MCE Computer with built in IR (1 Viewer)

[plemen]

rsbrux - thanks for the encouragement; what do you see under device manager under the HID and USB hives?

guytpetj - my computer time is spotty with life being the way it is (work/commute/child/wife) so it may be difficult to coordinate the chat with the added complication of time zones. If I can't get anything going in the next few weeks I may still take you up on the offer though.

Thanks.

Thanks

@plemen,
In case you need any encouragement, my MCE PC also has a built-in IR receiver and works fine with the out-of-the-box MCE RC support (no additional SW needed). I can control MP either with my original MCE remote or with an iPAQ 3950 running Pronto emulation SW. With the Pronto emulation, I can even simulate an MCE IR keyboard for use in MP functions (like Music Search) which accept keyboard input.

 

[rsbrux]

Hi plemen,
Not sure if this is what you meant, but here are screenshots from my Device Manager. It may be hard to interpret, since I have several USB peripherals and still have entries for a defunct RF keyboard.

 

[plemen]

Thanks rsbrux - I see that you have an ehome Infrared device under both USB and HID. I have neither of those devices/drivers. I followed another thread and modified the attached ehome drivers by adding my hardware id and it did install - however it had a yellow exclamation beside it under devices indicating something was not right. I've reverted back to the original drivers.

I've dug up an old Twinhan USB remote receiver and I am emulating that with my Logitech Harmony - this is working great for me for now. I'm out of ideas on how to get the MCE IR Receiver to work - I'm pretty sure MP just isn't detecting my hardware properly and I will wait for an update to MP and monitor these threads.

Thanks to everyone for trying to help.

 

[rsbrux]

Hi plemen,
Maybe this is a stupid question, but I don't see your system spec here. What OS are you running? IIRC, there might be a couple of extra steps needed to get MCE Remote to work, if it isn't an MCE OS (e.g. XP MCE or Vista MCE). I seem to recall seeing some threads here about how to get this stuff to work under other OS, e.g. XP Home or XP Pro.

 

[plemen]

rsbrux - I am running Windows XP MCE and am running mediaportal rc3 and tvserver3 - both are at oct 22 svn.

cheers.