Adesso ARC-1100 for MediaPortal in XP

[dedi]

Much thanks to Luca for the modified __init__ file.

I'm using 0.4.x Eventghost with a Hama MCE Remote (should be exactly(?) the same as Auvisio), and got almost all keys working.
Except:

OK and Enter buttons are the same
Pause and Play are the same
Rightclick is info

I would like to fix this. How can I find out the exact numbers required for the __init__.py file? it seems its not exactly the same appearing on the left panel in Eventghost (im a new user to eg). I just cant find out.

also MyTV, Music, Foto and Video are on the color keys. they're pretty missing. do you use the color keys for the "my.." stuff or for the "color keys"? (dont know if the color keys in MediaPortal are used alot).

Also for MediaPortal the Config item for "home" is missing (button clear). What number I have to add to MP init file? ("Home", "Home", None, ??). Update: found the numbers in MessagePlugin.xml, but it seems the Home message is not configured there. Still, how can i find out what number it would need? I would update messageplugin.xml and MediaPortal/__init__.py with that number when I can find out which one

[Tesla]

Pause and Play are the same

Yes, I noticed that as well. For Play/Pause, I setup a dual "State Toggle" macro.

See my previous posts or the .jpg inside my second upload.

If nothing is Playing, you won't be Pausing. If you already pressed Play last, the next time you press pause, it will check the state, and you can make it the Pause function.

[dedi]

Thats not the best solution. I usually only use the pause button first but not constant. I've a plugin to react on play press on specific screens for instant music.

Can you please tell me how to find out the numbers for __init__.py file? I still hope there is a chance, since with default use I got 2 different keys.

I also wrote a small howto on the MediaPortal Forums: http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/input ... ost-81906/

[dedi]

did I miss something obvious? because I still dont know how to find out the number format for init.py that differs from the one shown in the EG window.

e.g. Eventghost log shows for VolUp (2, 0, 0, 0, 85), the __init__.py contains (2, 16, 0, 0, 85): "VolumeUp". There are many that differs even more, and some show (0, 0, 0, 0, ..) and they are still working

[dedi]

Looks like a dead end. I've searched and searched, no solution how to map the keys correctly (see previous post).

These are the remaining problems:
- OK and Enter buttons are the same
- Pause and Play are the same
- Rightclick is info
- Mouse Pad not working

I'm sure this is fixable, as natively they are different keys (its working perfectly in MediaPortal, but it requires focus, thats why I go with EG).

[willew]

Looking how to use EventGhost with my Hama 53451 (auvisio, ortek, ...). Looks like version 0.4 is not officially released yet. The links for experimental versions above do not work and no links available on download page. Where can I find them?

[mrceolla]

Hi folks,

I realize this is an old thread but I need some help and don't know where else to turn. Years ago I used the plugin files posted in this thread to get the VRC-1100 remote working quite well in Media Portal 1, which was on a Windows 7 machine. I now have a Windows 10 machine I am configuring as a MP client (Minix NGC-1). Unfortunately, EventGhost repeatedly throws an error while trying to install drivers (or the plugin) for this remote. I copied the EventGhost XML file from my existing machine to the new one, opened it, was prompted by EG to install whatever, and then received a non-descript error. I then tried copying in these files and relaunching EG, then re-opening my XML file. I was again prompted to install something an received the same non-descript error.

Sorry for the lack of error descriptions but this was a while ago and I have since uninstalled EG. I'm hoping someone here knows why this isn't working correctly in Windows 10.

Is the following strictly for the EG plugin, or should this GUID match that of the IR receiver?

eg.RegisterPlugin(
name = "auvisio VRC-1100 Ro",
author = "Bitmonster",
version = "1.0.0",
kind = "remote",
guid = "{96F3D335-C941-4F4E-A196-AAD190E3E255}",
description = __doc__,
hardwareId = "USB\VID_05A4&PID_9881",
)

Could the IR receiver have changed over the years requiring an update to this plugin?

Any help is greatly appreciated. All other solutions for this remote seem incomplete.

Have a great day!

[kgschlosser]

the GUID parameter in the eg.RegisterPlugin is for internal EG use of identifying the plugin and has nothing to do with the hardware, I need to know what the exact error message is to be able to help at all. I will download the plugin and see if there is anything suspicious that would cause a problem in windows 10. are there are a few known issues that occur with windows 10 over windows 7

but honestly without the error it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack

[kgschlosser]

yeah there is nothing in the file that can help. but i do know how to fix the mouse and get the buttons firing properly. don't know to much about the keyboard end of it. but it would take some time to map the buttons properly if you get it running. as i do not have one of these remotes and it would require you pasting me the button codes that get printed out when i modify the file to do so. I need to see what that error is before we start anything. but from the way it looks you may need to start EG as an Administrator only one time is all it should need.

that may or may not solve the problem.

but worth a shot.

[mrceolla]

Thank you for your reply! That is encouraging. In regards to the error, I will re-install EG and take a screenshot of the error, but like I said it was non-descript, like "Failed to install driver" or something like that. I'll get the screenshot though.

Are there any log files I can look at as well? Windows logs?

[kgschlosser]

if you download eg version .4 and not the .5 beta you can run eventghost from a command prompt "C:\Program Files (x86)\EventGhost\EventGhost.exe" -debug

this will cause eg to go into a debugging mode which will show more detailed information. and that debug log file is stored in C:\Users\SOMEUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\EventGhost
the file is Log.txt

you can attach that log file to a forum post. please don't paste it. it's to much info

and make sure you try running eventghost as administrator as well. even tho you have administrative rights it still doesn't allow for everything. and running as administrator gives the proper permissions

[mrceolla]

Hello,

Sorry for the delay and thank you for your help so far.

I have attached a zip containing two screenshots of the error message. The second screenshot shows the complete Status message which didn't fit after I resized the first column to show the entire string.

The log.txt is also in there. I launched EG via the debug command you gave above in a command prompt window that I started as an Administrator. I'm not sure if the launch command needs anything special to carry those privileges through or not.

I have also attached my xml file which I loaded to start the driver installation process. EG did prompt and then download additional files it said it required, as it usually does. That appears to succeed it's just this driver installation that fails.

Lastly, I included the driver files that I recall downloading from somewhere and which I am currently using on my Windows 7 PC. I did not attempt to load these files in this test. I just let EG try to install what it wanted. I have previously tried to copy these files into place but it did not change the behavior.

Please let me know if there is anything else I can provide to you.

Have a great day!

[mrceolla]

Hi,

Was the information I sent useful? Is there any additional information I can send?

Thank you,
Mike

[kgschlosser]

I have just gotten a chance to take a look. sorry about the delay. been really busy.

nothing shows up in the debug log. and the tree seems fine

I do have a question... have you tried running eventghost as administrator??

even tho you may have administrative privlages there are some things that software using the administrative privileges of a user is still not allowed to do. you have to right click it and click on run as administrator
try that and if still no success follow the next couple of steps below

do me a favor go into the device manager and pull up whatever driver it has installed for your remote
then go into the propertied tab and in the dropdown select hardwareid

and see if either of these 2 are there

let me know


"USB\VID_05A4&PID_9881&MI_00"
"USB\VID_05A4&PID_9881&MI_01"

[mrceolla]

Thank you for your reply. Sorry for my delay. I never received a notification.

I have tried running as Administrator even while logged in as the administrator.

I checked Device Manager and I have two listings under "Human Interface Devices" that read "USB Input Device". One has the first value you posted and the other has the second value. Should I have both?

Did I enable logging incorrectly? Would Windows logs show anything?

Much thanks!