WiFi Remote

[PeterSt]

All,

Although I haven't spent much words on the WiFi remore business in the 0.9x-4 release notes, I can imagine a 100 questions.
On the other hand, maybe nobody owns a WiFi remote.

Ok, I possibly made it for myself only (and for the Philips Pronto TSU9600 I own), but I think it currently works flawlessly which I sure can't say of the IR solutions I tried.

The XXTCPSrv.exe from below zip I created myself, and it is a so called "TCP listener". It waits for a connection on the port given (which can be done now), answers to it, and next waits for a command. Note that it assumes that the connection will be closed by the client after this (the client being the remote, amd the Listener being the server doing absolutely nothing while waiting).

It seems a quite undoable task to explain just all, but might you have a WiFi remote and wish to get it going ... waiting for the questions in this thread.
One thing : this solution (as how it is now) does not execute commands on a running XXHighEnd. This, translated into the terms we are familiar with : it works at Unattended only ! This will change in near future, but we have to start somewhere, and that is at Unattended (being the most difficult obviously).

From here on I will try to create similar for IR solutions. But later.

Oh, for those who want to start off without questions : don't forget to allow the port given to pass through the firewall.
And don't forget ... whatever your remote passes at a certain command (being a string like "Volume_Up"), it can be obtained in the XXWiFiRemote.cfg configuration file. This means you don't need to reprogram the remote. But if you can, you can do that too of course.

Lastly, and to be clear : Currently this is all totally unrelated to the AutoHotKey solution. It could, it can (for better transparency), but I just did not.

Peter

PS: If nobody responds because actually nobody has a WiFi remote or can deal with it, at least I am happy with it. So no problem there !

[PeterSt]

Although I haven't spent much words on the WiFi remore business in the 0.9x-4 release notes, I can imagine a 100 questions.
On the other hand, maybe nobody owns a WiFi remote.

hehe .. I can imagine at least that many!

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Hi Russ, I have moved your post to the AutoHotkey topic. Because of my resonse to it, I felt it went messy otherwise. Re: WiFi Remote.
Peter

[Telstar]

I have to get a dongle to test the Wiewsonic airpanel that otherwise cant install in Vista.

I'll try this as well then. But, its a IR to be used with a remote such as the Harmony or a wi-fi thing?

Telstar (tired and confused)

[PeterSt]

What I talk about here (in this topic) is about WiFi. This is unrelated to IR and a normal IR remote cannot be used. The AutoHotkey stuff is for IR (AutoHotkey Install).

It is a stupid difficult subject.

[Ava12]

So will we be able to control XXHE with a handheld under Windows Mobile with a nice XXHE like interface someday? Over Wifi, or bluetooth? (there should be some way to adress commands directly from a bluetooth control to XXHE, shouldn't there be)?
That would be neat!

Ava

[AUDIODIDAKT]

Can you control xxhe with PDA with WiFi and remote desktop.
What is else is outhere!
That will not set me back like, 1200 euros!
(bluetooth keyboard on coffeetable, hmm)

See myself sitting (in near future, hope so) in the middle of the room with a small device in my hand that
controls my (audio dedicated or HTPC) pc and ofcourse xxhe by a small and gentle touch on the illuminated screen.

Music starts to play! Overwhelmed by sound quality, enjoying my own music-Database.

TV or screen can be turned of, if wished

suggestions are welcome!

Roy

[PeterSt]

Roy,

Remote desktop would work by standard, but then anticipates on just "seeing" XXHighEnd on that small screen, and the screen is too small (read : XX is not made for 320 x 240 and it will be tedious to scroll). So, it will need another version of the GUI (and somewhere down the line I am working on that), but there's another "problem";

Nothing would be more easy (and convenient I think) to dump a small display somewhere (could be a UMPC) and "run" XX over RDP/RDC. So, ready, done. However, in my theories (but hey, can't I measure that ? yep ...) it influences sound. So this is why I never went on that track, or adviced it.

Peter

[PeterSt]

Ava, I completely missed your last post. Reading it now, no real answers I'm afraid. This takes so so so much time, money for trials, and few chance for success, I rather spend time on more useful things. Now, I must admit of course that I am up and running with my WiFi remote. If not, things would have been different.

Maybe we must think more in the direction of iPod Touch. At least that's made for it. No idea what can be done with it towards a PC, but I'd say : since it can be used with iTunes ...

[AUDIODIDAKT]

http://features.engadget.com/2004/07/27/how-to-turn-your-ipod-in-to-a-universal-infrared-remote-control/

[AUDIODIDAKT]

But for the time being,
Can I use something like a IrDa infrared usb adapter, (Dongle)
The one I found supports SIR, MIR & FIR-mode, IrDA conform 1.3
costs 9,99 euros

Then try something like Girder, IrAssitant or WinLirc
Using a ahk plug-in, Idunno, I guess (The autohotkey strings are endless as u know)
Then take an old remote control to play with.

Can I use it Unattented, peter?
Does anybody has xxhe working on remote?

And I still got dell axim x5 PDA laying around maybe get a touchscreen remote out of it

grtz

[AUDIODIDAKT]

And does it even work on vista x64

[PeterSt]

The only thing it takes is a receiver program that can simulate keyboard keys. And of course can translate them out of a random IR remore command (like volume up from your TV remote).
But I can't find a reliably working one. This is just my inexperience I'm afraid.

So ...

Once you have one that can e.g. simulate Alt-U while XXHighEnd (the GUI) is running (this is unrelated to AutoHotKey), I take care of the rest.

[AUDIODIDAKT]

Maybe I found something,

http://tvtool.info/go.htm?http://tvtool.info/english/sconi1_e.htm

Can it work with xxhe?

see also

http://www.pcremotecontrol.com/solutions/solutions.htm
And Girder
http://www.promixis.com/girder.php

and
http://www.pcremotecontrol.com/software/pcrcsoft.htm
grtz

[PeterSt]

Maybe I found something,

http://tvtool.info/go.htm?http://tvtool.info/english/sconi1_e.htm

This looks good, because it contains the IR receiver *and* the software. Note though that I have bought at least one such a combination - but even including the remote, and for the programming part (like volume button must do alt-u) it worked only half (like a key would like to work only once and then batteries had to be removed and put in).

Note this one doesn't mention Vista.

Thanks Roy.

[AUDIODIDAKT]

I do understand the problem now,

It used to be easy with a 232 port.
No problem, The possibilities are endless in combination with autohotkey.

But nobody has that on its MB anymore.

IrDa in USB is not ment for Remote/controlling a pc.

I didn´t found one that supports vista en x64 vista is a bigger problem still.
So I don´t know how to get this to work.

thnx