Remote issues 2 events per button

[dbbd]

Using EG 0.3.6.14, windows XP

Got a new set top box, with a new remote. I'm trying to teach EG to blast.
The problem I have is that each button on the remote issues 2 events.

If I use only one of the events, some other keys blast the same code.
Can I create a blast macro that will wait on the 2 incoming events before it blasts?

Thanks,
Dan

[stottle]

If you don't have a problem learning the "two event" codes, is there a reason you can't use a different event to trigger the blast?

It sounds like you want to learn a new code, then use the same new code to trigger the blast. The only reason I can think of to do this is if the STB is out of site (closet or something), and you want to use the remote that came with the STB.

I would recommend looking into having a simpler event trigger the blast, because I can't think of a good way to have EG treat two events as a single event. In effect, you are saying that EG is mis-characterizing the code by splitting it in two. The right way to fix that is to adjust the decoder, which obviously isn't a simple fix. There are things you can do, like having the first part of the code enable a new folder, where the new folder has events for the 2nd part of the code. But the problem then is that you want the 2nd folder to only listen for the very next event. I think anything you do along these lines is a bit of a hack and probably error prone.

If anyone else has a better suggestion, I'd like to hear about it.

Brett

[dbbd]

You are absolutely right. The STB is out of site.
I want to use EG and the blaster to "pass through" its events.
The blasting is actually working fine - I checked by macroing
the learned codes with a simple remote. But I want the original
STB remote to work as well.

Dan

[Bartman]

You can use the "clear pending events" action but it can have unwanted side effects if you expect other events in the mean time or trigger events yourself as result of the button press.