Remote Number keys not working in Vista MediaCenter

[Ricibob]

Hi,

I have a Origen S14V with a VF210 vfd/ir module running Vista. I have tried this with both setup.exe installs from 28.07.2008 (file version 5.11.10.0) and from 11.09.2008 (file version 5.12.8.1). Everything works fine for the remote control in Vista MediaCenter (eg green button, play, stop etc) EXCEPT the number/digit buttons which do not work and have strange mappings.

To clarify:
Using the IRTranstray "Detected IR Commands" I can see that the MC remote control is correctly sending "mediacenter 1" when the '1' key on the remote is pressed etc..
However there is a problem at the mapping level. If I launch MediaCenter and go to live TV the remote works fine except for the number buttons. If I naviate to some MediaCenter page that requires text input I can see that the keys have wierd mappings eg
key 1 = &, key 2 = é, key 3 = ", key 4 = '. key 5 = (, key 6 = - , etc...

If I edit the apps.cfg file and change for example

[APP]*
[ACTIVATE]
[TYPE]
[REMOTE]mediacenter
[COMMANDS]
1 [KEY]1
to
1 [KEY]a

And restart IRTransTray then I correctly get an 'a' when I hit one - but any mappings with digits (eg [KEY]2 etc) still give wierd results (always the same strange characters).

Something else strange: sometimes after playing about with the saving apps.cfg and restarting IRTransTray suddenly the digit mappings start working correctly! eg pushing 1 gives a '1' etc... However on rebooting the machine the old problem returns.

The machine has a sat tv card so there are a lot of channels - I really need the digits on the remote working correctly so I can switch directly by channel number. Any help on this would be very much appreciated.

[Ricibob]

OK so I found the solution (kind of obvious when you know.... )
In fact the Vista and keyboard I have are set up for French. On a french keyboard you have to shift to get the number eg hitting '1' with out shift gives '&' - hence the "wierd" characters.
That also explains why sometimes after editing the file it mysterously worked but "failed" again after reboot - Id simply left the shift lock on.
Solution is to modify apps.cfg file so that lines like
1 [KEY]1
becomes
1 [KEY]\SHIFT1
et voila...
Well I hope this post helps someone else who has the same issue..

[IRTrans]

Hi,
thanks for the Info - we did not know that ...

I will copy this thread to the FAQs.

IRTrans

[huddadudda]

I am having issues with when I press the # "2" button on my remote it shows number 2 then if I hit it again it then adds a "a". For example shows "2abc" after I press the #2 key 4 times in a row, no matter how fast/slow I press the button. I cant get it to change to A/B or C key like a normal MCE Remote would. This is a huge issue with using the plugin mymovies with VMC and accessing parts of my collection alphabetically. Can someone post the code how to fix this or enable it? I have debounce enabled and the other functions seem to work. Is this possible or a limitation of the IRTrans software?

[jayk]

Hmm, I am having the same issue as huddadudda. In my appps.config file I have the following:

[COMMANDS]
1 [KEY]1
2 [KEY]2[KEY]a[KEY]b[KEY]c
3 [KEY]3[KEY]d[KEY]e[KEY]f
etc..

now when I press the 2 key, i get a 2. if I wait a bit and press 2 again I get another 2 (result 22).
if I press the 2 key 4 times quickly I get 2abc instead of the desired result of only a letter c.
Can anyone help with this?

I am using irTrans 1.4.0.3 on vista.