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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 7732">Further to the 'interactive remote' idea, has anyone tried using &quot;OmniRemote&quot; by&nbsp; Pacific Neo-Tek (<a href="http://www.pacificneotek.com" target="_blank">www.pacificneotek.com</a>)? This is a software package that converts a PalmOS PDA to an IR learning remote control.It doesn't go as far as I was thinking in the original interactive remote idea in that it does not get menu change commands back from MP. But it does have the ability to change button screens depending on which button is pressed. For example, in the 'classic' univerasl remote context pressing the &quot;VCR&quot; button would change the screen to display only buttons that are related to VCR functions. These buttons can in turn lead to further changes and so on, up to 15 layers deep as I recall.This approach would allow you to define a screen with the appropriate buttons for each MP function, screens that would change as the user selects the various MP functions. I have an old Visor Prism (color display) laying around doing nothing so I think I'll give it a whirl and report back.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 7732"] Further to the 'interactive remote' idea, has anyone tried using "OmniRemote" by Pacific Neo-Tek ([url]www.pacificneotek.com[/url])? This is a software package that converts a PalmOS PDA to an IR learning remote control. It doesn't go as far as I was thinking in the original interactive remote idea in that it does not get menu change commands back from MP. But it does have the ability to change button screens depending on which button is pressed. For example, in the 'classic' univerasl remote context pressing the "VCR" button would change the screen to display only buttons that are related to VCR functions. These buttons can in turn lead to further changes and so on, up to 15 layers deep as I recall. This approach would allow you to define a screen with the appropriate buttons for each MP function, screens that would change as the user selects the various MP functions. I have an old Visor Prism (color display) laying around doing nothing so I think I'll give it a whirl and report back. [/QUOTE]

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