Windows 8 Touchpad

[wbroadley]

I upgraded to Windows 8 Pro a few months ago with the Media Center download. After some time to adjust I'm now starting to like Windows 8 and the extra features it provides over Windows 7.

I'm using the following remote and keyboard:

Keysonic 540RF Wireless Keyboard http://www.keyboardspecialists.co.uk/Sh ... board.aspx

Hauppauge Remote http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hauppauge-Wintv ... 942&sr=8-6

I've configured the remote's irremote.ini config file to make it Windows 8 'friendly' and have used Autohotkey to include some of the Windows 8 shortcuts that wouldn't work without Autohotkey. There are still some shortcuts that won't work because my remote isn't Metro UI compatible.

So, i've been considering buying a Logitech T650 which includes the Windows 8 gestures. Has anyone used one on a Media Center HTPC? If so, would you recommend it?

My ideal solution is to replace the keysonic keyboard with a new 'Windows 8 compatible' keyboard that includes an integrated touchpad compatible with the Windows 8 gestures - does such a thing exist?

Alternatively, is there any way I can configure the Keysonic Keyboard's integrated touchpad to use the Windows 8 gestures?

Thanks in advance

[weeboll]

Would you mind sharing your irremote.in file pls.

I have also recently 'upgraded' to win 8 mice from vista and am having a few issues.

The remote works although the green button sends it to a none retrievable sleep mode so I want change. Also I can't seem to launch mice from the win start menu via the remote.

The vista install had been working well for years and I'm getting grief from the wife for changing it however since kids arrived I am unable to maintain my tech expertise!!!

I'm guessing Googleing autohotkey might also be useful?

Cheers

Wb

[wbroadley]

Yeah sure no problem. I'll post my irremote.ini file and autohotkey executables tomorrow morning.

In Windows 8 I can do the following:

Launch the start screen
Move left right up down etc
Launch an app
Close an app
Switch between apps
Launch windows chimes (search, settings & start)

The config file also works nicely with Media Center, Powerdvd and Internet Explorer

I'll post you everything tomorrow.

Also, I came across this which looked interesting...

https://leapmotion.com/

[wbroadley]

Below is my irremote.ini file. I'm constantly tweeking and changing this so interested to hear from others if you have any suggestions. For the sleep control I use Poweroff which can be downloaded here: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Sys ... rOff.shtml


[Remote]
RepeatDelay=3
;Beep = 1 ; Sound for MessageBeep() to make for each Remote Keystroke
;PowerDownSound = 0 ; Sound for MessageBeep() to make when powering down
MenuLoad=1 ; use tray as app launcher


; map RC5 System Codes to button "name" lookup table
; Note: 0 (classic remote) conflicts with standard "philips" TV remotes
[SystemCode]
30=HCWPVR2

[HCWPVR2]
0=0
1=1
2=2
3=3
4=4
5=5
6=6
7=7
8=8
9=9
46=GREEN
56=YELLOW
11=RED
41=BLUE
13=MENU
15=MUTE
16=VOLUP
17=VOLDOWN
32=CHNLUP
33=CHNLDOWN
61=GRNPOWER
31=BACK
37=OK
59=GO
55=REC
54=STOP
48=PAUSE
53=PLAY
50=REWIND
52=FASTFWD
30=SKIPFWD
36=SKIPREV
;new to hcwpvr2
12=RADIO
28=TVNEW
24=VIDEOS
25=MUSIC
26=PICTURES
27=GUIDE
22=NAVLEFT
23=NAVRIGHT
20=NAVUP
21=NAVDOWN
10=TEXT
14=SUBCC
18=CHNLPREV



; First item in this section IS always the default app if no others found
[Applications]
Default=
Media Center=
Debug.txt=
Windows Media Player=
PowerDVD=
Internet Explorer=
WinStore=

; ------------------------------------------
; The MCE-Part starts here
; ------------------------------------------

[Internet Explorer]
CHNLPREV={browser_home}
CHNLUP={Browser_Forward}
CHNLDOWN={Browser_Back}
STOP={browser_stop}
BLUE={CTRL}+
YELLOW={CTRL}-



[Media Center]

; These Keys are valid, when MC is running and in front

; keys are basically listed in the order in which they appear on the
; remote control (meaning from top left to bottom right)

GO={lwin}
; run or regain focus of MCE and/or go to Main Menu


TVNEW={CTRL}t
; Live TV
VIDEOS={CTRL}e
; My Videos
MUSIC={CTRL}m
; My Music
PICTURES={CTRL}o
; Pictures goes to Recorded TV, i never use the Pictures feature

GUIDE={Ctrl}g
; TV-Guide
RADIO={Ctrl}a
; Radio

NAVUP={UP}
NAVDOWN={DOWN}
NAVLEFT={LEFT}
NAVRIGHT={RIGHT}
OK={ENTER}

BACK={BACKSPACE}
MENU={CTRL}d
; Shows the "More Info" panel
CHNLPREV={CTRL}{SHIFT}z


VOLUP={F10}
VOLDOWN={F9}
MUTE={F8}

CHNLUP={PGUP}
CHNLDOWN={PGDN}

REC={CTRL}r
STOP={CTRL}{SHIFT}s

REWIND={CTRL}{SHIFT}b
PLAY={CTRL}{SHIFT}p
FASTFWD={CTRL}{SHIFT}f

SKIPREV={CTRL}b
PAUSE={CTRL}p
SKIPFWD={CTRL}f

1=1
2=2
3=3
4=4
5=5
6=6
7=7
8=8
9=9
0=0

;DVD Menu {ctrl}{shift}m
GREEN={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe)}{ALT}{HOME}
;Recorded TV {ctrl}{shift}t
RED={run(C:\remote\wintab.exe)}
;Change the DVD audio selection {ctrl}{shift}a
YELLOW={ctrl}{alt}a
;toggle full screen {alt}{enter}
BLUE={ALT}{enter}

TEXT={ctrl}{alt}t

GRNPOWER={CTRL}{SHIFT}s{run(C:\remote\poweroff.exe standby -force)}

[PowerDVD]
OLD0={alt}y
0=0
1=1
2=2
3=3
4=4
5=5
6=6
7=7
8=8
9=9
STOP=s
PAUSE={space}
PLAY={enter}
REWIND=b
OK={enter}
FASTFWD=f

SKIPFWD=n
SKIPREV=p
MENU=l
NAVUP={up}
NAVDOWN={down}
NAVLEFT={left}
NAVRIGHT={right}
MUTE=q
TEXT=u
BLUE=z

[WinStore]
BACK={BACKSPACE}

[Default]

GO={lwin}

; ---------------------------------------------------
; This ist to start Mediacenter and jump directly to:
; ---------------------------------------------------
TVNEW={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe /homepage:VideoFullscreen.xml /pushstartpage:true)}
; Live-TV!
VIDEOS={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe /homepage:VideoCollection.xml /pushstartpage:true)}
; My Videos
MUSIC={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe /homepage:Audio.Home.xml /pushstartpage:true)}
; My Music

PICTURES={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe /homepage:VideoRecordedPrograms.xml /pushstartpage:true)}
; Pictures goes to Recorded TV, i never use the Pictures feature
GUIDE={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe /homepage:VideoGuide.xml /pushstartpage:true)}
; TV-Guide
RADIO={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe /homepage:Radio.xml /pushstartpage:true)}
; Radio Radio.xml


;;default mappings to drive apps that use APPCOMMANDS on Win2000/XP
MUTE={app(0x80000)}
CHNLUP={app(0x330000)}
CHNLDOWN={app(0x340000)}
VOLUP={app(0xa0000)}
VOLDOWN={app(0x90000)}
REC={app(0x300000)}
STOP={app(0xd0000)}
PAUSE={app(0x2f0000)}
PLAY={app(0x2e0000)}
PAUSEPLAY={app(0xe0000)}
REWIND={app(0x320000)}
FASTFWD={app(0x310000)}
SKIPFWD={app(0xb0000)}
SKIPREV={app(0xc0000)}
NAVUP={UP}
NAVDOWN={DOWN}
NAVLEFT={LEFT}
NAVRIGHT={RIGHT}
OK={ENTER}
BACK={ALT}{F4}
MENU={run(C:\remote\windowskey.exe c)}
CHNLPREV={run(C:\remote\wintab.exe)}
1={run(C:\remote\windowskey.exe q)}
2={run(C:\remote\windowskey.exe f)}
3={run(C:\remote\windowskey.exe w)}
4={run(C:\remote\windowskey.exe i)}
5={run(C:\remote\windowskey.exe k)}
6={run(C:\remote\windowskey.exe z)}



BLUE={CTRL}+
YELLOW={CTRL}-
RED={run(C:\remote\wintab.exe)}
GREEN={run(C:\WINDOWS\ehome\ehshell.exe)}

GRNPOWER={run(C:\remote\poweroff.exe standby -force)}

[wbroadley]

For the Autohotkey executables, I've created executables for the Windows key, Alt key and Windows Tab (i.e. switch applications).

The Windows Key / Alt key scripts go along the lines of: "send !%1%"

See here for more info: http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Send.htm

The scripts basically sends the Windows / Alt key + whatever parameter is passed to it.

For the Windows tab executable (switching applications), I used this:

run %windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{3080F90E-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}

I think I found that from this link: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... 43f496466d

Hope this helps

[muaddib]

This sounds pretty neat. I will give it a closer look when I get home tonight. By any chance how does your setup work with W8 Netflix?

[weeboll]

Super! Working great for me, except the top left button (go) goes to the windows start screen rather than re mice start screen and I needs to play with the shut down as it (and windows 8) both go to a standby mode which me Sony TV doesn't wake up from..

I like the tile control! Will have a proper play tomorrow

Thanks!

WB

[wbroadley]

I've configured the GO button to take me to the Windows 8 start screen, and I use the bottom green button (ie next to red, yellow & blue) to take me to the MCE home screen whilst in Media Center

[weeboll]

Yep, noticed that, quite like it now that I'm used to it !

Having a few gitches with W8mce and my nova Td 500 - losing signal occasionally and showing duplicate channels after tuning
but otherwise W8 start screen is proving quite handy on the TV screen

[wbroadley]

Is a Logitech K400r the best keyboard with touchpad available for Windows 8?

http://www.logitech.com/en-hk/product/W ... ard-k400r2