How can I assign different remote control keys?

[noxion]

Hi,

because I want to control my PC via remote control I discovered the girder program...well, it is really a complex program, but I guess it can be figured out..

But now my problem: I use a receiver at the com-port which had worked with the irassistant under Win98 and a normal remote control taken from my CD-Player. And when I press a button on my remote control the girder symbol in the task bar reacts...and I can also assign a button to a special function, e.g. when I use the zoomplayer template I can assign a button to one function, and it works perfectly...

Ok, but now the problem: not only that button but every button on the remote control triggers the event...how can I assign special keys to events - to use the example of irassistant, there was the possibility to learn the remote control keys before assigning them to a special event...

Well, I hope that my problem is clear, I need a way to tell girder to discriminate the different buttons on my remote control...

Any suggstions...I definitely would like to use this great program...

greats
noxion

[Ron]

Welcome to Girder, lets see if we can figure this out.

First thing to check is the text that appears in the statusbar when you press a button. This should be different for each button on the remote. ( This text is the so called event string ).

[noxion]

Well, when I press a button on the remote different numbers scroll through, but they seem to be the same (unfortunately too fast to see)...when I learn an eventstring, the numbers shown under the comment field seem to be the same: it says "0-2" for every key I use....

BTW: Do I have to use WinLirc to learn the buttons first?

Bye,
noxion

[Ron]

You might want to look at the igor plugin, I think that can replace the winlirc driver completely. But someone else has to step in since I know relativly little about these devices.

[noxion]

Well, that plugin will not work...I guess a special driver for my remote is missing, with Irassistant this driver was called "general burst driver". I will continue trying..

Thanx for your help,
N.