Comments for Fun With Computers http://funwithcomputers.wordpress.com Neat tricks Sat, 23 May 2009 16:59:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Using the Harmony 880 remote with your mac’s built-in IR port. by Rob http://funwithcomputers.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/using-the-harmony-880-remote-with-your-macs-built-in-ir-port/#comment-36 Rob Sat, 23 May 2009 16:59:04 +0000 #comment-36 Great writeup! Thanks. I was wondering if you've ever had problems getting your Harmony to accurately emulate a Press & Hold function of the Apple Remote. Mine Harmony apparently holds for only a few milliseconds at a time and then releases. It won't hold though I'm physically holding the button. Just wondering. Great writeup! Thanks.

I was wondering if you’ve ever had problems getting your Harmony to accurately emulate a Press & Hold function of the Apple Remote. Mine Harmony apparently holds for only a few milliseconds at a time and then releases. It won’t hold though I’m physically holding the button.

Just wondering.

]]> Comment on Using the Harmony 880 remote with your mac’s built-in IR port. by Christopher Craig » Links for the Week Ending October 19, 2008 http://funwithcomputers.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/using-the-harmony-880-remote-with-your-macs-built-in-ir-port/#comment-35 Christopher Craig » Links for the Week Ending October 19, 2008 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:12:47 +0000 #comment-35 [...] Using the Harmony 880 remote with your mac’s built-in IR port. « Fun With Computers Tags: audiobook, emulators, flash, games, harmony, htpc, itunes, lifehacker, osx, osxbmc, plex [...] [...] Using the Harmony 880 remote with your mac’s built-in IR port. « Fun With Computers Tags: audiobook, emulators, flash, games, harmony, htpc, itunes, lifehacker, osx, osxbmc, plex [...]

]]> Comment on Using the Harmony 880 remote with your mac’s built-in IR port. by Bryan http://funwithcomputers.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/using-the-harmony-880-remote-with-your-macs-built-in-ir-port/#comment-34 Bryan Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:44:43 +0000 #comment-34 @rogersmj: In the "Behavior Construction Kit..." in Remote Buddy, under the "Implementation" tab for that, make sure that the "Operation" is set to "Single key press" WITHOUT autorepeat. The default there has autorepeat active, and that caused problems for me a few times while setting up custom behaviors. @rogersmj: In the “Behavior Construction Kit…” in Remote Buddy, under the “Implementation” tab for that, make sure that the “Operation” is set to “Single key press” WITHOUT autorepeat. The default there has autorepeat active, and that caused problems for me a few times while setting up custom behaviors.

]]> Comment on Using the Harmony 880 remote with your mac’s built-in IR port. by Tom Wynne http://funwithcomputers.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/using-the-harmony-880-remote-with-your-macs-built-in-ir-port/#comment-33 Tom Wynne Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:17:55 +0000 #comment-33 Any idea how to get RB working with the new 'built-in' Harmony behaviour in 0.7.5? Will the downloadable behaviour above work?? Thanks! Tom Any idea how to get RB working with the new ‘built-in’ Harmony behaviour in 0.7.5? Will the downloadable behaviour above work??

Thanks!

Tom

]]> Comment on Using the Harmony 880 remote with your mac’s built-in IR port. by pv http://funwithcomputers.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/using-the-harmony-880-remote-with-your-macs-built-in-ir-port/#comment-32 pv Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:56:42 +0000 #comment-32 hi, and thanks for this tuto. but i have to say that i am stuck on the part 2, i am sorry i am french then sometimes its just quite hard to understand. on the part 2 : 1) for the first remote control (with only 3 buttons to configure) do you have to do the steps 2) and 3) before ? 2) when you hold buttons "menu" and "play" during 5 seconds on my computer i have a symbol "paired with remote ID 187" did i wait too long ? 3) do you have to select the remote in the right column before learning to the harmony remote ? but then how do the apple remote code is changed ? sorry for my english and for being french ;) thanks for the answers pv hi, and thanks for this tuto.
but i have to say that i am stuck on the part 2, i am sorry i am french then sometimes its just quite hard to understand.

on the part 2 :

1) for the first remote control (with only 3 buttons to configure) do you have to do the steps 2) and 3) before ?

2) when you hold buttons “menu” and “play” during 5 seconds on my computer i have a symbol “paired with remote ID 187″ did i wait too long ?

3) do you have to select the remote in the right column before learning to the harmony remote ? but then how do the apple remote code is changed ?

sorry for my english and for being french ;)

thanks for the answers

pv

]]> Comment on Using the Harmony 880 remote with your mac’s built-in IR port. by Follow up: Plex and the Mac Mini media center | RogersMJ.com http://funwithcomputers.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/using-the-harmony-880-remote-with-your-macs-built-in-ir-port/#comment-31 Follow up: Plex and the Mac Mini media center | RogersMJ.com Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:25:02 +0000 #comment-31 [...] a good two hours for you to get oriented, program the Harmony, and configure it to your liking (a tutorial at FunWithComputers really helps — it’s for XBMC, but Plex is nearly the same thing), but once [...] [...] a good two hours for you to get oriented, program the Harmony, and configure it to your liking (a tutorial at FunWithComputers really helps — it’s for XBMC, but Plex is nearly the same thing), but once [...]

]]> Comment on Using the Harmony 880 remote with your mac’s built-in IR port. by rogersmj http://funwithcomputers.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/using-the-harmony-880-remote-with-your-macs-built-in-ir-port/#comment-30 rogersmj Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:00:18 +0000 #comment-30 Thanks for taking the time to document all this! I having one persistent problem, though. I'm getting a lot of double-clicks when I try to select something (which sends the Enter key), and it only happens when I use the Harmony remote. Running the behavior manually from the Behavior Construction Kit doesn't result in the double-clicks on Enter, so the pervading theory is that the Harmony is goofing and sending two commands sometimes (not all the time). Do you have *any* suggestions on how to fix this? I've talked to Logitech support, Remote Buddy support, and the folks at the Plex forums and so far no one has come up with anything. Thanks for taking the time to document all this!

I having one persistent problem, though. I’m getting a lot of double-clicks when I try to select something (which sends the Enter key), and it only happens when I use the Harmony remote. Running the behavior manually from the Behavior Construction Kit doesn’t result in the double-clicks on Enter, so the pervading theory is that the Harmony is goofing and sending two commands sometimes (not all the time).

Do you have *any* suggestions on how to fix this? I’ve talked to Logitech support, Remote Buddy support, and the folks at the Plex forums and so far no one has come up with anything.

]]> Comment on Using the Harmony 880 remote with your mac’s built-in IR port. by Multiple Entendre » XBMC and Boxee Remote Buddy Settings http://funwithcomputers.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/using-the-harmony-880-remote-with-your-macs-built-in-ir-port/#comment-29 Multiple Entendre » XBMC and Boxee Remote Buddy Settings Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:16:48 +0000 #comment-29 [...] Due to a request, I’ve decided to export and make available my RemoteBuddy settings for XBMC/OSXBMC/Plex and Boxee on OSX.  You’ll still need to create virtual remotes and map the buttons to the actions (please don’t ask me how), but it should make some lives easier.  I take no credit for these settings, I set them up by following a guide here. [...] [...] Due to a request, I’ve decided to export and make available my RemoteBuddy settings for XBMC/OSXBMC/Plex and Boxee on OSX.  You’ll still need to create virtual remotes and map the buttons to the actions (please don’t ask me how), but it should make some lives easier.  I take no credit for these settings, I set them up by following a guide here. [...]

]]> Comment on Using the Harmony 880 remote with your mac’s built-in IR port. by Dudeman http://funwithcomputers.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/using-the-harmony-880-remote-with-your-macs-built-in-ir-port/#comment-27 Dudeman Wed, 28 May 2008 04:38:30 +0000 #comment-27 This is brilliant. I never would have thought of using multiple instances of the remote to increase the number of functions. Using the instructions I was able to program my Harmony 550 just the way I like it. Also for those of you that actually use this, i suggest you program an extra button with a "force quit" function so that you can get out of a hung up XBMC. It certainly helps. Anyway, I do have a question. How do you speed the key actions ? I've tried setting the speed in the Harmony software as well as setting the delay betwen events to 0, yet the inter-key delay seems to be about 1/2 second. Even key repeats (like scrolling through a menu) seem to go at about the same rate. If you have a long lists (100+ items) you'll grow old waiting to get to the end. Any ideas ? Thanks This is brilliant. I never would have thought of using multiple instances of the remote to increase the number of functions. Using the instructions I was able to program my Harmony 550 just the way I like it. Also for those of you that actually use this, i suggest you program an extra button with a “force quit” function so that you can get out of a hung up XBMC. It certainly helps.

Anyway, I do have a question. How do you speed the key actions ?

I’ve tried setting the speed in the Harmony software as well as setting the delay betwen events to 0, yet the inter-key delay seems to be about 1/2 second. Even key repeats (like scrolling through a menu) seem to go at about the same rate. If you have a long lists (100+ items) you’ll grow old waiting to get to the end.

Any ideas ?

Thanks

]]> Comment on Using the Harmony 880 remote with your mac’s built-in IR port. by jkm9000 http://funwithcomputers.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/using-the-harmony-880-remote-with-your-macs-built-in-ir-port/#comment-25 jkm9000 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:04:14 +0000 #comment-25 @Andree - Easy, I did not use the longer presses when setting things up. I only used the click which gave me 6 options per logical remote. @Andree – Easy, I did not use the longer presses when setting things up. I only used the click which gave me 6 options per logical remote.

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