PVR 250 remote

[zaxdad]

Hi All.
Is there some secret to getting a Hauppauge remote to work with PVR? I thought it worked nativley with the program.
Thanks,
Zaxdad

[RobertH]

make sure you installed the ir remote software from hauppauge

then you have 2 options to get it running:

1) ReInstall snapstream and have it setup the remote for you.
2) Manually edit the irremote.ini in the c:\windows directory with the following instructions:

Under the [Applications] heading add the following line:
Personal Video Station=

Then at the bottom of the file add the following:
[Personal Video Station]
0=0
1=1
2=2
3=3
4=4
5=5
6=6
7=7
8=8
9=9
MUTE=m
FULLSCREEN={alt}{enter}
CHNLUP={UP}
CHNLDOWN={DOWN}
VOLUP={right}
VOLDOWN={left}
OK={enter}
BACK={esc}
MENU={home}
REC=r
STOP=s
PAUSE={space}
PLAY=p
REWIND={left}
FASTFWD={right}
SKIPFWD=.
SKIPREV=,
GRNPOWER={ctrl}{shift}{f1}
GO=g
YELLOW=-
BLUE==
RED={pgdn}
GREEN={pgup}
FUNC=l


Then restart the IR remote software from the start menu or log off/log back on, the chan/volume buttons on the remote act like the arrow keys on the keyboard, volume control is the yellow/blue buttons. The unlabled button will do the previous channel trick they added.

[zaxdad]

Thanks again for your input Robert.
Do you mean run the wizard again or reinstall the program? The wizard doesn't mention the remote at all.
Thanks for all your help.
Zaxdad

[RobertH]

you have to do a remove (you can do a partial one) and then reinstall the program, only the actual setup program does the setup for the remote, and if you upgrade / reinstall the ir software that INI file gets overwritten and you would have to do this all over again, so you should either make a backup or get used to editiing it if you are going to upgrade often

[Cayars]

If you haven't addressed this yet, it's way far easier for most people to do option #2 of Robert's post. This way all you have do to is paist the information he gave into the two sections of your irremote.ini file in the windows directory. Otherwise you have to completely re-set up Snapstream which can be a pain if you have made a lot of changes to it.

Either solution should work however,

Carlo

[zaxdad]

Robert,
Thanks once again. You should work for snapstream, you're much more responsive. Thanks for your help again,
Zaxdad

[_Shorty]

Robert, I tried #2 and got no response to the remote, so I ended up doing #1. Now that I'm looking at the setup-modified ini file the only differences I can spot are that I don't see RED, GREEN, or FUNC in there. I am using the IR software I downloaded from Hauppauge's site, but it is not the beta version. Could it be that the IR software just ignored that profile because it had some entries it didn't recognize? Possibly the FUNC one, guessing from your 'last channel trick they added' comment.

[RobertH]

heres a copy of my ini file (removed all the extra crap and the hauppage junk because wintv doesnt work on my tv)

if you change the beep flag to 1 it will make a noise from windows everytime the ir receiver gets a code, you should use that to see if the receiver is actually working.

when you install the ir software it overwrites the file in the windows directory, also any changes to the ini file only take effect after restarting the remote software, the ir software will only send commands to snapstream if it is the foreground window, it will not send commands if it is in the background, or if the snapstream window is always ontop and another program is being used. if you need to always send commands to snapstream i would recommend using girder.

; FGR 12/09/02 Support firmware V2; 32-bit IR application
; FILEVERSION 2,33,20343,0 
; includes support for both Classic black, and new PVR remote
; requires ir.exe 2.33.20343 or later

[Remote]
RepeatDelay=3
;Beep = 1           ; Sound for MessageBeep() to make for each Remote Keystroke
;PowerDownSound = 0 ; Sound for MessageBeep() to make when powering down
MenuLoad=1
Beep=0
;ValidCode=0x0080 
;ValidMask=0x0080


; map RC5 System Codes to button "name" lookup table
; Note: 0 (classic remote) conflicts with standard "philips" TV remotes
[SystemCode]
0=HCWClassic
31=HCWPVR

; these tables map actual IR scan codes to button "names" on a per system code basis
; Undefined values get the name "CODExx" by default (mostly for debugging)
; Real buttons on a remote should always get a real button name
; Note: some button "names" can only be generated by certain remotes
 
; Also, note that seemingly similar buttons may have unique names on different remotes
; This is to allow treating them differently based on the remote, and the
; "paradigm" of how they are used.  For example; on old remotes there is a seperate TV
; button, but no GRNPOWER button.  So, on old remotes we treat TV as on/off, where  on PVR
; remote we use the GoMenu function (or RED as On), and the GRNPOWER as Off.

[HCWClassic]
0=0
1=1
2=2
3=3
4=4
5=5
6=6
7=7
8=8
9=9
12=RADIO
13=MUTE
15=TV
16=VOLUP
17=VOLDOWN
30=RESERVED
32=CHNLUP
33=CHNLDOWN
34=SOURCE
38=MINIMIZE
46=FULLSCREEN

[HCWPVR]
0=0
1=1
2=2
3=3
4=4
5=5
6=6
7=7
8=8
9=9
46=GREEN
56=YELLOW
11=RED
41=BLUE
12=FUNC
13=MENU
15=MUTE
16=VOLUP
17=VOLDOWN
32=CHNLUP
33=CHNLDOWN
61=GRNPOWER
31=BACK
37=OK
59=GO
60=FULLSCREEN
55=REC
54=STOP
48=PAUSE
53=PLAY
50=REWIND
52=FASTFWD
30=SKIPFWD
36=SKIPREV


; First item in this section IS always the default app if no others found
[Applications]
Personal Video Station=
Default=

[Default]
0=
1=
2=
3=
4=
5=
6=
7=
8=
9=
;;default mappings to drive apps that use APPCOMMANDS on Win2000/XP
MUTE={app(0x80000)}
CHNLUP={app(0x330000)}
CHNLDOWN={app(0x340000)}
VOLUP={app(0xa0000)}
VOLDOWN={app(0x90000)}
REC={app(0x300000)}
STOP={app(0xd0000)}
PAUSE={app(0x2f0000)}
PLAY={app(0x2e0000)}
REWIND={app(0x320000)}
FASTFWD={app(0x310000)}
SKIPFWD={app(0xb0000)}
SKIPREV={app(0xc0000)}

[Personal Video Station]
0=0
1=1
2=2
3=3
4=4
5=5
6=6
7=7
8=8
9=9
MUTE=m
FULLSCREEN={alt}{enter}
CHNLUP={UP}
CHNLDOWN={DOWN}
VOLUP={right}
VOLDOWN={left}
OK={enter}
BACK={esc}
MENU={home}
REC=r
STOP=s
PAUSE={space}
PLAY=p
REWIND={left}
FASTFWD={right}
SKIPFWD=.
SKIPREV=,
GRNPOWER={ctrl}{shift}{f1}
GO=g
YELLOW=-
BLUE==
RED={pgdn}
GREEN={pgup}
FUNC=l

[_Shorty]

argh, now I know why it didn't work when I manually edited the ini, I missed this part:

Under the [Applications] heading add the following line:
Personal Video Station=