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Title: Programmable remote control for computer?
Post by: bmrust 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?

Title: Re: Programmable remote control for computer?
Post by: BobA 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/ (http://www.usbuirt.com/)

Title: Re: Programmable remote control for computer?
Post by: steveh 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.

Title: Re: Programmable remote control for computer?
Post by: torez 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

Title: Re: Programmable remote control for computer?
Post by: psychotech 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  :)

psychotech