Best remote/IR combo?

[morikaweb]

I am trying to figure out what the best remote/IR combo is for Sage. I'm really starting to miss my old Hauppauge 150 setup that worked out of the box with no problems. But I decided to upgrade to Supposedly “better” equipment and now cannot get it to work.

I have a iMon receiver and remote.
A MCE remote and receiver/transmitter.
A Hauppauge 150 remote (though not the receiver as I'm not using the 150)
A USB-UIRT.
A Harmony One.

I can get the MCE remote to work obliviously but cannot get the transmitter to work, I can get the USB-UIRT to be recognized in Sage but then the MCE remote will not work.

So my question is what is the best way to set this up? Do I have to have the USB-Uirt and the MCE receiver/transmitter connected? Or is there a way to use the MCE/ Hauppauge remote VIA the USB-Uirt or iMon receiver? Also is there a easer way to get the UIRT to work with my DST 505, or do I have to program every single button manually (Which gets old fast)?

[CollinR]

IMHO the Snapstream FireFly is the best remote but you would want to use EventGhost or the Sage community add-on to make it work with Sage.

Keep the USBUIRT no matter what!

(or sell it to me really cheap. )

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by morikaweb

I am trying to figure out what the best remote/IR combo is for Sage. I'm really starting to miss my old Hauppauge 150 setup that worked out of the box with no problems. But I decided to upgrade to Supposedly “better” equipment and now cannot get it to work.

I have a iMon receiver and remote.
A MCE remote and receiver/transmitter.
A Hauppauge 150 remote (though not the receiver as I'm not using the 150)
A USB-UIRT.
A Harmony One.

I can get the MCE remote to work obliviously but cannot get the transmitter to work, I can get the USB-UIRT to be recognized in Sage but then the MCE remote will not work.

So my question is what is the best way to set this up? Do I have to have the USB-Uirt and the MCE receiver/transmitter connected? Or is there a way to use the MCE/ Hauppauge remote VIA the USB-Uirt or iMon receiver? Also is there a easer way to get the UIRT to work with my DST 505, or do I have to program every single button manually (Which gets old fast)?

The USB-UIRT will proably be best for blasting and can handle up to 3 distinct zones. Your MCE remote needs to be learned to the USB-UIRT and should function perfectly with that. That's what I used until I got the Harmony. The Harmony works best for the wife and we have an 880 and a 525.

Gerri

[morikaweb]

IMHO the Snapstream FireFly is the best remote

Actually I have a firefly as well, just did not post it here as I did not think I could get it working properly in Sage. Also once I get everything working everything will be mapped to the Harmony One, and I cannot map RF codes to it.

Your MCE remote needs to be leaned to the USB-UIRT

I understand that but what I don't under stand is what software I should be using. I have tyred a dozen none of which work correctly. the closest I came is using HIP, but it only some times works and often acts like I did nothing at all or acts like I pressed 5 buttons at once.

What I don't understand is why SageTV is so limited when it comes to remotes and IR Blasters. I should not have to have a dozen third part programs jsut to use a remote/blaster with SageTV.

[gplasky]

I used SageTV, a USB-UIRT and a MCE remote. That was it. I have one setbox and at the time blasting a channel change there. No third party software for what I was doing at the time.


Gerry

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by morikaweb

What I don't understand is why SageTV is so limited when it comes to remotes and IR Blasters. I should not have to have a dozen third part programs jsut to use a remote/blaster with SageTV.

Since you have a USB-UIRT, SageTV is all you really need, unless you want to be able to control other programs with your remote.

SageTV can directly use the USB-UIRT as both a receiver and a blaster.

You can use just about any remote with the USB-UIRT.

- Andy

[morikaweb]

? I did not know that How would I go about setting that up in Sage? I already have the blaster Component of the UIRT working flawlessly So I just need to get the remote working.

[Opus4]

Go to Detailed Setup -> Commands -> Remote Control Configuration, select USB-UIRT, then link the remote's buttons to the commands you want.

If the remote uses a toggle code, you will need to assign each button to the same command twice in a row w/o pressing another remote button in between.

- Andy

[morikaweb]

Originally Posted by Opus4

Go to Detailed Setup -> Commands -> Remote Control Configuration, select USB-UIRT, then link the remote's buttons to the commands you want.

If the remote uses a toggle code, you will need to assign each button to the same command twice in a row w/o pressing another remote button in between.

- Andy

Ok sounds easy enough (though time consuming). Just 2 questions:

1. Is there an easy way to clear all the keys at once?
2. Is there an easy way to back up a remote configuration once I set it up?

[Opus4]

All the IR codes are stored in the client's properties file, using the ui/rc_mappings/<command name> property lines.

- Andy

[morikaweb]

Originally Posted by Opus4

All the IR codes are stored in the client's properties file, using the ui/rc_mappings/<command name> property lines.

- Andy

Ok thank you very much. I have evrything working after 2 days .

Only thing I can say is the remote learning system really could use an overhaul. Perhaps with explanations on what each button means, an easer way to wipe buttons, a built in remote settings exporter, and the ability to scroll through the list slower.