#Flirc harmony h688 software#
#Flirc harmony h688 Pc#
#Flirc harmony h688 tv#

And if I forget to switch on the remote, most of the buttons still work (because they are mimicing buttons on a keyboard)

#Flirc harmony h688 software#

I switch between the two modes when I change programs using the harmony's software not flircs. So I program my remote for kodi and another program called Launchbox. Meaning that If you want to change what a button does, say once you change programs, it is not a flirc setting you can change, it's your remotes settings. My understanding is that flirc replaces buttons on your keyboard with inputs over ir. I have/ use flirc with a Logitech harmony 650 remote. Or does anyone know of any other cheap devices I could easily buy for LIRC?Ĭould you please give me your opinions on using FLIRC vs LIRC? And how hard LIRC is to actually setup and what hardware to use with it? Also build a transmitter from an audio output, I'm just unsure of how reliable this setup is, as I've heard it needs decent audio? This would actually be the preferred if it works.ģ) FTDI USB for both transmitting and receiving?ģ) Built a transmitter using actual RS-232, then build another receiver also using RS-232 Then a transmitter using an FTDI USB transmitterĢ) Build a receiver from the mic. The USB-UIRT looks very good for the price? Including multiple high powered IR LEDs and multiple IR receivers (although I think I only really need 38kHz).įor building my own setup I have three main options I think, in order of preference?:ġ) Build a receiver from the microphone port and an IR receiver. If you no longer have the remote you need to record from, does it have a database for them? What about the weird remotes which send things like a start signal and a stop one, or a different signal for button held, etc? Does anyone have an example of their setup they could upload? I assume it's much more flexible, but I can't get my head around exactly how much work I need to do myself:įirstly how hard is it to setup basic remote commands etc. So this has also lead me to look at LIRC.īut I'm not really aware of the challenges of LIRC? It's kind of hard to find proper information on it. Does anyone here have any information on using it? Is the 6ft line of sight thing very accurate? I would be surprised if it's not accurate given how IR works, but I'd love some info from people here who have had first hand experience. This limitation seems very very shortsighted of FLIRC, especially when they went through the effort to add the LED, it feels like they didn't test it properly before building it and shipping it out. Especially since many of the IR tutorials I've read for arduino projects ( e.g.) have always suggested using two larger LEDs with lenses, one narrow angle and one wide angle. I'm no electrical engineer, but I know that if you use a small surface mount IR LED in a tiny device like this that's directly in a USB port, it's barley going to work. Then I found a post from August the feature still isn't implemented, but you can use the API to call a function with an array of integers representing the signal.Īnd what's worse than that the dev says if it doesn't have line of sight and is within 6ft it doesn't generally work. I try to find some information on this and find a forum post from 2017 saying the feature isn't implemented yet (despite the device being released.). Second problem is that yhe website advertises v2 (current version) as coming with an IR transmitter as well as a receiver.

The first one is does it allow layers? Can I have it so I press say button X on the remote, and then it switches the functions of 90% of the buttons to something else. I see FLIRC recommended but everywhere I look I can't find out if it: So I've been looking into both of these for a one remote setup for a family member.

#Flirc harmony h688 tv#

HTPC Guide for Live TV in America (external).

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#Flirc harmony h688 Pc#

r/HTPC - Home Theater PC - Drive your home theater media experience with a PC or media device.