Anyone have luck with Intel NUC gen 6?

[eli2k]

if you happen to get an MCE remote if you get the one made by pinnacle it comes with an ir receiver/blaster that you can use if all else fails. or you can spend a couple of dollars and get an ESP8266 and an IR Receiver and I can give you the code to put onto it to receive IR codes and send them into EventGhost. and the best part is the ESP8266 has WiFi built in. so no need for a direct connection to a PC. you will just need a cell phone charger if you get one made by adafruit or one that has a built in power regulator. (will usually have a USB on it). all in the footprint about the size of a box of wooden matches

This sounds complicated? It looks useful if you want to keep your PC farther away. Is there a guide somewhere that shows how to do this?

As a last ditch effort and until you get your new remote maybe you could have the actions your current remote triggers as log events in EG trigger your wanted actions. I know it's not much but depending on your situation it might hold you over.

The remote I have doesn't register anything in the event log. I think it only accepts commands from an RC6 remote.

[kgschlosser]

The remote I have doesn't register anything in the event log. I think it only accepts commands from an RC6 remote.

It has to be a remote that sends RC6 codes and only the codes that are in that list i showed you. This can be done 2 ways. A buy an MCE remote. Problem with this is they all suck and are limited in the number of buttons and functions. Buy a remote that you can program with those specific codes. this is a better option. but you are still limited in the number of buttons.

the best solution is to get a whole new IR receiver. one that is not specific to the remote type or code. That is why I stated the Pinnacle. I have one of these and I know it works for any remote. So as an example if you have a remote for an old TV that you no longer have you can now use this remote with pretty much anything that you can connect to EventGhost. and you are no longer held captive to only 32 buttons.

Or you can do the ESP8266 thing. and it's actually very easy to do. But if you have the computer located close to where you would be using the IR receiver then go the route of the Pinnacle. You can get the remote and receiver for 25.00 USD from here

[eli2k]

Do you have a guide to set up something with the ESP8266 board? Would be nice for something to do in the future. It sounds like I would need to splice cables and do some soldering.

So I already have a Flirc so if all else fails I will just drop back to this thing. It will consume an extra USB port and stick out of the machine, but oh well.

[kgschlosser]

Maybe yes maybe no on the splicing wiring. depends on whether you spend a couple of dollars on an IR receiver or a couple of cents on a IR receiver.

Let me see if I can dig up a website with a guide on it.

[kgschlosser]

I will have to make up a tutorial and I need to ask a fellow EG'er if he ever ported his connection program for the Arduino to the ESP. If he didit would make it alot easier. but in the event he didn't we can always use xAP as the protocol to send the data back into EG. But it's a very simple thing to set up. You will have to give me some time to make the tutorial for it.

and you do not have to solder to make this either. a couple of wires that you will have to plug in is all.