These remotes are a nice size, take AA batteries, and there are plenty available from amazon if you don’t have one to hand. The FLIRC itself is the size of a small USB stick – I’ve been using it with an old SKY box remote which has lots of handy buttons to use for various options.
#Flirc dongle Pc#
You program the FLIRC using an app running on a Mac, PC or Intel based Ubuntu install, and once setup the FLIRC just appears as a standard USB keyboard. The FLIRC USB dongle allows the use of any remote control with your Raspberry Pi.I recently acquired a FLIRC USB Dongle to use with my Raspberry Pi, and thought I’d post a few impressions of this handy media gadget.įLIRC is a USB programmable adapter that can learn from any IR remote controller.
#Flirc dongle tv#
#Flirc dongle tv#Ĭonfigure 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! FLIRC learns from any remote control, not caring about different vendor protocols.
+- Thread: FLIRC-USB for remote control ( /showthread.php?tid=925)įLIRC-USB for remote control - didier31 - 01-25-2019 FLIRC-USB for remote control - Printable Version It's basically a universal IR receiver, so can be used with any remote you choose, old, new or Universal! The best part about FLIRC is that it can be used to mimic a keyboard so every media center application understands it without any drivers.Instruction Guide FLIRC-USB for remote control - Printable Version Just walk through the super simple setup - pairing individual remote buttons with 'Media Centre Buttons' and you're done. I want to use an unique IR remote control for moode audio and for my Hifi equipments. On an amplifier remote control, you have a lot of buttons not used, you can choice some of them to pilot moOde.
For me I use only 8 buttons for functions "Play/pause" "previous" "next" "cover view" "decrease/incfrease sound" "shutdoaw" "F5 to refresh browser". I describe here a simple solution with a RPI3, MoOde audio, lxde, and flirc/usb receiver.
#Flirc dongle install#
(**)įor a complete embarqued solution, you must add the official touchscreen 7" and xdotool.ĭo not hesitate to comment or correct my remarks.įirst of all, you must install the moode audio player on a micro SD card. With lxde you can define keyboard shortcuts to execute MPD commands (for example "mpc toggle" for play/pause command) (*) With FLIRC receiver you can generate keyboard shortcut with your personnal IR remote control. With xdotool (and touchscreen) you can generate mouse movements and clicks to simulate actions on the screen like "cover view" activation. (I suppose that you have already installed moOde audio on your RPi) Use an ethernet or a Wifi connection, log into Raspbian with a ssh session.
#Flirc dongle password#
The username is pi and the password is moodeaudio.įirst of all, you must extand the SD root partition. Xdotool mousemove -sync 1180 20 sleep 1 click 1 sleep 1 mousemove 1020 460 sleep 1 click 1 sleep 1 mousemove 880 120 sleep 1 click 1Īfter that, reboot your RPi and with a keyboard connected to the RPi USB port, you can test these shortcuts. If it's OK, you can configurate these shortcuts in the FLIRC receiver and synchronise it with your personnal remote control. With these modifications some problems can appear:ġ- to automatize the session login, you must install "lightdm" and configure the autologin. (**) to configure FLIRC receiver, read the user guide (*) for the complete list of MPC options to control MPD, read this web page (or type "mpc help" on RPi) Insert line -idle 0" in file /home/pi/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart #Flirc dongle install#
RE: FLIRC-USB for remote control - Edenmap1 - 05-20-2019 I hope that my explanations are clear (sorry I'm french).Īny comments and corrections are welcome. (01-25-2019, 08:56 PM)didier31 Wrote: I want to use an unique IR remote control for moode audio and for my Hifi equipments. I tried to follow your instructions but on Step 3 (Install LXDE/OpenBox), every time I try to add the line "exec startlxde" to file.
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