Simulate keyboard presses without Eventghost, etc

[woodchuck]

I seem to recall there was a way to hack the registry, such that a button press on the remote would issue a keyboard command in Windows without using Eventghost, Intelliremote, or similar. Am I wrong? I can't seem to find any documentation on it anywhere. Seems as MS has completely killed off the old TGB knowledge base and wiki.

[joecrow]

Give this a try, it worked well for me in Win 7.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows- ... -xp-vista/

[barnabas1969]

Joe's idea looks good for re-mapping keyboard keys, but it sounds like the OP wants a way to remap the Media Center remote's buttons. I don't think Joe's suggestion will work for this.

Take a look at this thread:
http://www.thegreenbutton.tv/forums/vie ... f=9&t=1523

And/or this tool:
http://www.hack7mc.com/2009/09/reprogra ... emote.html

EDIT: Sorry, ignore the link to the tool. I just noticed that the OP specifically does not want to use Intelliremote. But the thread in the first link should help.

[barnabas1969]

There's also this little tool (link below). It edits the ReportMappingTable in the registry for you. Unfortunately, it does not have a way to add a key that isn't already defined in the ReportMappingTable. When a key isn't defined, then it performs the default function. If someone was to update this little tool to allow you to add new buttons, it would be ideal.

https://code.google.com/p/mce-remote-ma ... loads/list

[woodchuck]

Take a look at this thread:
http://www.thegreenbutton.tv/forums/vie ... f=9&t=1523

Thanks barnabas! (and cw-kid..) The info in that thread was exactly what I needed! (combined with the tool in your last post) Now I can reinitialize my display with HDMIyo by pressing the DVD Menu button!!! Hooray!

[STC]

Nice!

Something against Eventghost? It's a really small unobtrusive app that opens up many other avenues of tweak.

[woodchuck]

Nice!

Something against Eventghost? It's a really small unobtrusive app that opens up many other avenues of tweak.

It seems totally awesome, but it felt like using a rocket launcher to kill a fly. If/When I get to needing to step things up a notch, Eventghost will be at the top of my list for automation.

[joecrow]

Joe's idea looks good for re-mapping keyboard keys, but it sounds like the OP wants a way to remap the Media Center remote's buttons. I don't think Joe's suggestion will work for this.

Just for clarification, since my remote, and many other generic remotes, simulate keyboard presses, the app. will work fine to remap a remote button in such cases.

[IownFIVEechos]

Has anyone tried this product it is as described as learning any keyboard command and remote.

FLIRC USB Dongle for Media Centre / Raspberry Pi / XBMC

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BB0ETW8/

[barnabas1969]

Yes, there is a recent thread about the FLIRC. It didn't seem to work well for that user. I can't find the thread at the moment.