[mythtvnz] WAF

[Nick Rout]

On the kodi wiki, assuming of course that you aren't replicating what is
already there.

On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Robert Fisher <robert at fisher.net.nz> wrote:

> Back from our holiday and I can now report that it was surprisingly easy
> to set up the Harmony Remote for LibreELEC on my Intel NUC, especially when
> I realised that the IR sensor was not behind the small hole on the side of
> the NUC.
>
> Any suggestions about where I should post a "how to" of about 4 simple
> steps?
>
> Robert Fisher
> On 21 Apr 2016 2:28 p.m., "Nick Rout" <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> beware posts that old, proceed with caution.
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Robert Fisher <robert at fisher.net.nz>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I found these:-
>>>
>>>
>>> http://openelec.tv/forum/103-infared-remotes/68314-remote-with-intel-haswell-nuc?start=30
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>>
>>> http://openelec.tv/forum/12-guides-tips-and-tricks/3218-in-progress-harmony-one-complete-guide
>>>
>>>
>>> This will have to wait until after my holiday now.
>>>
>>> On 21 April 2016 at 12:10, Michael West <michael at iposs.co.nz> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 21 April 2016 at 11:05, Robert Fisher <robert at fisher.net.nz> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I installed LibreELEC and it seems to work fine with keyboard controls.
>>>>
>>>> I am struggling to find a howto to use my Harmony remote.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ok so harmony and LIRC on Linux/Myth/KODI is a bit of a confusing one.
>>>> It should be straight forward except for the fact that both LIRC and
>>>> harmony are trying to do almost the same thing but from different angles
>>>> and this causes problems and confusion.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Basically LIRC is configurable to respond to any remote control (with
>>>> the right IR receiver type)  and it can also learn new remote codes
>>>> manually.  While Harmony is configurable to emulate any remote control and
>>>> also has the ability to learn new remote codes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Then when you mix the two together it is confusing because there is no
>>>> defined remote codes to pick.  Here is a quick analogy.  LIRC is sort of
>>>> like a bolt that can be any size it wants so you can use any spanner to
>>>> turn it.  While Harmony is a spanner that can be any size it needs to be to
>>>> turn any bolt.  But when you bring them together what size bolt/spanner
>>>> does it pick???
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So the trick to make them work together is to pick a random real device
>>>> with a remote and get LIRC to pretend to be the device and harmony to
>>>> emulate it’s remote.  There are a few guides and example lircd.conf files
>>>> you can find via google to help you with this.  From the harmony end you
>>>> need to enter a specific device and model number that matches up with the
>>>> LIRC config you have selected.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here is some more info that may help:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=220677
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
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