I assume that you’re aware how you can setup an activity in the Logitech remote so configure the remote with the MCE machine as the “video device”. Check the “Customise buttons” option and make sure that all buttons, that you want to use, are mapped to the MCE device.
When ready, Update the remote and enter the activity when everything’s ready so you can program the Flirc dongle. So, startup the Flirc utility, which you already should have installed from the Flirc downloads page, and check the file menu and update the firmware if there’s a newer version available.
You’re now ready to start programming the keys described by the Kodi documentation Then, select full keyboard from the controllers menu and now the screen looks like this: I also recommend that you select the clear configuration option from there as well. So, for example, map the STOP key to the X by pressing the X on the virtual keyboard and press your stop on your Logitech’s remote while it’s pointed at the Flirc dongle.
So, when you press the STOP button the X key lights up in the Flirc desktop application. When you’re done programming you can check the behaviour by opening a text editor on your computer and press all the keys to see if they’ve been mapped correctly and correct them if necessary. Now there’s another important setting in the Flirc tool under the file / advanced settings: Configure the Inter-Key Delay to 5 or higher as shown here.Īt the moment, I can’t recommend using the other settings but your mileage may vary. Now you’re good to go to do some testing with Flirc attached to your Kodi machine. In my case, I first used an USB cable to get the Flirc receiver in the line of site of my remote sitting just next to my plasma TV.
This turned out to be a problem as the plasma tv turned out to be interfering with the IR signal making control of Kodi difficult. So then I placed the receiver further backwards to get some more shielding from my TV.įor me, most keys now worked just fine although some still gave problems. I used the Kodi Kodi keymap addon to map the not working keys thus deviating from the original Kodi keymap in a couple of cases. The addon is a very useful tool to map more functions to your Harmony. FLIRC HARMONY KODI FULLįor example, I mapped the 7 and 8 keys to subtitle delay and forward under full screen playback so you can use them for other purposes in an other Kodi activity. Ok, but first, Kodi needs to function with the basic remote keys and it turned out that some extra settings need looked into.Īs Logitech writes on their site the remote is often configured to repeat commands which some receivers need to work correctly.