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Revision as of 00:32, 15 December 2009
Sony uses Bluetooth for wireless controllers including the BD Remote (Blueray Disc). The makes for a decent remote option
Here are the advantages
- Inexpensive ($25 USD)
- Reasonable layout (51 buttons with separate arrows/seeking controls)
- Radio Frequency operation (better range, non-line-of-sight)
- Bluetooth pairing - multiple remotes don't interfere, no picking channels to use
Contents
Linux
Cakemote - Python script that reads key presses
bdremote - Daemon that directs bdremote data to LIRC (a cakemote successor)
myth-btremote - Daemon that supports the bd remote with mythtv's network remote infrastructure
cakemote-mythtv.py - Cakemote script tweak for myth .22 keybindings and multikey press functions removed.
ps3_pair.py and ps3_unpair.py - Python script to pair and unpair your BD Remote (requires dbus-python and pygobject python modules)
Alternative Methods
xbmc_forum_ps3_remote - Great instructions for getting this going addresses battery issues (page 3)
HOW-TO_Setup_PS3_BD_Remote - A wiki based on the above xbmc.org forum thread. I strongly recommend that you use this method. The only XBMC specific stuff in these instructions is the sample input.conf. You will need to customize this for mythtv. Other than that, it is easier and more up to date than the instructions in the rest of this wiki entry.
Build
At the time of this writing, bdremote is not accessible, and some might call it obsolete. Please see the Alternative Methods section above
Get latest source (0.2 at this writing), unpack, and make
cp -p bdremoted /usr/local/sbin/bdremoted
Bluetooth Address of Remote
Hold 'Start' and 'Enter' buttons on the remote
# hcitool scan Scanning ... 00:19:C1:4F:BE:64 BD Remote Control #
bdremote Configuration
/etc/bdremote.conf
# Port number for incoming LIRCD connections # Default is 8888 BDREMOTE_PORT= # Disconect timeout for remote in minutes # Default is 60 BDREMOTE_TIMEOUT= # Bluetooth address of remote # Set to address obtained from 'hcitool scan' # Leave empty to disable BDREMOTE_ADDR= # Key repeat rate in repeats per second # Default is 10 BDREMOTE_RATE= # Debug level # Default is 0 BDREMOTE_DEBUG=
bdremote Startup script /etc/init.d/bdremote
#!/bin/sh # # BDREMOTED=/usr/local/sbin/bdremoted BDREMOTE_CONF=/etc/bdremote.conf test -f "$BDREMOTED" || exit 0 if [ -f "$BDREMOTE_CONF" ]; then . "$BDREMOTE_CONF" fi case "$1" in start) echo -n "Starting bdremote daemon: " BDREMOTE_ARGS="$BDREMOTE_ARGS ${BDREMOTE_PORT:+-p $BDREMOTE_PORT}" BDREMOTE_ARGS="$BDREMOTE_ARGS ${BDREMOTE_TIMEOUT:+-t $BDREMOTE_TIMEOUT}" BDREMOTE_ARGS="$BDREMOTE_ARGS ${BDREMOTE_ADDR:+-a $BDREMOTE_ADDR}" BDREMOTE_ARGS="$BDREMOTE_ARGS ${BDREMOTE_RATE:+-r $BDREMOTE_RATE}" BDREMOTE_ARGS="$BDREMOTE_ARGS ${BDREMOTE_DEBUG:+-d $BDREMOTE_DEBUG}" if [ -z "$BDREMOTE_ADDR" ]; then echo -n "none configured" else start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec "$BDREMOTED" -- $BDREMOTE_ARGS fi echo ;; stop) echo -n "Stopping bdremote daemon: " start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec "$BDREMOTED" echo ;; restart) $0 stop $0 start ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/bdremote {start|stop|restart}" exit 1 esac exit 0
Configure lircd
Modify /etc/lirc/hardware.conf
# Arguments which will be used when launching lircd LIRCD_ARGS="-H null --connect 127.0.0.1:8888"
Configure bluetooth
hidd doesn't seem to get along with bdremoted. The distribution default seems ok.
/etc/default/bluetooth
BLUETOOTH_ENABLED=1 HIDD_ENABLED=0
Enable startup scripts
# Turn on bdremote before lirc for runlevel in 2 3 4 5; do ln -s ../init.d/bdremote /etc/rc${runlevel}.d/S18bdremote done for runlevel in 0 1 6; do ln -s ../init.d/bdremote /etc/rc${runlevel}.d/K82bdremote done
Test Connectivity
Once you have bluetooth, lircd, and bdremoted up and running, it is a good idea to test that lirc is receiving signals from the remote. Simply run
# irw
and press some keys on the remote. You should see some output like:
0043 00 ps SonyBDRemote 0043 01 ps SonyBDRemote
If you don't see any output, it is likely that your BD remote has not properly paired with your computer. Some people say that
# hidd --search
while holding down start+enter on the remote will pair the remote. However, that did not work for me. Instead, I downloaded cakemote.py, edited it and entered my remote's hardware address, run it and hold start+enter on the remote. This has successfully paired the remote every time for me. irw should now print output when you press keys on the remote.
Some people may need to pair the remote each time the computer boots.
According to this bluez mailing list post, bluez-gnome can be used to permanently pair the device with your computer.
Configure Applications
# ln -s ~/.lircrc ~mythtv/.mythtv/lircrc
~mythtv/.lircrc
include ~/.lirc/mythtv
Mythtv
Some editing of mythtv key bindings required for the lircrc below through Utilities/Setup → Edit Keys Context Action Original Setting New Setting Note Global EJECT <none> Ctrl+4 Eject Removable Media JumpPoints Main Menu <none> Ctrl+1 Main Menu JumpPoints Program Guide <none> Ctrl+2 Program Guide JumpPoints TV Recording Playback <none> Ctrl+3 TV Recording Playback TV Playback SPEEDDEC J Ctrl+J Decrease the playback speed (match with SPEEDINC) TV Playback SPEEDINC U Ctrl+U Increase the playback speed (avoid miskey for TV Frontend→DETAILS) TV Playback STRETCHDEC <none> Ctrl+9 Decrease time stretch speed TV Playback STRETCHINC <none> Ctrl+0 Increase time stretch speed TV Playback TOGGLECC608 <none> Ctrl+8 Toggle VBI CC
~mythtv/.lirc/mythtv
########## # LIRC mappings for mythtv # Need to edit key for Global->EJECT begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = eject config = Ctrl+4 end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = audio config = + end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = angle config = W end # Need to edit key for desired captioning behavior, e.g., # TV Playback->TOGGLECC608 Toggle VBI CC # TV Playback->TOGGLECC708 Toggle ATSC CC # TV Playback->NEXTCC Next of any captions begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = subtitle config = Ctrl+8 end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = clear config = Backspace end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = time config = F8 end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = num1 config = 1 end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = num2 config = 2 end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = num3 config = 3 end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = num4 config = 4 end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = num5 config = 5 end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = num6 config = 6 end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = num7 config = 7 end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = num8 config = 8 end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = num9 config = 9 end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = num0 config = 0 end #begin # prog = mythtv # remote = SonyBDRemote # button = red # config = XXX #end #begin # prog = mythtv # remote = SonyBDRemote # button = green # config = XXX #end #begin # prog = mythtv # remote = SonyBDRemote # button = blue # config = XXX #end #begin # prog = mythtv # remote = SonyBDRemote # button = yellow # config = XXX #end # Need to edit key for TV Frontend->DETAILS begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = display config = U end # Need to edit key for JumpPoints->Main Menu begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = topmenu config = Ctrl+1 end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = popup config = M end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = return config = Esc end ########## # Need to edit key for JumpPoints->TV Recording Playback begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = ps config = Ctrl+3 end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = select config = Return end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = start config = Space end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = triangle config = M end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = circle config = Esc end # Need to edit key for JumpPoints->Program Guide begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = square config = Ctrl+2 end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = cross config = I end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = up repeat = 1 delay = 4 config = Up end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = down repeat = 1 delay = 4 config = Down end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = left config = Left end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = right config = Right end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = enter config = Return end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = l1 config = Home end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = r1 config = End end # Need to edit key for TV Playback->STRETCHDEC begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = l2 config = Ctrl+9 end # Need to edit key for TV Playback->STRETCHINC begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = r2 config = Ctrl+0 end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = l3 config = [ end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = r3 config = ] end ########## begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = play config = Space end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = stop config = Esc end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = pause config = P end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = scanrev config = < end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = scanfwd config = > end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = prev config = Q end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = next config = Z end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = steprev config = Left end begin prog = mythtv remote = SonyBDRemote button = stepfwd config = Right end
Linux MythTV Networked Bluetooth Remote
This module follows the work of MythControl on source forge and Antion Starikov's work for the PS3 BD remote driver. The two code bases are combined into a single element.
The file can be downloaded at: myth-btremote
The setup is the same as the standard LIRC interface, apart from the LIRC configuration, except that within the archive is a file for compiling/installing the driver, and also a set of files that are listed above, i.e. /etc/myth_btremote.conf, /etc/init.d/myth-btremoted which are useful for registering the daemon as a service.
The configuration file for the remote looks like :
#enter #ps #select #l3 #r3 #start #up #right #down #left #l2 #r2 #l1 #r1 #triangle #circle #cross #square num1 key 1 num2 key 2 num3 key 3 num4 key 4 num5 key 5 num6 key 6 num7 key 7 num8 key 8 num9 key 9 num0 key 0 return key escape #clear #eject #topmenu #time #prev #next #play #scanrev #scanfwd #stop #pause #popup #steprev #stepfwd #subtitle #audio #angle #display #blue #red #green #yellow
All that is needed is to uncomment a line as you decide which key you want to use, and you just assign
an action that is supported by the network interface List of supported commands
Mac OS X
Not so much for free support yet
Remote Buddy
Features virtual keyboard; support for keyspan, ps3bd, wiimote; ~$20/single license, less for more
Remote Buddy - Product Page
WiiLi - GNU Linux Port to Wii: Remote Buddy
DarwiinRemote
Cocoa app to receive/data Nintendo Wii Remote
SourceForge - Source
Hiro Blog - Announcing DarwiinRemote
WiiLi - GNU Linux Port to Wii: DarwiinRemote