RTI T2-C remote for apple remote

[adrian.mojica]

Hello,

I have a question for everyone that has been playing with remotes and plex.

I am currently using an apple remote to contol plex. However, i also own one RTI T2-C remote.

The thing is that I’ve been trying to simulate the commands of the apple remote with the RTI and the basic contols are working great but the only thing that’s bugging me is that the functions of all the press and hold buttons are not really working.

you see, every apple remote has 6 buttons with 6 different commands, but if you press and hold these buttons they send different commands , so you actually have 12 commands. (like having 12 buttons). Has anyone found a way of translating all the functions from an apple remote into an RTI t2-c remote?

Thanks for your support.



Adrian.

[korey]

Hello,

I have a question for everyone that has been playing with remotes and plex.

I am currently using an apple remote to contol plex. However, i also own one RTI T2-C remote.

The thing is that I’ve been trying to simulate the commands of the apple remote with the RTI and the basic contols are working great but the only thing that’s bugging me is that the functions of all the press and hold buttons are not really working.

you see, every apple remote has 6 buttons with 6 different commands, but if you press and hold these buttons they send different commands , so you actually have 12 commands. (like having 12 buttons). Has anyone found a way of translating all the functions from an apple remote into an RTI t2-c remote?

Thanks for your support.



Adrian.

Perhaps you can set a duration for the code to be sent as I can on my Nevo Q50?


[jam]

Perhaps you can set a duration for the code to be sent as I can on my Nevo Q50?

I don't think that'd work. The Apple remote hardware sends separate codes for "press" and "hold" events; as far as OS X (and Plex) are concerned, they're completely different commands, not the same command with a different duration. The only exceptions are the up/down keys - those send repeated codes when the button is held rather than a separate "hold" code.

[Vince]

I am trying to also use a T2C remote with Plex The Apple commands work ok, but I would like discreet commands for play, stop, pause, etc. I was thinking of piggybacking off the Logitech Harmony IR codes, but I can not find what Apple ID’s they used to construct that multi-remote.



I may have to find a harmony and learn in all of the codes manually. If anyone knows an easy way of getting full control of plex from this remote please let me know.



Thanks!

[pundy]

I am trying to also use a T2C remote with Plex The Apple commands work ok, but I would like discreet commands for play, stop, pause, etc. I was thinking of piggybacking off the Logitech Harmony IR codes, but I can not find what Apple ID’s they used to construct that multi-remote.



I may have to find a harmony and learn in all of the codes manually. If anyone knows an easy way of getting full control of plex from this remote please let me know.



Thanks!

To find out the remote codes used for the Harmony Logitech profile you have a couple of options.
a) run PlexHelper from the command line in verbose mode with the appropriate options for Harmony remote, then hit the buttons - it will tell you what codes are going where
B) check out the PlexHelper source code on github - its all there in #defines.

(b)is probably the easier option, manually storing the remote codes is a pain in the butt - it took me about 10 goes to get a decent set of codes for the Harmony profile, and even now its not perfect. (pretty close though). Bare in mind there aren't hold codes for all the buttons - you have the 6 (up, down, left, right, menu, play) of normal codes, then hold codes you have 4 (left, right, menu, play). Up / Down hold just sends the same key repeatedly, which co-incidentaly makes the up / down button presses faster to react than the other codes as it doesn't have to wait to see if the button is being held.