Thread: [Announce] Pierogi - a universal infrared remote control app
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2014-11-23 , 05:06
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Originally Posted by sowwhatyoureap View Post
Anyhow, just updated to version 1.1.39 and it seems to work much better than the 1.1.37 build, so I think you're on to something, Copernicus
Great! (I'm always nervous any time I make a significant change to the protocol code, as one little bug there can make entire keysets unusable...)

Testing with the "1b" preset the 1.1.39 build properly switches between AV1-AV3, HDMI1-HDMI2 but not to Component. As the "Antenna" button (I assume supposed to switch to analogue TV) was disabled, I couldn't test it out.
Hmm. I'll have to take another look at the component commands; they are using the same subdevice number as the HDMI commands, so I thought they would work. More homework for me. And yeah, the "Antenna" button should be a direct switch to the internal TV tuner, but I still haven't found any such command in the config files I'm using.

1. List of inputs available -- note that for AV2/AV3 you switch between "regular" and S-Video mode by pressing right and left (see the two boxes on the right).
Just to ask, can you use the left and right buttons on Pierogi's "Menu" panel to switch between regular and s-video? (I'm hoping it should just work as normal...)

4. Remote control, where the two buttons to the top-right control input -- "TV" switches between analogue & digital TV and "AV" brings up the list of inputs (pressing it repeateadly cycles through the list).
Aha! Ok, so I am definitely missing a command here. Hopefully, the "Input" button on the "Utility" panel should bring up the list of inputs. (I guess I should get this command onto the "Input" panel somewhere, shouldn't I...) I don't think I've found a command that switches between digital and analog tuners yet, though. More research for me, then. And thank you for the pictures!

I really appreciate the continued development on this by the way, it's one of the most useful applications for the N900 in my opinion. Wish one could somehow crank the IR transmitter up a few watts in power, but that's probably not going to happen
Ah, I wish I could, but I think it'd require entirely new hardware. (BTW, a bit off topic, but I've put in a request for the upcoming Jolla tablet to add a CIR port so that it can be used as a universal remote. There's apparently a small chance that some changes to the hardware can still be made before they start being produced; and apparently, suggestions with more votes gain higher priority by the folks at Jolla. In any case, I'm certainly happy to see new Qt-based mobile devices entering the market...)
 

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