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@tswindell

Got a vote from me. ;)

I have found that i have to be directly in front of my Xbox 360 (max 6ft) for it to work accurately, but i don't use it that often only when i play i film through it. but that's not tswindell's fault just the range on the N900 IR output signal.

Can anyone confirm what the IR signal range is like on a TV remote controlling application?

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Yeah, thanks :) There are likely many variables, including the recievers sensitivity and ir noise. Like you I get about 6-7ft range for both TV and XBox with my N900 which just so happens to fall in range of my comfy sofa :)

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Though, I can control an LG 3D HDTV from 12 ft .. go figure :D

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Any luck with being able to use this without the remote sensor and being able to use it strictly using Wi-Fi?

I know you talked about looking at this over last weekend, so had to ask. :)

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No not yet, I'm pushing it to extras first then I'll add extra functionality into v2.

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just for some range info, i have controlled sky and virgin (cable) set top boxes comfortably from up to 10 or 12 feet away, the xbox was working comfortably from where i was sitting about 6 or 7 feet from the unit. never tried going any further.

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Yeah, the N900 seems to have a very narrow FOV though and I'm sure some devices have better receivers. please vote: http://maemo.org/packages/package_in...e/1.0-1maemo2/

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Yeah same here perfect for my lazy boy 3 seater. :p


sorry for off topic

What application do you use to control your TV?

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Well, before this XBox360 media remote app, there was 'Tom's TV Control' app ;) Which is basically identical, it's my intention to write a more generic app that can be used to create pretty remotes for anything you can get working with LIRC, in theory you can do it now. If you look at the qml source for xbox360-media-remote you'll see how it all magically works, well, that and the /etc/lircd.conf file ;)

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Do you have a link for that app, i wouldn't mind giving it a go.

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Will really only work with my TV, wait for the next app :)

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OK will do.

cheers

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FOR LIRC REMOTE CONTROL ENTHUSIASTS ONLY

Using an iguanaworks IR blaster, I can now control my Xbox 360 with my n800, my n810 and my n900, but I had to change the line

to

inside the lircd.conf file.

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Ooh.....

What app do I install on my N800 dap?

And will this also work on my original Xbox?

Wow. I seriously need to start upgrading my junk. :)

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Addison, m'man, this is very sputnik. But if you're bored and you want to fall into the rabbit hole, search tmo for iguanaworks.

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I'm confused, I enabled the media remote setting on my Xbox but i still can't connect. By the way, great app, even if I can't get it to work :)

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Okay, well presuming you're in close proximity and line of sight isn't the issue. Open up an xterm and run from the console with the following line: /opt/usr/bin/xbox360-media-remote

And press some buttons, if there's a problem you should see it output any errors, and, let me know what you find :)

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I am having similar problems so ran this and got:-

irsend: not enough arguments

I am not near my Xbox 360 at the momet so that my make a difference to the results?

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I have now tested my IR using the LCD screen trick and whilst it seems to work using qtirreco app etc it does not seem to be working with your Xbox 360 app.

Also I am now getting the follwoing messages:-

irsend: unknown remote: "Xbox360MediaRemote"
irsend: command failed: SEND_ONCE Xbox360Medica Remote NumPad_4 (after pressing keypad no 4)

I also get the same message for other keypads

Any idea what the problem can be?

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I did this, got Starting LIRC or something like that, but it still didn't work. Any idea what's happening wrong?

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Looks like you've managed to break the lircd configuration. If you remove my package and reinstall it, that should do the trick.

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No, the communication between the N900 and the xbox is strictly one way.

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Ok well i removed it and reinstalled it, and i got the same thing again.
"Starting lirc daemon: lircd.
Do i have to become root then put in the /opt/usr/bin code?

EDIT: Can you give me like a run through of EVERYTHING I'm supposed to do for this to work?

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Help, I'm addicted to Netflix.

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You pinched my icons :P cool stuff.

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install app
start app
setup xbox to use media remote control
use app

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Any bit closer to allowing this to work through Wi-FI? :)

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Well that isn't working out too good, anything else i need to do?

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I'll look into it today and see what I can do. I would have got around to it sooner. But I've been pushing another app: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=67276 (shameless plug) :D

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Nope, so after you reinstalled it what does it say when you run it from xterm?

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It's a gift.

Yes, I wanted you to know that you inspired me and I appreciate your attention to detail. Home automation is sometimes more than a hobby for me, but I probably wouldn't have bothered to add remote Xbox stuff without stumbling upon your cool app.

Thanks again.

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I've been wanting to get a bit more seriously into home automation. I think my next related project will be finally setting up a DVR media centre. And I'll be using Qt/QML for the UX on that machine too :)

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Reinstalled the app and now getting:-

irsend: command failed

and also

irsend: unknown command

Any ideas what's going wrong as all the other IR apps seems to work and apart from installing/removing apps I don't remove anything else installed on the phone?

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just wondering, could this just be added to qtirreco instead of a new app? You could also add your button images to qtirreco maybe.

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@droitwichgas, can you run in xterm:
sudo /etc/init.d/lirc stop
sudo /etc/init.d/lirc start
sudo irsend SEND_ONCE Xbox360MediaRemote Xbox360_Power

and tell me if that works, and if not, what the error message is.

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It would be quite easy to copy the interface, but that would defeat the purpose :) This app was intended to get more people into QML. Also, I don't really like QtIrreco that much and decided this would work nicer. I'll be making a more generic, QtIrreco replacement app soon.

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When I try and run the first command I get a request for a password?

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Interesting, can you run 'update-sudoers' as root and tell me if that complains of anything?

Also check that the file "/etc/sudoers.d/xbox360-media-remote" exists.

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Both are comming up "not found"

I assume I don't run this as root?

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Sorry, yes, as root run:
/usr/sbin/update-sudoers

Then check that the /etc/sudoers.d/xbox360-media-remote exists with:
ls /etc/sudoers.d