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PS4 / PDP Universal Remote on Linux - 12Darius12 - 2017-09-04
Hi,
Does anyone use such a remote under Linux? (Looks like http://pdp.com/en/universal-media-remote-for-ps4)
I have it connected but most of the buttons don't appear to generate any events, evtest reports..
Code:
Input driver version is 1.0.1
Input device ID: bus 0x5 vendor 0xa12 product 0x16 version 0x1
Input device name: "PDP Universal Remote"
Supported events:
Event type 0 (EV_SYN)
Event type 1 (EV_KEY)
Event code 304 (BTN_A)
Event code 305 (BTN_B)
Event code 306 (BTN_C)
Event code 307 (BTN_X)
Event code 308 (BTN_Y)
Event code 309 (BTN_Z)
Event code 310 (BTN_TL)
Event code 311 (BTN_TR)
Event code 312 (BTN_TL2)
Event code 313 (BTN_TR2)
Event code 314 (BTN_SELECT)
Event code 315 (BTN_START)
Event code 316 (BTN_MODE)
Event code 317 (BTN_THUMBL)
Event type 3 (EV_ABS)
Event code 16 (ABS_HAT0X)
Value 0
Min -1
Max 1
Event code 17 (ABS_HAT0Y)
Value 0
Min -1
Max 1
Event type 4 (EV_MSC)
Event code 4 (MSC_SCAN)
Properties:
Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
Event: time 1504505478.134055, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 16 (ABS_HAT0X), value 1
Event: time 1504505478.134055, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1504505478.375385, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 16 (ABS_HAT0X), value 0
Event: time 1504505478.375385, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1504505479.194187, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 16 (ABS_HAT0X), value -1
Event: time 1504505479.194187, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1504505479.204180, type 3 (EV_ABS), code 16 (ABS_HAT0X), value 0While I don't really need that many buttons the lack of volume is a bit of a deal breaker, plus the 'Enter' button does nothing.
I have a Playstation 3 remote currently (but it's getting old, hence this new remote) and all the buttons seem to work fine there.
I am wondering if this device needs a special command to make it report more buttons but I haven't had any success finding such a thing
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