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#Flirc harmony touch install#
#Flirc harmony touch manual#
#Flirc harmony touch software#
#Flirc harmony touch Pc#

Secondly decide which key you want mapped to each button on the Harmony, eg x for stop, e for guide, whatever suits your needs. But even so using a Flirc can greatly simplify setting things up, in my experience the Harmony setup is the most convoluted complicated program I've ever had to use.įirstly print off a list of the keyboard commands that can be used to control xbmc. I'm at work at the moment so can't offer a detailed reply and I've got the same setup as yourself. Maybe my frustrations are that I expected the Flirc mods/gurus to have been more responsive to offer guidance/help.

#Flirc harmony touch install#

There are far cheaper remotes out there, that with some tweaking, and potentially editing of keyboard.xml could accomplish a full install for XBMC/Harmony combo.

#Flirc harmony touch manual#

To be honest, I spent the money on the advice as I truly thought it was going to take out the headache of manual process/config etc. Fullscreen for example is a touchscreen button on my Harmony One and is not mapped to a specific hardware button.

#Flirc harmony touch software#

What might be confusing the issue is that the Harmony remote uses it's own setup software that adds an extra bit of confusion to the whole thing. I'm not running any beta software and I've not installed an add-on in XBMC.

#Flirc harmony touch Pc#

The top button (for example) is 'Menu' which I set using the dropdown to Device = Media Center PC and Command = ContextMenu. I edited the new activity I'd just set up (called XBMC) by clicking Customize Buttons. Ok, I've only been using Flirc for about 3 hours so far with my Harmony One.Īfter initial setup I also noticed that some of the buttons on the Harmony remote weren't doing anything, but instead of trying to map them in Flirc I instead added some mappings in 'Activities' (not the 'Devices') tab of the Harmony Remote software.

Also, do I need to install any Flirc addons from the XBMC Add on Repo?.

not have to manually assign buttons/key presses etc) - and if so where is the latest beta version available for dowload (I recall seeing something on the forums regarding a 'retired version')

Do I need to install some Beta software to get the XBMC fully working (i.e.

I'll look for a bit and see if I can find that config.Īre there any Flirc/XBMC/Harmony gurus there at Flirc (Chris, Jason?) that could answer my questions above including: I suggest using the Full Keyboard screen and mapping what you want to the keys on there. The XBMC GUI in the Flirc software doesn't have everything, you're right. It wouldn't make sense to have those keys pre-mapped as that would eat up space for people that don't use Harmony remotes.

I'm pretty sure that there is a config file you have to download somewhere and load it into your Flirc. I have no idea about Harmony Remote so have no idea what all is in the Profile's pre-configed settings. It has been a few months since some of those posts were updated so wanted to check in to ensure I was doing the right steps to get this Flirc/XBMC/Harmony combo working well.Īppreciate if people could point me in the right direction to get everything started. not have to manually assign buttons/key presses etc)Īlso, do I need to install any Flirc addons from the XBMC Add on Repo? Having a look around this forum I noticed that I may need to install some Beta software to get the XBMC fully working (i.e. I have noticed that the buttons on the Harmony do not seem to activate the controls on my XBMC screen, so proceeded to map some buttons manually from the Flirc software to button presses on my Harmony remote – after a while I noticed that not all buttons were able to be mapped as the XBMC grid within the Flirc software (File, Controllers,XBMC) did not have a button for Context Menu, Toggle Fullscreen, Fullscreeen etc. So far I installed the latest software from the Flirc website (v1.2.2) and also added the Media Center PC > Flirc profile on my Harmony remote. Have discovered the Flirc and looking forward to getting it working with my XBMC and Logitech Harmony 1000 remote.