[PLUG] RF Remote and MythTV's "Edit Keys"

[TuskenTower <tuskentower@gmail.com>]

All,
This email is meant for the idiots like me out there.

I purchased a no-name brand RF remote from Microcenter
(http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0253903).
 This remote issues a sequence of key presses as if it were a
keyboard.  It has some extra features that changes its use with a DOS
box or a Mac depending upon running app.

If you have one of these devices, just go to the MythTV Frontend ->
Utilities / Setup -> "Edit Keys".  From there, you may need to edit
the "Global", "TV Frontend", and "TV Playback" keys.  For each key
that you want to change.  If your remote does not automatically work
for the up/down/left/right buttons, just use your keyboard.

Once you get to the function you want to change, hit "enter", choose
an open position (the box that is the most white is the one selected)
and hit enter again.  You should see a dialog box saying "Press A Key"
(don't press "A" silly).  Press the button on the remote and whatever
key strokes it issues will be assigned to that function.  All done.
very simple.

In case, you're too smart for your own good, you can get the key codes
for the presses that the buttons send and then figure out what keys
that those codes map to.

To find out the keycodes issued by the remote, use "sudo showkey -t 1
-m".  This command will cease after 1 second of no key presses, so
stop pressing keys.  That "-t 1" sets it to one second, the default is
10 seconds and that will usually kill the default scroll back buffer.

Once you copy down all of the key presses for each button (long and
tedious) you use "sudo dumpkeys | less" to see what each of those key
presses mean.  That is the long way for overly smart people.

HTH
Amul
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