HID Remote with Keyboard input plugin or IR Server Suite

[sepp776]

TV-Server Version: 1.0 RC1
MediaPortal Version: 1.0 RC1
MediaPortal Skin: Blue Two
Windows Version: XP SP2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 LE
HDD: WD Green Power 500 GB
Memory: 1 GB
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H
Video Card: Asus EAH2400XT (ATI Radeon)
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card: On Board
Sound Card AC3: On Board
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Skystar 2
1. TV Card Type: DVBS
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
h.264 Video Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Astra 19.2E / Hotbird 13E
HTPC Case: Silverstone
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote: Skystar 2 USB Remote
TV: Sony 4:3 CRT
TV - HTPC Connection: Analog

Dear All,

I would like to use the remote that came with my Skystar2 DVB card. This remote comes with a USB IR receiver that shows up in Windows as a HID device.
I had the remote running quite well with the keyboard input plugin. The only issue was that I had to disconnect and reconnect the USB receiver each time Mediaportal started.
After a completely clean installation of RC1, some keys like up/down apply twice for each single keystroke. In the past this was fixed by removing the keymap.xml file, which doesn't exist anymore. I read something abount removing the keyboard.xml file in the default input devices folder, but this is the place where the keyboard input plugin expects the file to be.

My questions are:
- How do I get the keyboard input plugin running with RC1?
- Is there anything I can do that I don't have to reconnect the USB receiver each time Mediaportal is started?
- Does anyone have a HID remote with IR server suite running? I don't understand that program at all.

Thanks in advance for any answers.

Regards,
Sepp.