Girder receives different codes from the same key

[Ron]

Your remote control has a keyboard interface ?

What kind of keyboard do you have ?

What Girder version are you using ?

[Ron]

Let me guess "AirBoard" :smile:

[Ron]

I guessed airboard because that is the only keyboard that generates this problem. Let me explain.

The airboard sometimes fails to send the "ALT-UP" sequence to the computer. Girder however saw the ALT-DOWN sequence and thus it puts the "A" into the Eventstring. Since it never receive the ALT-UP sequence it is stuck in alt mode until you manage to get the ALT-UP sequence transmitted. So it doesn't matter if you send the key from software or hardware, the alt was stuck before you sent that key.

[Ron]

I have been trying to fix this problem, but I was not all that succesfull. Any help would be appreciated :smile:

[Spufi]

Please help, my fuses running short:
Some times girder receives different codes from the same key. I'm using the keyboard plugin and Win98.

Example:
Press "1" on the keyboard / Code: 310000
Press "Exit" on remote control / Code: 48S0C0
-5 minutes later
Press "1" on the keyboard / Code: 310A00
Press "Exit" on remote control / Code: 4800A0
-reboot Win98
use sendkeys "1" from VBScript / Code: 310000
-10 minutes later
use sendkeys "1" from VBScript / Code: 310A00

Sending characters("A"..."Z"): the same effect.
First I thought it's a hardware problem. Thats why I tried to send keycodes via VBScript - with the same effect. What's going wrong? Has anyone an idea (workaound)?

Thanks
Spufi

[Spufi]

@Ron



Your remote control has a keyboard interface ?

Yes :smile: Both are sending the same keycodes. They are configured via PS/2 Emulation. The remote control is only a "little keyboard with a remote control look"



What kind of keyboard do you have ?

Infrared-Keyboard.



What Girder version are you using ?

I'm not at home, but I think it's 3.0.23 (downloaded in Oct, 2001).



Let me guess "AirBoard"

That's right :smile:

But please remember: Sending keyboard-codes via Software (means without keyboard / remote control pressing) results in the same error.
AND: This is a temporary(!) problem. Girder works many weeks without problems.
AND: The first two digits of the received code are ALWAYS correct. (Is this usefull for a workaround?)

btw: Hope you understand all of my answers. My English isn't the best. Sorry.

Spufi

[Spufi]

@RonB:

Hey Ron, thanks for this excellent answer (and for Girder!) :smile:
I guess, there are more SpecialKeys like "ALT-UP" , "ALT-DOWN" :sad:

to be continued...

Spufi