Event ghost with XBMC

[hamd01]

Running EventGhost 0.3.7.r1194, 11 with XBMC (XBox - Media Centre). windows XP, sp3

I'm having a real problem getting a remote control to work, and I would really appreciate if someone could offer any advice. I've never set up a remote with event ghost before, but I have read all the guides. I'll detail exactly what I have done, and perhaps I am missing something...again, any help GREATLY appreciated;

I have purchased a HP ir reciever, which I have read other people have used.;

http://www.amazon.com/Infrared-Recei.../dp/B000Z7XJME

The receiver is plug and play, and seemed to install just fine.

The remote control I want to use is a One-For-All remote.

I have installed event-ghost, and obviously xbmc. I have also set the One-For-All remote into MCE Remote mode.

Within event-ghost I have enabled the xbmc plugin and also the MCE remote plugin.

I am not using a microsoft remote control, I want to get it working with my One-For-All Remote control which we use for everything else.

So next, within event ghost I have created a new macro under MCE remote. I have clicked on the LEARN button, and pressed STOP on my One-For-All remote. A string of text appears in the LEARN box, so I then click OK. I then drag this new macro over to the correct control within the XBMC plugin....so in this example over to the STOP button.

I leave event ghost running and load up XBMC. Star a movie playing, pressing the stop button on my remote....nothing. Tried getting event-ghost to learn lots of buttons and dragging them over to the relevant section of the XBMC plugin, but none of them work.

I have done the following testing to try and narrow the problem down;

I have gone into eventghost (whilst XBMC is running) and gone into the XBMC plugin, and clicked simulate....and it does work (i.e issues a command to xbmc). So the connection between XBMC and Eventghost does seem to be working.

If anyone could help I would really appreciate it....for all I know I might be totally missing something.

Many Thanks.

[hamd01]

Should also add, that I would prefare this thread in the plugins section, but I'm unable to post there?

[jinxdone]

Hello, and welcome!

If you uncheck the checkbox "Log only assigned and activated events", and then press some buttons on your remote, do you see corresponding lines appear in the log view? If so then your remote/plugin should be working fine. Then all you should need to do is drag these events into the macro(s) you want to trigger with each press.

Make sure the folder under which your XBMC macros are is not disabled, if it is then the macros will not trigger (it will still be possible to run them manually with simulate..)

The plugin section of the forum is for plugin support threads. Only plugin developers can start a new thread there, so this general support forum is exactly the right place for your quesiton.

-jinxdone

[hamd01]

Thanks for all your help, I will give that I try when I get home this evening and post the results.

[jitterjames]

what Jinxdone said...

I just wanted to add/clarify. You don't need to use the LEARN function. The learn function is only used if you want to blast ir signals to other devices. (so for example you could control your TV with eventghost by first learning the codes from your tv remote and then later using a macro to blast the signal to the tv)

[hamd01]

Thank you so much for your help. I obviously had the wrong idea thinking I had to use create macro/learn. With your advice it took me 10 minutes!!!

Thanks again.

[jonib]

Check this as alternative to the default XBMC plugin

jonib