Control MMM-Podcast2 with MMM-KeyBindings / MMM-Remote-Control

bill22

Hey there,
wonder if anybody can help me on the following topic:

I am running MM 2.10 on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ with various modules updated to the last versions.
So far all good but struggling with the connection between those three modules:

MMM-Podcast2
MMM-Remote-Control
MMM-KeyBindings

My objective is to start the Podcast with the Amazon Fire TV Remote.

At the moment i can start/stop the MMM-Podcast2 by sending a command from a browser:

(Same works with the other controls options for MMM-Remote-Control (Reboot, Shutdown, Toggle Full Screen,…) either with the command line ior the menu displayed by MMM-Remote-Control in a browser )

Start Podcast:

192.168.xxx.xxx:xxxx/remote?action=NOTIFICATION&notification=BUTTON_PRESSED

So far i have connected the Fire TV Remote to the Raspberry and it shows “connected” within the Bluetooth Menu on the Desktop.

Checking in Terminal with:

ls /dev/input/

shows:
event0 mice

cat /proc/bus/input/devices | grep "Name"

says:
“Amazon Fire TV Remote Keyboard"

Therefore i haven’t changed anything in the 99-btremote.rules file of the MMM.KeyBindings module:

SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="Amazon Fire TV Remote", ENV{DEVNAME}=="*event*", SYMLINK+="input/btremote"

i can see also the activity from the Fire TV remote while testing in terminal with

evtest

I have tried several configs but i was unable to locate the correct settings in the config to execute the Podcast trigger.

As far as i understood, the standard KeyBinding entry should just like this in the MM config to use the Fire TV Remote:

{
   module: 'MMM-KeyBindings',
    		config: {
        
   
                          }
 },

In addition there should be an additional KeyBinding entry inside the config part of the MMM-RemoteControl, right?
(As the notification server function has been discontinued inside the KeyBinding part and it is recommended to do that via MMM-Remote-Control…)

I have checked the forum discussions and found plenty on information how to link an external keyboard as well as switching screen on/off but no direct discussion about the Fire TV remote to trigger something like the podcast via MMM-Remote-Control module.

Maybe i missed something here but appreciated if someone can point out the right approach/what to add in the config to make it work.

Bill

bill22

Hi guys,
would like to check again if anybody can help on my described topic to trigger the MMM-Podcast2 with the Fire TV Remote?

Best regards
Bill