those who helped me! I didn't, but didn't you have to enable the IR file for your player manually? Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
This is the coolest thing I have seen today, since I just bought a NAD c720BEE reciever (which uses this remote) for my bedroom squeezebox system. Have fun! But don't turn it up to much - that's a quite powerful amp for a bedroom :-) Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to use other IR-remotes with SB3
Michael Herger;205271 Wrote: Didn't you have to enable the IR file for your player manually? When putting a new file into the library my Slimserver found it itselves. When updating the file I could restart Slimserver og simply just uncheck it and then check it again in the webinterface. For those who would like to do this themselves I just threw together a short guide with no fancy pictures: http://www.slim.nygaard-pedersen.dk/any_remote.htm Regards Claus -- Claus-DK Claus-DK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2659 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35658 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
