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I'm probably not the best to answer this as I just got my ati remote
yesterday, but I hacked something together real quick. It's truly a hack
as I don't totally understand the ins and outs of linux devices. I'd
like to send it to you to test out, but don't think I should paste an
attachemtnt to the board list. Essentially all I did was add a #define
for a new

#define KIND_FILTERED_SHIFT 8



then I copied the KIND_FILTERED handler around line 276 and made a new
handler for my new type. Then I put this in before the existing
input_event calls:

input_event(dev, EV_KEY, KEY_LEFTSHIFT, 1);



and this after:


input_event(dev, EV_KEY, KEY_LEFTSHIFT, 0);

essentially telling it to hold the shift keys while it sends the
backslash. I'm sure there's a better way to do it and I have no way to
test it right now as I'm at work, but let me know if it helps you.

Oh and of course you'll have to change the existing entry in the
ati_remote_translation_table to look like this

{KIND_FILTERED_SHIFT, 0xcf, 0x0a, EV_KEY, KEY_BACKSLASH, 1},


Again let me know if this works at all. It definitely compiles, but I
have no clue if it'll work.



Question for you. My remote works perfectly most of the time, but every
once in a while it'll seem to stop responding. I can use the keyboard
and change the channels, but the remote does nothing. And sometimes it
actually will respond but a long time after I actually hit the button.
Just wondering if you experience the same thing.





Jason Schloer

Tango Enterprises, Inc.

11150 Sunset Hills Rd., #250

Reston, VA 20190

Tel: 703-964-4000

Fax: 703-964-4600



-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net] On Behalf Of Kyle Bowerman
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 9:44 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: [mythtv-users] All in Wonder Remote and Mute



I have abandoned the use of my ALL-IN-WONDER ATI 7500 for the PixelView
PlayTV pro but the All in wonder Remote is a far better remote. Since
it is USB I had no problems getting it to work with the basic usb
drivers and the ati_remote from gatos.



I mapped the keys by editing the ati_remote.c file and changing the
last value to the value that corresponds with the myth keys using the
/usr/include/linux/input.h.



You can either put the key name [i.e KEY_LEFT] or the integer value [
i.e. 105]



My problem is that the mute function is the only shift function [i.e. |
or shift / ] . The input.h file only has the primary keys (lower case)
not the shift keys. There must be a simple way to call the shift keys
but I can't figure it out. I have tried every combination of the shift
key and the \ key but they either wont compile or it does not work.



If anyone has a suggestions I would appreciate it.



I am also looking for a way to map the special keys like the "TV" key to
an application like mythfrontend. I am sure someone has written a
listener program but I can't find one.





Thanks



Kyle Bowerman

The folks at freeplaytv
(http://homepage.mac.com/johnsflowers/FreeplayTV/Documentation.html)
[scroll to the end] have made a little patch for the remote for MythTV.
It doesn't seem to cover the shift/mute functionality, but perhaps their
example could help you guys? I'm still grappling with other MythTV
problems (and waiting for a new sound card), but I'm concerned about
this issue since I ordered my ATI remote about 24 hours ago. :-)


Jason Schloer wrote:

> I’m probably not the best to answer this as I just got my ati remote
> yesterday, but I hacked something together real quick. It’s truly a
> hack as I don’t totally understand the ins and outs of linux devices.
> I’d like to send it to you to test out, but don’t think I should paste
> an attachemtnt to the board list. Essentially all I did was add a
> #define for a new
>
> #define KIND_FILTERED_SHIFT 8
>
> then I copied the KIND_FILTERED handler around line 276 and made a new
> handler for my new type. Then I put this in before the existing
> input_event calls:
>
> input_event(dev, EV_KEY, KEY_LEFTSHIFT, 1);
>
> and this after:
>
> input_event(dev, EV_KEY, KEY_LEFTSHIFT, 0);
>
> essentially telling it to hold the shift keys while it sends the
> backslash. I’m sure there’s a better way to do it and I have no way to
> test it right now as I’m at work, but let me know if it helps you.
>
> Oh and of course you’ll have to change the existing entry in the
> ati_remote_translation_table to look like this
>
> {KIND_FILTERED_SHIFT, 0xcf, 0x0a, EV_KEY, KEY_BACKSLASH, 1},
>
> Again let me know if this works at all. It definitely compiles, but I
> have no clue if it’ll work.
>
> Question for you. My remote works perfectly most of the time, but
> every once in a while it’ll seem to stop responding. I can use the
> keyboard and change the channels, but the remote does nothing. And
> sometimes it actually will respond but a long time after I actually
> hit the button. Just wondering if you experience the same thing.
>
> *Jason Schloer*
>
> Tango Enterprises, Inc.
>
> 11150 Sunset Hills Rd., #250
>
> Reston, VA 20190
>
> Tel: 703-964-4000
>
> Fax: 703-964-4600
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@snowman.net] *On Behalf Of *Kyle Bowerman
> *Sent:* Monday, May 12, 2003 9:44 PM
> *To:* Discussion about mythtv
> *Subject:* [mythtv-users] All in Wonder Remote and Mute
>
> I have abandoned the use of my ALL-IN-WONDER ATI 7500 for the
> PixelView PlayTV pro but the All in wonder Remote is a far better
> remote. Since it is USB I had no problems getting it to work with the
> basic usb drivers and the ati_remote from gatos.
>
> I mapped the keys by editing the ati_remote.c file and changing the
> last value to the value that corresponds with the myth keys using the
> /usr/include/linux/input.h.
>
> You can either put the key name [i.e KEY_LEFT] or the integer value [
> i.e. 105]
>
> My problem is that the mute function is the only shift function [i.e.
> | or shift / ] . The input.h file only has the primary keys (lower
> case) not the shift keys. There must be a simple way to call the shift
> keys but I can't figure it out. I have tried every combination of the
> shift key and the \ key but they either wont compile or it does not work.
>
> If anyone has a suggestions I would appreciate it.
>
> I am also looking for a way to map the special keys like the "TV" key
> to an application like mythfrontend. I am sure someone has written a
> listener program but I can't find one.
>
> Thanks
>
> Kyle Bowerman
>
>
>