[PROBLEM] Can not control XMBC through CEC HDMI Onkyo AVR with it's remote control

[jakenl]

(17th Jun, 2015 02:07 AM)jakenl Wrote:  

(17th Jun, 2015 12:50 AM)deHakkelaar Wrote:  

(16th Jun, 2015 05:27 AM)jakenl Wrote:  -When the Onkyo app worked to control Kodi, I pulled the Wifi adaptor of the Pi, to make sure that the app really used the HDMI cable and not the network. As expected, the app kept controlling Kodi without a working wifi connection to the Pi

How is the app able to communicate to the Pi if network is disconnected ?
Is your Onkyo connected on the network (app-->network-->Onkyo-->HDMI-->Pi) or does your pad/phone transmit via infrared (app-->IR-->Onkyo-->HDMI-->Pi) ?

I cant help alot as I believe my AV receiver is too old for CEC but maybe someone else with Onkyo can help.

Ps. a little side note, HDMI 1.4 cables include ethernet as well.

The Pi is normally connected to Wifi for internet and to HDMI for audio/video to the AVR.
The Onkyo app communicates with the Onkyo receiver via WiFi
The Onkyo remote communicates with the Onkyo receiver via IR and does that very well for all other receiver operations

I pulled the Wifi dongle, so the only communication left was through the HDMI cable. I doubt it if the receiver forwards network signals through the HDMI cable, I haven't seen anything like that in the documentation. Moreover Yatse wasn't able to connect anymore, the same for Putty. Therefore I assume that there was no network connection. I was happy that the Onkyo app worked that time, I at least was able to reboot the Pi to initiate the Wifi dongle again.

I got it to work!!!

It took me 2 steps.

First one was to have stable connection with the Onkyo app, so that it works any time after I either reboot Kodi or turn off/on the AVR:

Terminal

# Connect TV directly with HDMI
tvservice -d ~/edid.dat
sudo cp ~/edid.dat /boot/edid.dat
# plug it in to avr again (as you had before)

Add this to config.txt:

Terminal

hdmi_edid_file=1
hdmi_force_edid_audio=1

After a reboot I lost the option to select my native resolution 1920x1200 and the highest one was 1920x1080. Now, a couple days later, I have no problem with the 1920x1200. No idea.

2nd step to get the hardware remote to work:
I unplugged the analog cables of my DVD player from the BD/DVD ports and plugged them in to CD/TV.... unbelievable, but true!