IR Server Suite - Public Test Version (3 Viewers)

[Tazman]

Thats to bad...

I've attached the source from the web interface that i can control the box with. Can it help you?

What is it exatly that you need? The commands to send or...? Maybe i can find somewhere online. I will do anything...

Tazman

 

[and-81]

Well, it seems that the dreambox has a fairly complicated channel changing mechanism, you have to specify details beyond just the channel number ... What I would need to do is add a way to map the channel number reported by MediaPortal to a channel format recognised by the Dreambox.

This is simple enough, but not supported at all by my code at the moment. And would require some fairly heavy user setup ... I couldn't have it as a quick-setup option for example.

I'll try to come up with a workable solution, but I want you to know that it might take some time...

Cheers,

 

[Tazman]

Hmm... ok

Will see if i could get the normal blasting to work again in the meantime...

Merry Christmas

 

[trig42]

Hi guys.

Fairly new here. I have installed Server Suite - and set up for my SkyNZ box, and it changes the channels on my Sky decoder fine.

I don't quite understand, however, how to get MediaPortal to do the channel changes? It is a bit confusing.

I need to set up all my SkyTV channels (which I have EPG data for) in MP so that it chooses the S-Video input on my Analogue card and blasts the channel digits to the Sky Decoder.

Any guides/advice.

Your time and help is much appreciated!

 

[Omen]

Media Portal can't change the channels, It can pick up the Svideo input as a channel, and then while your in that channel you can change whatever sky is outputting and you'll see the channel change in MP.

the easiest way i know to compare this is that it's the same as AV's.

 

[and-81]

Omen:
That's why he's using IR Server Suite, because it can change the channel on his STB for him.

trig42:

You need to set up a heap of channels in MediaPortal, one for each of the channels on your STB... make sure you set those channels to use the input source your STB is connected to and set them to be External Channels. Then when you change to them MediaPortal will ask the TV Blaster plugin (part of IR Server Suite) to change the channel.

There's more posts on this scattered around the forums, I'll try to compile a definitive How-To (Unless someone else wants to write it for me ???) in the coming weeks.

Hope that helps,

 

[shareware81]

MCE Replacement Plugin Problem

Hello,

I am using MP 0.2.3 and IR Server (not sure which version), and MS MCE driver.

I downloaded the MCE Replacement Plug In, however, my remote does not work. When I disable this plug-in and enable the 'MP Control Plugin for IR Server', the remote works great.

Neither plugin will recognize a command when I try to IR Learn (it times out).

Any idea how I can get the MCE Replacement Plug In working?


Thank you for all your hard work on these plugins!

 

[and-81]

shareware81:

You can only use one or the other, not both. MCE Replacement Plugin and IR Server Suite are mutually exclusive. You can't use them both at the same time.

When you try to do an IR Learn you need to put the remote to learn directly in front of the receiver (within 3 inches or so) if you're doing that and it's not working then there must be something else going on ...

Perhaps you could give me some more info about your remote, is it Microsoft OEM?

Cheers,

 

[shareware81]

Aaron,

Thanks for getting back to me quickly!

OK, I now understand that the IR Server Suite and MCE Replacement Plugin are mutex.

Right now I have the latest version of IR Server Suite (service) running, and my remote can control MP. My remote is an MCE remote that came in my Hauppauge PVR-150 MCE Kit, and using the USB receiver supplied in the kit with the MS drivers.

I still have the problem that whenever I try to learn (in MP Control Plugin for IR Server), it times out. As if it isn't getting the data passed to it by IR Server? For testing, I am trying to learn codes directly from my RC6 remote.

Any ideas/things to try?

shareware81:

You can only use one or the other, not both. MCE Replacement Plugin and IR Server Suite are mutually exclusive. You can't use them both at the same time.

When you try to do an IR Learn you need to put the remote to learn directly in front of the receiver (within 3 inches or so) if you're doing that and it's not working then there must be something else going on ...

Perhaps you could give me some more info about your remote, is it Microsoft OEM?

Cheers,

 

[hello_man]

Hi Aaron,

I am new to your MCE replacement plugin/IR server suite but just tried it. The reason I was interested in using is to control my AV reciever to control volume and power On/Off.

I tried both (MCE replacement and server suite) and none of them were able to learn the IR codes from my sony remote (RM-U305). In the other remote screen of MCE replacement, it can understand the signal but somehow not on the IR learn screen/mode. With out this, I don't get any additional advantage over default MCE plugin.

Can you please let me know if you can think of something that might be going wrong?

I am hoping this is something on my end so that I can fix easily. Please let me know if you need more info from my side.

thanks,

I have another issue. I am now playing with IR server and using translator to launch my program and also provide default behavior to my MCE remote. I only have Systemwide settings. I had configured "Info" button on my remote to Translator OSD and it workes fine when nothing else is playing.
When I run MEdiaportal, and press I on the TV screen, the OSD from translator comes and mess up the whole system. I was under the impression that these system wide settings would come into effect only when no other application specific plugin is running. Is it no the case?
If not, how can I achieve the above with out interfering with media portal plugin.