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Programmable remote control for computer?
« on: June 29, 2007, 12:08:53 pm »
Anyone know of such a beast?  I want to have a remote that can Pause / Play / Volume Up / Volume Down / Skip Forward  for my jukebox.  The remotes ive seen are all proprietary and come with software that you must use...  But all I want is a remote that emulates keyboard button presses.


Any ideas?

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Re: Programmable remote control for computer?
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2007, 12:15:29 pm »
Try this device.  Girder is a bit of a bug to program but works well when done.

http://www.usbuirt.com/

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Re: Programmable remote control for computer?
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2007, 01:37:42 pm »
i have something very similar to that... i have not used it in ages.. but it worked fine when i tried it.

most remotes i have seen have been designed for mce.  i really like the new gyration remote.. but its too rich for my blood.

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Re: Programmable remote control for computer?
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2007, 02:34:12 am »
ATI (now AMD) All-In-Wonder video cards come with a remote with RF control.  There are few programmable buttons there.  You can also buy the remore with USB received separately.

http://ati.amd.com/products/remotewonder2/index.html
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Re: Programmable remote control for computer?
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2007, 03:24:21 pm »
Check these FREE programs:

http://www.irassistant.com/dotcom/v_current/index.php?url=main.inc

and

http://www.pcremotecontrol.com/info.html

I plan on using one or the other on my Jukebox/Pinball WIP with an old RealMagic remote control gathering dust ..haven't tested them yet, so can't really say much more about them. Those too look promising, anyway  :)

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