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MCE RC6 IR remote control not working in Win Server 2016
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<blockquote data-quote="Cordraconis" data-source="post: 1226550" data-attributes="member: 159447"><p>OK, I was hoping that maybe someone during the weekends had time for some insights, but in the mean time I haven't sat still either.</p><p>I contacted Hauppauge support and they said the problem is the Remote control uses a driver that is from Microsoft and they decided not to include it in their server OS, which is probably lacking some sort of "Framework" to make everything work. </p><p></p><p>However I HAD SUCCESS!!!</p><p></p><p></p><p>First I uninstalled and removed the "PCTV Remote" driver that I manually forced onto the machine, then ran the HCW removal tool and rebooted.</p><p>Then I installed winTv 8.5, but there was no difference as to version 8. Still no remote control drivers found. (I expected this, but I tried anyway.</p><p></p><p>Finally my Google-fu paid off and I found this link:</p><p><a href="http://www.win2012workstation.com/ehome-ir-transceiver/" target="_blank">eHome IR Transceiver | Win 2012 Workstation</a></p><p>I downloaded the eHome drivers and with the "Find Drivers" I managed to install them. (I had to do this a second time, as the first time it didn't work 100%??? Sometimes WinServer2016 does this ...)</p><p>After the reboot ALL the hardware was found and I had some extra eHome Infrared Devices in my System Devices tab, so I took the remote control, fired up VLC Player and pressed the pause button ... IT WORKED!</p><p>I think by installing the eHome drivers, I also installed (a part of) the "framework" that goes with it. Now it is not 100% perfect, as depending on the program some buttons don't work. And sometimes I see other minimized programs in the background are now maximized when I close MP2.</p><p>Next step is to install and configure "EventGhost", an open source software program to re-map remote control buttons for different applications. But Since I now have a Proof Of Concept, I am sure EventGhost will get this completely working for me.</p><p></p><p>For completeness sake, I had some other options:</p><p>- Force the PCTV driver again (=Transceiver works) and then hope EventGhost can read the USB inputs, even if windows itself cannot.</p><p>- Try to get the full Windows Media Centre on my WinServer2016. (It is unsupported in Windows 10 (=WinServer2016) but there are hacks out there, so maybe I am lucky to get the "framework" that way onto the server.)</p><p></p><p>So if someone has the same situation like me, where the MCE Remote control is not working, you might want to give the above link a shot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cordraconis, post: 1226550, member: 159447"] OK, I was hoping that maybe someone during the weekends had time for some insights, but in the mean time I haven't sat still either. I contacted Hauppauge support and they said the problem is the Remote control uses a driver that is from Microsoft and they decided not to include it in their server OS, which is probably lacking some sort of "Framework" to make everything work. However I HAD SUCCESS!!! First I uninstalled and removed the "PCTV Remote" driver that I manually forced onto the machine, then ran the HCW removal tool and rebooted. Then I installed winTv 8.5, but there was no difference as to version 8. Still no remote control drivers found. (I expected this, but I tried anyway. Finally my Google-fu paid off and I found this link: [URL="http://www.win2012workstation.com/ehome-ir-transceiver/"]eHome IR Transceiver | Win 2012 Workstation[/URL] I downloaded the eHome drivers and with the "Find Drivers" I managed to install them. (I had to do this a second time, as the first time it didn't work 100%??? Sometimes WinServer2016 does this ...) After the reboot ALL the hardware was found and I had some extra eHome Infrared Devices in my System Devices tab, so I took the remote control, fired up VLC Player and pressed the pause button ... IT WORKED! I think by installing the eHome drivers, I also installed (a part of) the "framework" that goes with it. Now it is not 100% perfect, as depending on the program some buttons don't work. And sometimes I see other minimized programs in the background are now maximized when I close MP2. Next step is to install and configure "EventGhost", an open source software program to re-map remote control buttons for different applications. But Since I now have a Proof Of Concept, I am sure EventGhost will get this completely working for me. For completeness sake, I had some other options: - Force the PCTV driver again (=Transceiver works) and then hope EventGhost can read the USB inputs, even if windows itself cannot. - Try to get the full Windows Media Centre on my WinServer2016. (It is unsupported in Windows 10 (=WinServer2016) but there are hacks out there, so maybe I am lucky to get the "framework" that way onto the server.) So if someone has the same situation like me, where the MCE Remote control is not working, you might want to give the above link a shot. [/QUOTE]
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