By the way, for anyone else who might be looking for a programmable remote, I HIGHLY recommend you check out: http://www.hifi-remote.com/ . They have a PC-based (Windows OR Linux, uses Java) system (http://controlremote.sourceforge.net) for programming the relatively inexpensive (as cheap as $19.99 for the RS15-2102) One-For-All line of remotes, allowing you to upload/download your configuration from your PC.
* No more strugging with inputting the exactly correct key sequences
on your remote.
* No more worrying about losing your programming 'cause it took too
long to change your batteries.
* Macro keys (multiple operations from a single keystroke), allowing
you to turn on and configure your equipment with a single keypress
* And it offers capabilities that CAN'T be done with only the remote
(like a SHIFT- function to essentially give you almost twice as
many programmable keys).All for free. And no, I'm in no way affiliated. Just a VERY happy user. But like MythTV, it's not very user-friendly (yet), so plan to spend some time learning...
Alan
PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote:
I purchased the AirBoard wireless keyboard - just like this one:
http://www.digitalconnection.com/Products/keyboard/sk7100.asp
It's model SK-7100. I have 4 learning, programmable remotes:
1 Onkyo, 1 MX-500, 1 MX-700 and 1 RS-2116.
Each one of them learned everything I could throw at it with this keyboard. I even found out by accident when my mythfrontend core dumped (or seg faulted, can't remember which), that if I have a command line session open and the focus went to that window (it happened three times last night to me), I could even hit the up arrow on each of them (until my mythfrontend script came up in the history), hit the enter or select button, I could just restart mythfrontend. I've since put in a cronjob to restart if it crashes, but I accidentally discovered this, so I'm reporting it.
No LIRC. Just a keyboard/mount wireless interface. Everything even works when going through a Xantech IR repeater. No extra IR stuf, no extra cables.
The $29 was money well spent. I spent last night and this morning teaching my wife and daughters about the new functionality, and they picked up on it in about 2 minutes. FAF has skyrocketed.
No more keyboard to use except by geeky dad.
Paul
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