Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1290626" data-attributes="member: 141969">You mentioned earlier that you have a Logitech remote control which you use with an MCE IR receiver. So you must have programmed the Logitech remote to use the MCE command set.An MCE remote has all of the standard buttons, plus several others. For example, my Dell MCE remote has buttons for: star, hash, clear, teletext, and enter. So although these buttons may not exist on your Logitech remote, codes for these buttons will exist in the MCE command set, and you can allocate one of these codes to an unused button on your Logitech remote.Next you need to edit your MP HID configuration and define the action assigned to that button. I have just looked in &quot;MP Config&quot;, and sadly there does not seem to be an action for &quot;Restart MP&quot;. There is an action for &quot;Shutdown&quot;, which (contrary to its name) displays the &quot;Shutdown&quot; pop-up menu instead of actually shutting the system down. One of the selections on this pop-up is &quot;Restart MediaPortal&quot;, which I think is what you want. It is the second selection. In the HID configuration for my Dell remote control I have defined the &quot;Teletext&quot; button to invoke the &quot;Shutdown&quot; action:[ATTACH]210785[/ATTACH]You might be satisfied with this solution. However, if your Logitech remote supports &quot;sequences&quot; (also sometimes called &quot;macros&quot;), you could define your selected button to send a sequence of MCE commands, which might be:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Teletext (if you choose that MCE code for MP's &quot;Shutdown&quot; action)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Down</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">OK</li>
</ul>This would (I think) give you a &quot;one button press&quot; solution to restarting MP.-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1290626, member: 141969"] You mentioned earlier that you have a Logitech remote control which you use with an MCE IR receiver. So you must have programmed the Logitech remote to use the MCE command set. An MCE remote has all of the standard buttons, plus several others. For example, my Dell MCE remote has buttons for: star, hash, clear, teletext, and enter. So although these buttons may not exist on your Logitech remote, codes for these buttons will exist in the MCE command set, and you can allocate one of these codes to an unused button on your Logitech remote. Next you need to edit your MP HID configuration and define the action assigned to that button. I have just looked in "MP Config", and sadly there does not seem to be an action for "Restart MP". There is an action for "Shutdown", which (contrary to its name) displays the "Shutdown" pop-up menu instead of actually shutting the system down. One of the selections on this pop-up is "Restart MediaPortal", which I think is what you want. It is the second selection. In the HID configuration for my Dell remote control I have defined the "Teletext" button to invoke the "Shutdown" action: [ATTACH]210785[/ATTACH] You might be satisfied with this solution. However, if your Logitech remote supports "sequences" (also sometimes called "macros"), you could define your selected button to send a sequence of MCE commands, which might be: [LIST] [*]Teletext (if you choose that MCE code for MP's "Shutdown" action) [*]Down [*]OK [/LIST] This would (I think) give you a "one button press" solution to restarting MP. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

Verification