Re: Fw: IR Control of multiple xboxes all in one location - Node 0

["noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Marcus,
Cheers for that, i don't have homevision unfortunately, ideally i'm
hoping to just use two different sets of ir codes but hoping someone
else has done it already?!?!

Thanks

Noel

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Marcus Warrington
<marcus.warrington@...> wrote:
>
> Do you have a HomeVision unit ?
>
> Frank McAlinden has a very nice Zoned IR system (called FirM) for
both receive and transmit, combined with homevision as the brains you
can effectively route the IR signals from one zone to another and/or
change the IR signal sent.
>
> http://www.armaghelectrical.com.au/page7.html
>
> I do (or have tested but yet to fully implement) this with our
bathroom TV and an XBOX running XBMC. When the HV unit receives a "TV
A/V button" signal from the bathroom zone it sends an IR signal to the
XBOX in node0 to turn it on, then any IR signals received for the TV
"cursor" or "OK" buttons from the bathroom zone are
translated into
the equivalent "cursor" or "Select" IR signal for the
XBOX and are
sent to the Node0 XBOX.
>
> Using the same sort of logic I would think you could get HV to watch
for a specific IR button press from your bedroom zone that HV could
interpret to mean "now route all bedroom XBOX IR to the Downstairs
XBOX". You could then watch for the "TV OFF" IR signal and
then set
the routing back to normal ready for normal viewing.
>
> Marcus
> ________________________________
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of noel_pilot
> Sent: 16 December 2008 23:53
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Fw: [ukha_d] IR Control of multiple xboxes all in one
location - Node 0
>
>
> Ok, thanks for the info, My last hope is that i don't actually need to
> be able to use all of the available buttons on the xbox remote, well
> in fact i need to get it to the point of only needing 50% of them.
> Then change the keymaps on one to use the 50% of buttons not used by
> the other xbox, so all the codes will go to both xboxes just half will
> be ignored by each xbox.
>
> web devices are of course an option but for sheer simplicity my
> harmony remote just works!
>
> Will post back how i get on in the new year.
>
> Cheers
>
> Noel
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>,
Gareth Cook <g@...> wrote:
> >
> > Well, you could start buggering about with relays - using them to
route
> > the physical wire - could be messy
> >
> > Cant see you doing what you want - theres only one set of IR.
Even
> with my
> > Popcorn we cant do that. Which is why I have one over a HDMI
matrix.
> >
> > Gareth Cook MBCS CITP
> > Technical Solution Architect, SWG Sales Europe
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Forwarded by Gareth Cook/UK/IBM on 16/12/2008 19:27 -----
> >
> > Discussion
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> > Re: Fw: [ukha_d] IR Control of multiple xboxes all in one
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> Node
> > 0
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> > Category:
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> >
> >
> > Thanks Gareth, but what about if I wanted to control both.
> >
> > Scenario is I'll have two xboxes both in Node 0, one primarily
for the
> > lounge, one for the bedroom. Normally zoned control would be
fine.
> >
> > However....at times I'll be watching a film downstairs, want to
pause
> > it, go upstairs and press play to continue watching upstairs.
Hence
> > the need to control both xboxes but ideally with different sets
of IR
> > codes??!
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Noel
> >
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx<mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>,
Gareth Cook <g@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > http://www.letsautomate.com/10719.cfm
> > >
> > > Multi-zone IR - cheaper in the US of course :-)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I know a few of you have got multiple xboxes with xbmc in
your
setups.
> > > If you have them co-located in Node 0 or similar how do you
ensure
> > > you control the one you mean to with your IR remote? The
only
thought
> > > I've had so far is to have completely different keymap.xml
setups for
> > > each one but I'm not sure if that's doable or if I'm limited
by a
> > > certain number of IR commands it'll recognise.
> > >
> > > Can anyone advise??
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Noel
> > >
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