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[WanWizard]

The standard on/off button is a toggle which is useless for multifunction remote programming use.

 

If you want to make a command "all devices off" on a Pronto, you need to be able to send a "discreet off", to make sure it's off, and not that is it switched on if it was already off. Similar, if you want to make a button "Listen to a CD", you need a "discrete on" to switch the box on, no matter if it was already on or not.

 

For both scenario's, you can't use a toggle function.

[littlesat]

Now I understand... But this is new created functionality... Can be done of course...
Now we have power_toggle... So we need (I think this is a better name) power_on and power_off...

This cannot be done in hotkey as hotkey is only manipulating in the infobar... And partly in the channel selection, the power buttons are monitored on multiple places, so you can power on/off also in a menu... G

We have to think about this....

Just my two cents... I shut down the box and tv via hdmi-cec...

Edited by littlesat, 13 February 2016 - 17:37.

[WanWizard]

Well, if you define the key in the keymap like I did, it works everywhere the normal power button works.

 

So from that it would follow that if you can map the "power toggle" function to a key using hotkey, you should also be able to do it using a hotkey?

[littlesat]

Again... Standby is needed in menu's... Hotkey is only doing infobars....

[WanWizard]

What is active when you are watching TV? And why does the power toggle button work there? And why, if I modify the keymap, does it also work there? And if something is missing from whatever "infobars" is, can't it be added?

[Rob van der Does]

 

What are these actions.... .

 

For the Formuler I have now hacked the keymap, and added:

 

        <map context="StandbyActions">

                <key id="KEY_POWER" mapto="power" flags="m"/>

                <key id="KEY_F2" mapto="discrete_on" flags="m"/>

        </map>

 

I assume there is a "discrete_off" action to, but I haven't tried that yes, as I can work around that at the moment.

 

This can only be done if the drivers support a discrete power command, which is not the case as far as I'm aware.

And anyway: any decent universal remote should be able to handle the power-toggle (see e.g. how the Logitech Harmonies do that).

Of course a discrete power command is much better, but many devices simply lack that.

 

BTW: It's about 3 years ago that VU promised to add discrete power commands....

[WanWizard]

The problem with the power toggle is that the remote has no way to know the current state. So you might be lucky, and you might be out of luck.

 

I made the keymap change for the Forumuler1, it's drivers support it without problems. I understand that maybe not all drivers do, but that was not the question. If they do, I want to be able to map a key to it, so it can be programmed into another remote.

[Rob van der Does]

I do know about the issues that a power-toggle can cause. That's the very reason I asked VU to add the discrete power on/off commands, which they promised to do (but didn't actually......).
OK, if the drivers of the Formuler do support those commands, that's very good news indeed. And of course one should be able to actually use them.

 

BTW: It would be good to add this information to the PLi-comparison chart.

[hemertje]

Feel free to edit the PLi-comparison chart...

[wurstbrot]

Hi! First of all a big thank you to all the developers of openatv! As CoolTvGuide has problems on my ET9000 and the grafical multi epg seems to be sufficient, I would like to open it with the "OK"-button by short click. I heard of problems using OK via hotkey, but cannot really understand why it's possible via "tastenbelegung" (buttonselection?) to choose CoolTv, but not graficalmultiepg? Is it maybe possible to inplement the shortclick OK button to hotkey, maybe with a warning? Or are there other possibilities to open graafucalmultiepg using OK? Thanks

[Robinson]

Hi! First of all a big thank you to all the developers of openatv!

 

This is not an OpenATV forum, I'm afraid.

[wurstbrot]

Sorry, my fault. Used for a long time openpli...

[sjlouis]

Since a few months, scripts don't work from Hotkey. I've just done a simple test with only this command :

 

wget "http://192.168.0.4/w...Test Ok&type=1"

 

But it doesn't work. All my scripts work well from a telnet session.

 

Have I forgotten something when perhaps I did an update?

 

Thank you.

 

I've done an OpenPli flash and it works again .

 

Littlesat, is it possible to have informations in the Hotkey window? For example, if I launch rsync with -v option, can I have the list of files? And would it be possible to open again the Hotkey window as we can do with EPG import?

 

Thank you .

[littlesat]

usually the hotkey should give you the results from shell scripts....

[sjlouis]

Yes but if I want to see a movie, I have to escape the window and I don't know to get it again later .

[littlesat]

Why should you start a movie with Hotkey?

[sjlouis]

No, I launch a script and while it's running, I see a movie .

[littlesat]

Then I think it is better to design a plugin for that purpose instead of mis-using hotkey... Can you give an example of such script?

Edited by littlesat, 13 April 2016 - 19:21.

[sjlouis]

As I wrote, I use rsync, it allows to backup every week my hard disk and it's a little long. Then if I can see the evolution, it would be fine .

[littlesat]

In think for this it is not a good idea to use hotkey... I think it is more recommended here to arrange a crond and let it sync unintendedly....