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

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    • B Offline
      bill22
      last edited by

      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

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      • B Offline
        bill22
        last edited by

        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

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