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FLIRC USB DONGLE RASPBERRY PI SOFTWARE
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The GUI is functional but leaves a little to be desired from a user friendlyness perspective (and it's very low on help, although not that much coaching is needed and there's lots of help on the FLIRC forums), which is why I haven't given it five stars. Pressing the button on the remote gets converted to a key press by the FLIRC dongle and hey presto.your remote just works. Once plugged into your HTPC, this clever little thing advertises itself as a keyboard (or 'Human Interface Device') which is how it gets to work with so many systems.

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You plug the dongle into your PC (there's a Windows and OSX installer) and run the GUI software then, you pick what key press you want the specific button on the remote control to issue to the PC, then the IR receiver stores it for that specific remote control.

FLIRC USB DONGLE RASPBERRY PI INSTALL

Taking this out of the box the other day, my new XBMC install was working with my old Xbox DVD remote within 15 minutes!īasically, this is a USB IR receiver which you plug into any HTPC this isn't only for use with XBMC, you can plug it into any PC you want to use a remote control with (the GUI used to program the IR receiver includes an XBMC 'template' to make it easier but it'll work with just about anything).

Despite posting in the XBMC forums, asking friends who are more knowledgable than I am and trying all the suggestions which were given, I had to admit defeat and give up.

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I now run XBMC on a mini-PC (an Acer Revo & Zotac Zbox ID41) and the one thing which I dread when coming to either upgrade XBMC or install it on another box is getting the remote control to work.įor the last few years, I've been using the old Xbox DVD remote, coupled with the old Xbox IR receiver (converted to USB using an adapter I sourced from eBay) and I've recently spent hours trying to get this working with the latest incarnation of XBMC ('Frodo').

I've been using XBMC since the days when it was an app for a modified Xbox and I've come to rely on it for watching video and even playing music. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. The best part about FLIRC is that it can be used to mimic a keyboard so every media centre application understands it without any drivers.We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. It's basically a universal IR receiver, so can be used with any remote you choose, old, new or Universal! Just walk through the super simple setup - pairing individual remote buttons with 'Media Centre Buttons' and you're done.

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Configure the device on your desktop PC, then simply plug into your Pi for a perfect media centre companion! Amaze your friends and family when the tiny box stuck to the back of your TV controls your entire media collection using an old DVD remote!įLIRC learns from any remote control, not caring about different vendor protocols. The FLIRC USB dongle allows the use of any remote control with your Raspberry Pi.

Configure the device on your desktop PC, then simply plug into your Pi for a perfect media centre companion.

FLIRC learns from any remote control, not caring about different vendor protocols.

Just walk through the super simple setup - pairing individual remote buttons with 'Media Centre Buttons' and you're done.

The FLIRC USB dongle allows the use of any remote control with your Raspberry Pi.

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