HOW?! - Harmony Elite Remote - Bluetooth to OpenPHT Embedded

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I have paired the Harmony keyboard to the OpenPHT install I’m running, and yet it wont take any commands from the remote.
I have to plug in a real USB keyboard any time I want to navigate the interface.

I have searched, here, PLEX, Logitech, and all over - no solution fits.

Anyone here have experience cutting through this?

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What I’ve found works the best for Harmony accessing over bluetooth is to add the device into Harmony as Microsoft / KODI.

I did some additional mappings by creating the file .plexht/userdata/keymaps/keyboard.xml

<keymap>
  <FullscreenVideo>
    <keyboard>
      <return>OSD</return>
      <enter>OSD</enter>
      <backspace>Stop</backspace>
      <c>NextSubtitle</c>
      <d>AudioNextLanguage</d>
      <a>AspectRatio</a>
    </keyboard>
  </FullscreenVideo>
</keymap>

These respectively do:

  • Bring up the on screen display during playback when you hit the ok/enter button on the remote
  • Same
  • Stop playback when you hit return instead of going back to the menu and allowing playback to continue under the menu
  • One of the color buttons (I’m blanking on which color it is right now) changes subtitles in use
  • Same with audio
  • Same with zoom (useful for the full-frame DVDs with letterbox within them)

Hopefully this helps.

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So you’re saying I can do this on the embedded version?
Most of the suggestions i see are for windows or full Linux distros. (And can’t or didn’t work because of that)

If yes, then I’m eager to try this out when i return home from traveling for work Sunday night!

4

Yes, this is for embedded. I run OpenPHT embebbed at times and I described my own setup that works with a Harmony Home (hub with bluetooth).

5

Excellent!

I’m looking forward to testing this!

6

Did you enable Bluetooth in embedded system settings?

Sent from my iPhone

7

Oh yes, of course.

That’s how I know the unit can see the harmony keyboard.

I just cannot control it at all.