drw4013 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Right now I am using a Harmony hub and FLIRC with my HTPC. This works just fine to navigate BigBox by sending keyboard inputs via FLIRC - until I actually start a game. At that point, no combination I try under "Keyboard Automation" settings in BB will actually Exit the game and go back to BigBox. None of the other Keyboard Automation options will work either (View LaunchBox, Pause Screen). I did verify that I have the checkbox to enable Keyboard Automation checked. To exit a game/emulator, I have to use the setting I have under Controller options and exit with my Xbox One controller. Is there a way to set this up to exit the game with a FLIRC remote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 minute ago, drw4013 said: Right now I am using a Harmony hub and FLIRC with my HTPC. This works just fine to navigate BigBox by sending keyboard inputs via FLIRC - until I actually start a game. At that point, no combination I try under "Keyboard Automation" settings in BB will actually Exit the game and go back to BigBox. None of the other Keyboard Automation options will work either (View LaunchBox, Pause Screen). I did verify that I have the checkbox to enable Keyboard Automation checked. To exit a game/emulator, I have to use the setting I have under Controller options and exit with my Xbox One controller. Is there a way to set this up to exit the game with a FLIRC remote? The flircs and harmonys just send keyboard presses if setup correctly. Just want to check one thing though, you say harmony hub, is that setup to control your PC via bluetooth, or are you using both the flirc and the harmony hub, essentially sending the same commands twice? I should add i havent looked at this myself, as i dont have a flirc, but i do have a harmny hub which is seen by Windows as a keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drw4013 Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 Just now, neil9000 said: The flircs and harmonys just send keyboard presses if setup correctly. Just want to check one thing though, you say harmony hub, is that setup to control your PC via bluetooth, or are you using both the flirc and the harmony hub, essentially sending the same commands twice? I should add i havent looked at this myself, as i dont have a flirc, but i do have a harmny hub which is seen by Windows as a keyboard. I did not set up the harmony hub with the HTPC because I disabled the motherboard's internal bluetooth so the only bluetooth used by the HTPC is my DolphinBar. Using the FLIRC usb I had from a previous system seemed like the easiest solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 10 minutes ago, drw4013 said: I did not set up the harmony hub with the HTPC because I disabled the motherboard's internal bluetooth so the only bluetooth used by the HTPC is my DolphinBar. Using the FLIRC usb I had from a previous system seemed like the easiest solution. OK, so this sounds like a simple incorrect, or not correctly setup in buttons the options. As i say i have never used the flirc, but have looked into buying one on several occasions, so i understand what it is and how it works. 24 minutes ago, drw4013 said: At that point, no combination I try under "Keyboard Automation" settings in BB will actually Exit the game and go back to BigBox. Do you have a button on the remote set to "Escape" or to "F4" as that is what is used to exit emulators? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drw4013 Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 19 hours ago, neil9000 said: OK, so this sounds like a simple incorrect, or not correctly setup in buttons the options. As i say i have never used the flirc, but have looked into buying one on several occasions, so i understand what it is and how it works. Do you have a button on the remote set to "Escape" or to "F4" as that is what is used to exit emulators? After further testing this appears to be an issue with the Dolphin emulator - not Launchbox. Dolphin wasn't recognizing the FLIRC remote presses unless a keyboard or mouse was also plugged in. I'll check out the dolphin forums, but for now I just plugged a mouse in as a workaround. I was initially trying to control LaunchBox via the wiimote with the Dolphinbar, but a thread I found form 2018 stated this was not possible. Thanks for the initial help. This thread can be closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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