![]() With your remote by your side, click on one of the buttons on screen to activate it for learning. To make sure you map all of the necessary commands to navigate KODI smoothly, select Controllers > KODI, which will load the standard KODI button set on your screen: In this example we’re using the FLIRC with LibreELEC which is a KODI media centre. Pop the FLIRC in a USB port and the status should change to ‘Connected’ – no drivers or any other complications are required: The application will tell you that it’s disconnected (by the sad face bottom right corner) as it cannot detect a FLIRC USB connected to your computer (as you haven’t plugged it in yet!): Once you’ve installed the software, open the application and you’ll be greeted with the screen below. It’s a very straight-forward and generic installer, and includes none of the nasty ‘additional software’ options that you see far too often. Next, install the software by following the steps. It’s very clean and easy to use without any technical distractions.įirst, download the software from FLIRC’s website for your Windows, Mac or Linux machine –. It’s one of the cheaper OneForAll remotes available, but as it supports 4 devices it’s a perfect companion for the FLIRC as it allows us to switch between our TV, Satellite, Amplifier and – in a few minutes time – our Raspberry Pi Media Centre!įLIRC have their own software for setting up your remotes. The remote we’re using in this example will be the ‘OneForAll Essence’. We already mentioned that you can use almost any Infra red remote with FLIRC. There’s no programming or hunting around for specific device codes, you simply connect the FLIRC USB to your PC/Mac, open the software and start mapping buttons via the friendly and easy to use interface. The clever hardware inside the FLIRC, mixed with the excellent key mapping software (for Windows, Mac & Linux), allows you to ‘record’ the signal from each button press on your existing remote, and map that to the device you want to use it with (such as KODI). It can talk to almost any infra-red remote up to 20 feet away – from old TV remotes, to universal remotes, home-made IR blasters, air conditioning controls and everything in between! Rather than buying a separate remote control, FLIRC keeps your sofa clutter to a minimum by allowing you to easily program it to accept signals from your existing remotes. It’s a really clever solution that lets you use your existing remotes to control your Raspberry Pi media centre, all from this tiny USB device.įLIRC is a clever little USB receiver that allows you to use almost any traditional IR (infra-red) remote control with your Raspberry Pi media centre. Whilst there are many options available for controlling your Raspberry Pi media centre, our favourite is the FLIRC USB. Using a keyboard and mouse just isn’t ideal in most scenarios, but the Raspberry Pi doesn’t come with a remote like a traditional TV box – so what can you use? I'll have to keep an eye out for a sale can't justify $100.One of the first things you’ll need when you set up a Raspberry Pi media centre is a remote control. Were you able to get PikTV power on/off function to work as well with the Harmony 665? I love this remote, I may get a second one while they are on the maker and model number that works with piktv box. I love this remote, I may get a second one while they are on sale. and also modes for my bluray player and smart tv and apps. In the end now I've got the harmony remote working for my sound bar with piktv. it booted up and after hitting a few buttons on the telus piktv remote it went back to bluetooth mode. You don't have to unpair the remote, just take out the power from the piktv box and battery out and in on the remote.Īfter learning I plugged power into the piktv. When I tested the remote buttons they then flashed red (indicating IR mode) rather than green which is the bluetooth mode. and then took out one battery from the remote, and then put it back in. All I did was unplug the pik tv so the power was off. So to do that you go to devices, click on the Arcadyan dvr (it calls it a dvr) then click on add commands and you can have it relearn commands there or add new ones, I added the pik tv button and the on demand buttons.Īlso to get the remote from telus to work with IR so you can learn the very few missing buttons. I think it's the same.įor the back button I made it learn the command, because the default was exit. I used the LG Harmony 665 remote but I'm sure the 650 works too. Is the maker and model number that works with piktv box. ![]()
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