Anybody know of any remote controls that work with XP that I could use to power up/down and put in standby my PC? It needs to be able to operate media player volume etc. Ideally it would allow mapping of keyboard functions to the remote. I'm not looking to spend a lot on this remote, maybe $25 max.
Looking for a remote control for a non-MCE XP machine
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Doing some more searching got me to this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999190
Here's a video of the media center software that comes with it.
I think I'll spend a little more and get this instead.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999190
Here's a video of the media center software that comes with it.
I think I'll spend a little more and get this instead.
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Blazkowicz
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Look at WinLIRC and autohotkey for integration (you can already try the later with hotkeys such as Win+arrow keys, etc.; I control volume and winamp that way)
http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/scripts/WinLIRC.htm
duh, I'm realising that WinLIRC is only for cheap do-it-yourself serial port infrared receivers, that little thing I have been wishing to make for a while
http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/scripts/WinLIRC.htm
duh, I'm realising that WinLIRC is only for cheap do-it-yourself serial port infrared receivers, that little thing I have been wishing to make for a while
There are other similar stuff. I just got the Xbox remote working with my PC by buying a USB receiver on Ebay and changing one setting in the registry. Supposedely you can remap buttons in the registry, but when I tried that it did not work. It works with MCE (and w/o MCE), but certain buttons such as channel dont work right with MCE for some reason.
I can't find where I got the info now though on how to do it all.
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/04/29/586961.aspx
That isn't the correct link though. The point is you can use all kinds of remotes in regular XP to do many simple functions like Volume up and down, but the standby power up may be more complicated.
I can't find where I got the info now though on how to do it all.
http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/04/29/586961.aspx
That isn't the correct link though. The point is you can use all kinds of remotes in regular XP to do many simple functions like Volume up and down, but the standby power up may be more complicated.
Thanks for the info guys, anyway I just found the iMON KNOB and purchased one locally. I was very lucky to find it though as NOBODY sells these or have them in stock anymore since they've been discontinued. It seems this model cannot power on my PC but it can power it down/standby, still I like it a lot and it wasn't even expensive at $60.
Well before I did any indepth research I thought i would've been able to find one for $25, I couldn't..so I deicided to spend a little more and get a MUCH better remote with MUCH better functiionality. The coolest thing about the iMON KNOB isn't the knob but it's the software and remote. The remote actually has an analog thumb knob to control a cursor if you need to.
This is the right tool (or its smaller brother with less knobs):
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/multi,797.html
It's freely programmable and can do pretty much anything, some guys I know use it for audio workstations and such.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/multi,797.html
It's freely programmable and can do pretty much anything, some guys I know use it for audio workstations and such.
