[mythtv-users] Wake from USB

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Tue Apr 2 21:58:25 UTC 2013


On 02/04/13 21:27, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> On 13-04-02 04:17 PM, Jon Heizer wrote:
>> the only button on my
>> remote that would cause it to wake from suspend was the power button.
>
> But why?  What's special about the power button on any given remote?
>
> It's just another button that sends a signal to the I/R receiver which
> then interprets that signal as the button on the remote that has the
> letters P-O-W-E-R written on it.
>
> That is, you could tell LIRC that that button was the "get me a beer"
> button and that's what LIRC would think it says on the remote.
>
I think you'll find that the code you send when you press the power button is 
Ctrl-Alt-Del. I may be wrong, but /that/ code might just be handled differently...

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Mike Perkins



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