keyboard plug-in VS multimedia keyboard

[Marsupial]

Hi guys! hope not to be Off-Topic... anyhow, I,ve got a question

I've got a BTC-5800 multimedia keyboard (ugly keyboard with play/stop/power/etc keys) on my multimedia computer, and I decided to use it in cooperation with the remote control.

When I installed the remote plug-in, it did stop all previously programmed events.

now on the keyboard, if I keep the "software" on the computer, it controls directly the volume display (ugly and unalterable... unlike girder) so I decided to deinstall it totally. Girder does recognize those keys (thanks to the keyboard plug in) but there is still the "WWW" key that launch the calculator (?) and the wake-sleep that enables sleep with no warning.

BUt worst: the power key automatically power down the computer WITH NO WARNING AT ALL...

anyone know how I could pass over this and redirect them in Girder for CUSTOMIZATION???

I tried to find a prog, or a register key, but it seams nothing is anywhere, which I doubt.

thanks a lot guys

[levyshay]

Hi,
If I'm not wrong, In windows Control Panel -> Power Options/Advanced You can choose what to do when a power button is pressed and when a sleep button is pressed, this has one minus that it changes windows reaction to any button it knows as "power" or "sleep" Including the power button of your computer. Give it a try.

I tried it on WinXP, should work for other Os's.

Shay Levy.

[Marsupial]

well, thanks for the tip.
It's great, now my computer goes on hibernation. Still it DOES go on hybernation WITHOUT ANY WARNING.

I'd like to be able to CONTROL those stupid keys... if I cannot, I'll switch to a standard IBM PS2 full click keyboard. I prefer those standard ones to a hit-a-key-and-loose-your-time-with-no-warning keyboard. But I'd like to use the volumes, play, etc...
I realised that each and every time I press play, it mutes... this key driver is so weird... I just don't find a way to uninstall it.

anyway, thanks

[LiLRiceBoi]

I would like to do the same thing but w/ a different keyboard. Anyone know how to get control of those extra keys?

[LiLRiceBoi]

I have the same problem. Thats why I want to know how to get control of them. For example, the volume key controls the main volume, but I would like it to control directsound/wave instead.

[LiLRiceBoi]

I tried it. Didnt see anything different. Maybe I just didnt know how to use it.

How do you block keys? Can you set which keys you want to block?

[jediperry]

You need a command run on girder startup, or whenever. Select keyboard driver from the plugins tab and learn all the keys you want blocking.

Mike

[Ron]

There is a saying in my country:
keep it low on plug-ins... the less things running, the more stable.

Wise people those Canadians, must visit them sometime!

[LiLRiceBoi]

It says its not a configurable plugin

[jediperry]

If you are still using girder 3.1 then you also have to enable it in the software plugins tab on the settings dialogue.

The keyblocking you do by clicking the settings button for the keyboard plugin in the plugin tab located bottom right in the main girder window, i.e. setting an action for a command.

This command must then be run for the settings to be applied.

Mike