IR Server Suite - Version 1.0.4.1 + 1.4.2 Test Build 2391

[bonson59]

Originally Posted by and-81

bonson59:

Resuming from standby using the remote depends on a few things ...

1. Your PC supports Wake on USB. Basically, you bios has to be set up to keep power to the device and listen for a wake command. Only older motherboards will give you any trouble here, anything from this century should support this.

2. You're using a USB port that supports this feature. Some motherboards don't provide this ability to all of their USB ports. It's usually the front panel usb ports that don't have this ability. The ones straight off the motherboard usually do.

3. Your driver/OS is set up to support this feature. Sometimes the remote driver isn't setup to do it, in which case you should run MST (MCE Standby Tool) and make sure that wake up is enabled for the remote.

4. "Standby" can mean a few different things ... Do you mean S1 (POS), S3 (STR) or S4 ("Hibernate")? Take a look here for a list of standby states and what the differences are. I can only get my remote to resume from S1 or S3, not S4. But I must admit that it is not a feature I actually use.

If all of those things are satisfied then you should be able to wake the computer by pressing the PC Power button on the MCE remote. That's the only button that can be used to wake the PC. When you press it you should see the light come on inside the receiver.

Standby is a pain, so good luck!

Hi,

I tried what you suggested, including MST, but no luck. The light on the IR receiver never comes on when in standby. I'm wondering whether the root of the problem is the computer I'm using. It's an almost new but very much bottom of the line notebook (Compaq C710tu). I tried all three USB ports with no luck. Is it likely that it's just not designed to be woken up by anything other than the power button on the machine itself?

As a test, I tried to wake it using the mouse but device manager doesn't even give the "allow wake up from sleep with this device" option (which it does with this mouse/driver on my PC)

Unless you have any other ideas it looks like I'm destined to continue walking the two metres from my lounge chair to the notebook to wake it up each night. Oh well, I guess I'll find a way to cope with it.

BTW, I can put the notebook into standby (S3) using the remote but I can't shut it down. I assume this is also likely to be caused by the notebook I'm using. Does this sound right to you?

Thanks for all your work/help

[and-81]

fwal:

The arrows and OK button not working sounds like you removed the registry entries ... if you use the MP Control Plugin then just clear the remote buttons list and load in the MCE Remote (Full) settings and you'll be set I think.

If I ever do go to Sydney or Canberra I'll let you know. If you wanna pay for the petrol I'll come sooner


risu:

That's strange, it seems to work on for me (but I don't know if mine is 7.3, all I know is it's version 7).

You could try sending WM_KEYDOWN (256) & WM_KEYUP (257) windows messages to it, where the first parameter is the VK value...

List of Virtual Key values


neilk:

I'll see what I can do to fix the problem with resume, I'll try holding blast commands in a queue until the resume is complete (until the device is active again).

Hmm, I'll see if there is a way I can detect manual or automatic resume, but I suspect I would need to get that info from the power scheduler plugin... I'll have to get back to you on that.


TheBatfink:

Try the Keyboard Input plugin and Custom HID Receiver in Input Service Configuration ... Keyboard Input will let you map any key on your keyboard and some remotes should work with it as well I think. The Custom HID Receiver will let you use ANY HID remote, but the version in the last preview doesn't have all the features it will in the next version. But give it a try anyway.

Use the MP Control Plugin. Go to the plugin's configuration screen and select a button in the list on the main config dialog for MP Control Plugin that you want to add a button mapping for. You can add more buttons to the list to map from one of the templates listed in the combo box below. Muck around with it and I think you'll figure it out. Once you've associated a button code to a virtual button name you can map a mediaportal command to it by clicking "Map Buttons"... This is not the most user friendly setup, but until I re-write the input mapper you're stuck with it

Or, you could use Translator, it's button mapping process is a little simpler.


graemef:

It was meant to fix it, but I'm hearing that it hasn't fixed it. I'm going to work on it all night until I get it going, so expect a fix soon.


bonson59:

Sounds like the USB devices aren't given power when the laptop is in standby... And besides making some changes in MST there is little you could try, though check the bios as well.

As for only going to standby, you should be able to make it shut down, but by default the remote will go to standby. If you remove the registry keys to stop the automatic button handling then you will be able to remap the PC Power button to shutdown.

Cheers,

[and-81]

Everyone:

There's a new test version on the first post (1.0.4.2 Preview 3).

The changes from Preview 2 are as follows:

* Fixed TV2 Blaster Plugin (tested with 50chickens help, let me know if it doesn't work for you)
* Improved Custom HID Receiver
* Added RC102 plugin (sorry about that, I didn't put it in the installer for preview 2)

Can TV3 users please let me know if TV3 Blaster plugin has any problems...

Cheers,

[petsa]

Hi Aaron,

I just did a complete reinstall of MP and TV3E. I installed v 41 again and got the same problems as I reported in one of the earlier posts in this thread. I applied the patch in post# 12and it works again.

Can you include this patch permanently in the downloadable version in the first post?

/Peter

[Pastill]

Originally Posted by Pastill

Tried Preview
But no effect on better behavior on blasting my TV.
Blast ing stop working after blasting TV. First try OK, but after that nothing happens
As before blasting to my reciever is OK ( if I not try to blast to TV first)

Attached all the log files, also MCE remote log

Also tried your Preview 3.
Still no change in blasting behavior.
Stops blasting after one blast for TV
( and it sometimes lockes the TV from working if it halt blasting (= bean continue lightning) in the middle of a blast. Then I need to restart HTPC and blast from start ( and then blasting is halted)

[and-81]

petsa:

Have you tried the 1.0.4.2 Preview 3 version?

I'll check the code differences between the patch and the current version, maybe I accidentally reversed a change...

Pastill:

I'll make another change and upload a new version for you to try...

Cheers,

[petsa]

Hi Aaron,

No I have not tested 1.0.4.2, I wanted to wait until it stabilized and 1.0.4.1 worked really well for me (once I applied the patch).

/Peter

[and-81]

Pastill:

I've found the problem ... the device doesn't like to get given Ir codes that take longer than about 700 milliseconds ... I'm trying to find the limit right now ... Your code is probably too long, try learning it again but only pressing it for a moment.

I'll put some code into the next version that will shorten any codes that are too long.

Petsa:

Fair enough, I think it is fixed in 1.0.4.2, so you should be safe to try it out... But hopefully I will release 1.0.4.2 final in a few days, once I get the last little bugs fixed.

Cheers,

[fwal]

Hi Aaron, I loaded MP control plugin as suggested and everything to do with the remote and blasting channels appears to be working fine. Other things seem to have stopped by moving the PC to its new home but I will keep trying. Thanks again for all your time writing the program and for all the support you give.
Regards, Fraser.

[and-81]

fwal:

No worries mate, if you get stuck on anything let me know and I'll try to sort it out, perhaps you can PM your MSN Messenger address and we can go over it there.

Cheers,