Girder for Firefly and Vista

[mightyt]

I have used Girder 3.3 Firefly Edition with my Fitrfly Remote on XP with SageTV and it worked great. I am rebuilding my Media Center Hardware and using Vista. Will my Girder Firefly Edition software work with Vista?

Thanks ...

[CollinR]

I would ask on the proximus forums, it should come down to Firefly in Vista at all.

[davin]

I had difficulties with Girder 3.3 in vista. I switched to EventGhost (open source, free) and have had good luck with it. I don't think I even had to install firefly drivers... I think vista sees it as an X10 remote and that works fine with EventGhost.

[CollinR]

I too use EventGhost but I figured since you paid for Girder you would want to use it.

[mightyt]

Originally Posted by CollinR

I would ask on the proximus forums, it should come down to Firefly in Vista at all.

I did ... this is the only response I got (from a user) ...

I think that you'll need to upgrade to Girder 5 for vista, but you may want to check if firefly makes drivers for vista, because I had a brand new Remote Wonder 2 that is now sitting in a drawer, gathering dust because when I bought it and started recreating my GML in Girder, I found that there are no drivers for it. Just one of a hundred problems I had with vista.

[mightyt]

Originally Posted by davin

I had difficulties with Girder 3.3 in vista. I switched to EventGhost (open source, free) and have had good luck with it. I don't think I even had to install firefly drivers... I think vista sees it as an X10 remote and that works fine with EventGhost.

Never tried EventGhost ... Really liked Girder and it was easy to use. Like CollinR said, sid I already spent the money I was hoping to keep using it.

If I have to go to v.5, then I may try EventGhost ... Of course that will likely lead me to post questions your way ...