[PROBLEM] LIRC repeats

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(11th Aug, 2015 11:58 PM)Colin Burton Wrote:  Did you ever find an answer to this? I just setup my remote and encountered the same issue.

I had the same problem and solved it!!

When you are recording keys or you are using a template for your remote, all remote buttons are assigned to a default name listed here:

Terminal

$ irrecord --list-namespace

These names after your remote.conf file is created have to be CHANGED in order to use them properly with KODI.
For example in this xbox.conf file I created for an XBOX remote, I replaced "KEY_" with "xbox_":

Code:

# Please make this file available to others
# by sending it to <lirc@bartelmus.de>
#
# this config file was automatically generated
# using lirc-0.9.1-git(default) on Sun Jan 31 11:27:02 2016
#
# contributed by
#
# brand:                       /home/xbian/xboxtest2.conf
# model no. of remote control:
# devices being controlled by this remote:
#

begin remote

  name  XBOX
  bits           11
  flags SPACE_ENC|CONST_LENGTH
  eps            30
  aeps          100

  one           223  7469
  zero          223  5012
  ptrail        220
  gap          123513
  toggle_bit_mask 0x200

      begin codes
          xbox_UP                   0x568
          xbox_DOWN                 0x56A
          xbox_LEFT                 0x571
          xbox_RIGHT                0x561
          xbox_ENTER                0x569
          xbox_CONTEXT_MENU         0x567
          xbox_BACK                 0x557
          xbox_EXIT                 0x570
          xbox_VOLUMEUP             0x556
          xbox_VOLUMEDOWN           0x555
          xbox_PAGEUP               0x572
          xbox_PAGEDOWN             0x577
          xbox_TEXT                 0x550
          xbox_FORWARD              0x552
          xbox_REWIND               0x551
          xbox_PLAY                 0x559
          xbox_INFO                 0x55A
          xbox_STOP                 0x562
      end codes

end remote

Then in your KODI userdata folder create a Lircmap.xml file to map these buttons. Something like that:

Code:

<lircmap>
<remote device="XBOX">

    <Up>xbox_UP</Up>
    <Down>xbox_DOWN</Down>
    <Left>xbox_LEFT</Left>
    <Right>xbox_RIGHT</Right>
    <Select>xbox_ENTER</Select>
    <Back>xbox_BACK</Back>
    <menu>xbox_CONTEXT_MENU</menu>
    <Stop>xbox_STOP</Stop>
    <Play>xbox_PLAY</Play>
    <Pause>xbox_PAUSE</Pause>
    <Blue>xbox_BLUE</Blue>
    <Red>xbox_RED</Red>
    <reverse>xbox_REWIND</reverse>
    <forward>xbox_FORWARD</forward>
    <subtitle>xbox_TEXT</subtitle>
    <title>xbox_INFO</title>
    <info>xbox_GUIDE</info>    
    <mute>xbox_MUTE</mute>
    <power>xbox_POWER</power>
    <myvideo>xbox_FAV</myvideo>
    <volumeplus>xbox_VOLUMEUP</volumeplus>
    <volumeminus>xbox_VOLUMEDOWN</volumeminus>
    
</remote>
</lircmap>

Please note that these names like "volumeminus" are predifined by Kodi. You can find a list here: XBMC/Lircmap

Finally, in your userdata/keymaps folder create a keymap.xml file to map those buttons to real KODI actions. Your keymap.xml should look something like this:

Code:

<keymap>
  
  <fullscreenvideo>
    <remote>
    <subtitle>ActivateWindow(subtitlesearch)</subtitle>
        <Select>PlayPause</Select>
    <reverse>SubtitleDelayMinus</reverse>
    <forward>SubtitleDelayPlus</forward>
    </remote>
  </fullscreenvideo>

  <global>
    <remote>
    <Up>Up</Up>
    <Down>Down</Down>
    <Left>Left</Left>
    <Right>Right</Right>
    <Select>Select</Select>
    <Back>Back</Back>
    <menu>contextmenu</menu>
    <Stop>Stop</Stop>
    <Play>Play</Play>
    <Pause>Pause</Pause>
    <Blue>FullScreen</Blue>
    <Red>ActivateWindow(weather)</Red>
    <title>Info</title>
    <info>Info</info>    
    <mute>Mute</mute>
    <power>noop</power>
    <myvideo>ActivateWindow(favourites)</myvideo>
    <skipminus>noop</skipminus>
    <volumeplus>VolumeUp</volumeplus>
    <volumeminus>VolumeDown</volumeminus>
    </remote>
  </global>

  <slideshow>
    <remote>
    <forward>ZoomIn</forward>
        <reverse>ZoomOut</reverse>
    </remote>
  </slideshow>

  <weather>
    <remote>
    <Red>Back</Red>
    </remote>
  </weather>

</keymap>

More info about the above file can be found here: KODI/keymaps[/term][/quote]

p.s. You don't need to create an advancedsettings.xml file, but if you create it anyway, it will function properly regarding repeat and delay times