[RELEASE] MCERemote Addon - MCE Remote Control Plugin for XBMC on Windows

[RELEASE] MCERemote Addon - MCE Remote Control Plugin for XBMC on Windows - Printable Version

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- bfg9000 - 2010-09-23

Hi, i'm trying to use this add-on but i am not able to let it works.
I have an original Microsoft IR6 MCE remote so i should be in the correct condition to let it works.
My system is a windows 7 x64, and i'm using Dharma beta 2.

In device manager i see: eHome infrared receiver (USBCIR)

I 've installed the addon and i see it activeted, but i can only use directions and OK buttons. The green button start MC.. Sad

Sorry i'm really new to XBMC so maybe i'm making some mistakes. Can anyone help me? Something to check?

Thanks

- elitegamer360 - 2010-09-23

bfg9000 Wrote:Hi, i'm trying to use this add-on but i am not able to let it works.
I have an original Microsoft IR6 MCE remote so i should be in the correct condition to let it works.
My system is a windows 7 x64, and i'm using Dharma beta 2.

In device manager i see: eHome infrared receiver (USBCIR)

I 've installed the addon and i see it activeted, but i can only use directions and OK buttons. The green button start MC..

Sorry i'm really new to XBMC so maybe i'm making some mistakes. Can anyone help me? Something to check?

Thanks

Download this Keyboard.xml place it in here:

Code:
C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC\system\keymaps

overwrite it when prompted.

make sure you download the latest addon from JR site version 0.0.2. In the zip file look for "MSRemote.reg" apply it then restart your PC and it should work for you with no issues.

You will need to have an XBMC shortcut on your desktop and assign it with a shortcut key CTRL+SHIFT+W then the green button in your remote will work.

Soon I will post a Pre version that is compatible with the new Keyboard.xml file that are similar to my old reg v1.20. see my sig for thread link Wink

Does this mean... - isamudaison - 2010-09-23

I can finally ditch event ghost?? (please say yes Big Grin

)

- jhsrennie - 2010-09-24

bfg9000 Wrote:Hi, i'm trying to use this add-on but i am not able to let it works.
I have an original Microsoft IR6 MCE remote so i should be in the correct condition to let it works.
My system is a windows 7 x64, and i'm using Dharma beta 2.

In device manager i see: eHome infrared receiver (USBCIR)

I 've installed the addon and i see it activeted, but i can only use directions and OK buttons. The green button start MC..

Sorry i'm really new to XBMC so maybe i'm making some mistakes. Can anyone help me? Something to check?

Thanks

Once you've installed the addon go to the home menu and select Programs then MCERemote. From the addon menu select "Configure MCE keyboard shortcuts". After you restart the PC you should find most of the buttons work. With the official release of Dharma all the buttons will work.

JR

- jhsrennie - 2010-09-24

isamudaison Wrote:I can finally ditch event ghost?? (please say yes )

Yes.

Well, Eventghost has some nice features. For example Eventghost can route signals from the remote to XBMC even when XBMC doesn't have the focus, though this is only likely to be needed if you have a multiple display setup.

JR

- The_Dogg - 2010-09-24

Just bought an MCE Compatible remote yesterday (got tired of battery draining on my PS3 remote).

I just plugged the remote in and the basic buttons already worked (play, pause, stop, navigational buttons and enter)

I will give this addon a try this week-end, my goal is to achieve the config I had in evenghost for my ps3 remote on my MCE remote without using eventghost.

thanks for this

- jhsrennie - 2010-09-24

If Play etc work your remote is probably not a full MS compatible. It probably sends MCE shortcuts keys. In that case the addon will just report that it can't find an MS remote. Still, it's worth a try.

JR

- The_Dogg - 2010-09-24

jhsrennie Wrote:If Play etc work your remote is probably not a full MS compatible. It probably sends MCE shortcuts keys. In that case the addon will just report that it can't find an MS remote. Still, it's worth a try.

JR

yeah I just read the reviews on the remote I have (ARC-1100) and it's not using the ehome driver.

but on another hand, I saw on the Eventghost forums that the beta version (0.4.x) had a plugin for that remote. So migrating my PS3 config to this remote might not be that hard.

I'll still give your addon a try just for fun Smile

- jhsrennie - 2010-09-25

The_Dogg Wrote:yeah I just read the reviews on the remote I have (ARC-1100) and it's not using the ehome driver.

but on another hand, I saw on the Eventghost forums that the beta version (0.4.x) had a plugin for that remote. So migrating my PS3 config to this remote might not be that hard.

I'll still give your addon a try just for fun

My addon will just complain that it can't find an MS remote.

If you replace the keyboard.xml in C:\Program Files\XBMC\system\keymaps with the latest version from http://trac.xbmc.org/browser/branches/Dharma/system/keymaps/keyboard.xml you'll find that all the buttons work. If you want to tweak them you can write a customised keyboard.xml in your %appdata%\XBMC\userdata\keymaps folder. The advantage of this approach is that if you replace your remote with a different MCE remote everything will still work as before.

JR

Problems in Win 7 - coruscan - 2010-09-25

The add-on does not work in Win 7 as it is.

platform.system returns "Microsoft" instead of "Windows", and even modifying that, XBMC needs to be run as an admin in order to modify the registry keys.

After doing that, it works perfectly! Thanks!!

- jhsrennie - 2010-09-25

coruscan Wrote:platform.system returns "Microsoft" instead of "Windows", and even modifying that, XBMC needs to be run as an admin in order to modify the registry keys.

Hmm, thanks for checking it. When I get back to the office I'll try a few different flavours of Windows.

JR

- mrpg - 2010-09-25

Hi,

Plugin seems to install ok for me, but when i try to run it i get "this plugin only works for Windows" Smile

i am using Windows 7 32bit.

Br
PG

- StevenSeagull - 2010-09-25

isamudaison Wrote:I can finally ditch event ghost?? (please say yes )

Indeed. I did! jhsrennie did a wonderfull job.
I tweaked it to suit my needs and im soooo happy.

My reg config if someone is curious about it:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HidIr\Remotes\745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da]
"ReportMappingTable"=hex:\
00,00,00,00,04,00,27,\ ; 0
01,00,00,00,04,00,1e,\ ; 1
02,00,00,00,04,00,1f,\ ; 2
03,00,00,00,04,00,20,\ ; 3
04,00,00,00,04,00,21,\ ; 4
05,00,00,00,04,00,22,\ ; 5
06,00,00,00,04,00,23,\ ; 6
07,00,00,00,04,00,24,\ ; 7
08,00,00,00,04,00,25,\ ; 8
09,00,00,00,04,00,1A,\ ; 9 was 04,00,26 sends 9 now sends W
0a,00,00,00,04,00,29,\ ; Clear - sends escape
0b,00,00,00,04,00,06,\ ; Enter - sends C as context menu
0c,00,00,00,04,00,16,\ ; Power - was "03,82,00" then "04,04,3d" sends alt-F4 now sends S
0d,00,00,00,04,03,1b,\ ; Windows - sends ctrl-shift-X
0e,00,00,00,01,e2,00,\ ; Mute - doesn't send a key
0f,00,00,00,04,00,0C,\ ; Info - was "01,09,02" sends i
10,00,00,00,04,00,43,\ ; vol up - was "01,e9,00" sends F10
11,00,00,00,04,00,42,\ ; vol down - was "01,ea,00" sends F9
12,00,00,00,04,00,4B,\ ; chan up - was "01,9c,00" sends PgUp
13,00,00,00,04,00,4E,\ ; chan down - was "01,9d,00" sends PgDn
14,00,00,00,04,00,09,\ ; ff - was "01,b3,00" sends F
15,00,00,00,04,00,15,\ ; rew - was "01,b4,00" sends R
16,00,00,00,04,00,13,\ ; play - was "01,b0,00" sends P
17,00,00,00,04,00,1D,\ ; record - was "01,b2,00" sends z AS ZOOM
18,00,00,00,04,00,2c,\ ; pause - was "01,b1,00" sends space
19,00,00,00,04,00,1b,\ ; stop - was "01,b7,00" sends X
1a,00,00,00,01,b5,00,\ ; next
1b,00,00,00,01,b6,00,\ ; prev
1c,00,00,00,04,02,20,\ ; # (shift-3)
1d,00,00,00,04,02,25,\ ; * (shift-8)
1e,00,00,00,04,00,52,\ ; up
1f,00,00,00,04,00,51,\ ; down
20,00,00,00,04,00,50,\ ; left
21,00,00,00,04,00,4f,\ ; right
22,00,00,00,04,00,28,\ ; OK (return)
23,00,00,00,04,00,2a,\ ; back - was "01,24,02" sends Backspace
24,00,00,00,04,00,12,\ ; DVD menu - sends O
25,00,00,00,04,00,17,\ ; Live TV - sends T
26,00,00,00,04,00,2B,\ ; Guide - was "01,8d,00" sends TAB
48,00,00,00,04,00,29,\ ; Recorded TV - sends ESC
5B,00,00,00,04,01,1e,\ ; Red - sends ctrl-1
5C,00,00,00,04,01,1f,\ ; Green - sends ctrl-2
5D,00,00,00,04,01,20,\ ; Yellow - sends ctrl-3
5E,00,00,00,04,01,21,\ ; Blue - sends ctrl-4

- zpike1 - 2010-09-25

Running win 7 64bit and Dharma beta2 don't seem to work at all here. Thanks alot for the job tho.

- jhsrennie - 2010-09-26

@mrpg and zpike: the plugin checks it's running on Windows by checking that the Python system.platform() function returns "Windows". However on Win7 the function unhelpfully returns "Microsoft" instead.

I'll fix this on Monday.

JR