Gyration MCE Remote Supported

[ObiYawn]

Originally Posted by level20peon

#NoTrayIcon
#SingleInstance force

OnMessage(0x218, "WM_POWERBROADCAST")
 
WM_POWERBROADCAST(wParam, lParam)
    {
    If wParam=0
        {
	Process, Exist, MediaPortal.exe
	If ( errorlevel > 0 )
;		Process, Close, MediaPortal.exe
		Send, !{F4}
	Else
		Run, "C:\Programme\Team MediaPortal\RC.exe"
        Return  0x424D5144
        }
    Else
        Return
    }

Unfortunately, my PC still goes to sleep when I press the power button on the Gyration remote, even after implementing the above AutoHotKey script. My OS is Win XP Pro (not MCE, not Vista) -- not sure if this makes any difference in the behavior of the power button.

[level20peon]

It works on XP pro SP3 and 2003 SP2 here... don't estimate me to use Vista please

Have you tried to set the power button to shutdown the PC in the control panel -> energy options ?


-level20peon

[posterberg]

Hi,

I followed the thread and I get everything working except for a few keys on the remote.

Volume up, Volume down, Mute, Channel up, Channel down, My TV, My Pictures, My Music, My Videos

I thought that at least Volume Up / Down and Mute should generate the normal keyboard events for those keys. Is this incorrect? It seems like you guys have ot them working correctly.

I sent a mail to support@gyration.com and they told me that these keys only will work in WinMCE and that they don't generate normal keyboard events.
They weren't very helpful I must say...

This leaves me puzzled when you have got it working.

I get absolutely no event in Eventghost for any of the enumerated keys. I also tried logging the device in Linux when connecting the remote to my Linux box.
All keys, but these render keyboard events.

Am I missing a driver or something else?

PS. I have two remotes and three dongles, same problem with any combination so I've out ruled the possibility of a hardware error, i think...

PPS. Using WinXP Pro for my Mediaportal machine, have applied the general HID remote and installed Eventghost...

[level20peon]

Please attach a copy of your EventGhost .xml.


-level20peon

[posterberg]

There is none at the moment.

The keys that work on my remote seem to work without Eventghost. The keys that don't work don't generate any event in Eventghost's log window so I can't setup any events in there. And that is more or less why it is empty at the moment.

I know how to do it, I tried to set up events for some of the other keys on the remote with success but there was no need to have them because they worked anyway so I deleted them again.

Is it an incorrect assumption that the Volume keys should generate some kind of keyboard event?

[level20peon]

Sorry, if you don't post it, I cannot help you because I am not able to see what you have configured in some kind of magical way.


-level20peon

[posterberg]

Ok, thanks! :-)

[level20peon]

I think the problem is that you have added the SAME HID device five times instead of adding the different HID entries available from the remote. (ok, maybe two different ones, but four of the five entries are identical).


-level20peon

[posterberg]

Interesting, this didn't solve it but it lead me to read some more in this thread...

You have in your guide said that only the last and the first HID the devices are needed to be added, out of seven... I do only get five in my list...

I tried to remove all and re-add them, I then checked the xml-file and found out that the four first have the same identifier, only the last is different. Just as you said.
I did of course pick all in the list and not the same four times... Puzzling!

Do you have any clue to why this happened?

PS. I still don't get events from the Volume keys or MyTV, My... etc.

[level20peon]

The remote registers itself as multiple hardware devices (multiple keyboards, a mouse, a numeric input field (?)). Seems like yours lack the keyboard component which included the Volume Keys etc (special keys). Maybe there is something wrong with your windows installation, maybe the remote (dongle) doesn't work correctly.
Easiest way to figure is to test it on another PC.


-level20peon