HOWTO: control GameEx with the Hauppage remote

[username1024]

I just finished setting up my HTPC so that I could use the silver remote control from the Hauppauge PVR-250. Its actually very simple. So simple it could probably even be automated

First, open up the Irremote.ini file in notepad. Its usually just in C:\WINDOWS. Then, scroll down to the [Applications] section. At the bottom of the list, add a new entry for GameEx. It should look similar to this (I've made mine short so its easy to read)

; First item in this section IS always the default app if no others found
[Applications]
Default=
WinTV Remote=
WinTV32=
Beyond TV=
myHTPC=
ZSNESW=
meka - 8-bit or die!=
NNNesterJ 0.23=
GameEx=

Then, scroll all the way to the bottom of the file, and add all of this:

[GameEx]
GO={home}
CHNLUP={UP}
CHNLDOWN={DOWN}
VOLUP={RIGHT}
VOLDOWN={LEFT}
OK={enter}
BACK={BACK}
MENU={enter}
REWIND={pgup}
FASTFWD={pgdn}
SKIPFWD={pgdn}
SKIPREV={pgup}
GRNPOWER={esc}
YELLOW={alt}{down}
BLUE={alt}{up}

Save your changes! Now just restart the IR program, so it re-reads the new Irremote.ini file.

[evilpenguin]

Has anyone had any luck with setting up remote controls to close, freeze state, and unfreeze state in any emulators. Using the hauppauge remote and irremote.ini file I was able to get the remote to quit emulators just by mapping the green power button to the 'esc' key, but I was never able to get the freeze/unfreeze buttons to work, even though they were mapped to the proper keys.

[Ratmonkey]

Username,

Have you been able to set up the remote to exit daphne, mame, or advance mame? I have the same remote and I have got it to control gameex, but when ever I use the emus I have to use the keyboard to exit. The little bit I have read on these forums I believe on other emu gameex sends a kill command but on these the emu must get the escape keystroke. I know there is a way to edit the irremote.ini to controls these two but I am having no luck in figuring it out.

Thanks

BTW, I was wondering why you mapped the volume controls (alt down/up) to the blue and yellow buttons instead of the volume buttons? You also have the chan buttons do the same job as the arrow keys. I would use this:

CHNLUP={pgup}

CHNLDOWN={pgdn}

VOLUP={alt} {up}

VOLDOWN={alt} {down}

That way your volume buttons control the volume and your channel buttons go to the bottom of the page like in mce. I have the 150 with the silver remote and maybe there is a button difference between the two?

Also if you add:

REWIND={ctrl} {left}

FASTFWD={ctrl} {right}

SKIPFWD={ctrl} {right}

SKIPREV={ctrl} {left}

you can use the alpha paging with the ffwd and rewind buttons

EDIT: after posting this I see that the remote for the 150 and 250 are different and I assumed you were using mce (duh, I guess I should have read a little closer) so disregard this post if nothing I posted applies to you. Although your help with mame and daphne stuff would be appreciated.

[username1024]

It seems to me some emulators tend to be a real bitch to send keyboard events to, no matter how you try. Anyway, the following settings do work for me in Project64 1.6 (nintendo 64 emulator):

[Project64]
GRNPOWER={alt}{F4}
REC={F5}
PLAY={F7}
PAUSE={F2}

I haven't gotten to MAME yet, but it sounds like I'll be returning here once I do (to share my success/failure).

Ratmonkey, I've set my remote up to behave the same in GameEx that it does in BeyondTV. Blue/Yellow buttons control the volume. Volume buttons are the only right/left aligned arrows, so they go right/left. Mine looks like this:

http://www.hauppauge.com/images/pvr-250_w_remote.jpg

Thanks for the alpha tip. I've set it up now so I can do either page down or alpha page down depending on if I use FASTFWD or SKIPFWD.

[Ratmonkey]

Username,

I see the difference now. (mine = http://www.hauppauge.com/images/pvr-150_w_remote_small.jpg ). When using MCE, once you edit the irremote.ini to respond to MCE it will work in gameex. The only diffrence is the volume controls are mapped different. Using your setup (modified to my type of remote) I now have volume control per the remote.

Thanks for your help. Sorry for the confusion.

[username1024]

Username,

Have you been able to set up the remote to exit daphne, mame, or advance mame?

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Ratmonkey, you may be interested in my progress here:

http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=431

[Ratmonkey]

Ratmonkey, you may be interested in my progress here:

http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=431

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I just saw that and am probably going to implement this weekend. Thanks for all your help. I haven't looked at anything other than the message (I haven't checked the simkey program yet) but I will post back on how this worked for my set ups (Mame advancemane and Daphne)

The Ratmonkey