Remote control for pCP

[diode84]

Hello
I have pCP on a Pi1. At the moment controlled with a usb keyboard, I only use the up, down, left, right, + and - for volume. I have in the past used an air mouse like
eBay item number: 283802980182. Its ideal and simple but the keys wear out after a few months.
There are simple IR remotes but not with a USB receiver.
Has anyone any ideas or solutions

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
diode84

[Paul Webster]

Yes - you can add a small IR receiver to the GPIOs on the Pi (you might need an extra resistor on Pi 1 ... not sure).
Then you configure it in pCP via the web interface and it is ready to receive classic Squeezebox IR commands.
If you don't have a Squeezebox IR (or a programmable one that can emulate it) then with a bit more work you can tell pCP which IR codes to use (but it is not trivial to do).

I have done this on my 2 pCP installations where I use my old Squeezebox remotes to control things (rarely nowadays since I usually use a touch screen or occasionally voice).

[Paul Webster]

See https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?105117

[diode84]

Thanks Paul
That gives me a lot of information and things to try.
Will probably be back.

[kidstypike]

Hello
I have pCP on a Pi1. At the moment controlled with a usb keyboard, I only use the up, down, left, right, + and - for volume. I have in the past used an air mouse like
eBay item number: 283802980182. Its ideal and simple but the keys wear out after a few months.
There are simple IR remotes but not with a USB receiver.
Has anyone any ideas or solutions

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
diode84

Easy way.

I have 2 Raspberry Pi,s with 7" pi screens/piCorePlayer, both use one of these with my existing squeezebox remotes.

[Paul Webster]

I haven't reread that thread but it is quite old.
Use it for the hardware info but you might find that the software part is much easier nowadays through the pCP web interface.

[w3wilkes]

What is it that can't be done with one of the apps like Orange Squeeze, the app for apple iThings, the WebUI (either Default or Material skin) or a Duet controller? I can control any of my squeeze player devices with these. I don't understand what remote control features you can't do with one of these.

[kidstypike]

What is it that can't be done with one of the apps like Orange Squeeze, the app for apple iThings, the WebUI (either Default or Material skin) or a Duet controller? I can control any of my squeeze player devices with these. I don't understand what remote control features you can't do with one of these.

Yes, so can I, I have all above (except iThings and Duet controller).
But prefer an IR remote control for on, off, stop, start, skip, volume, sleep, anything that doesn't entail selecting what to play.

[diode84]

Easy way.

I have 2 Raspberry Pi,s with 7" pi screens/piCorePlayer, both use one of these with my existing squeezebox remotes.

Thanks kidstypike, they look ideal and it may come to that but they are quite expensive so will try without first.

[diode84]

What is it that can't be done with one of the apps like Orange Squeeze, the app for apple iThings, the WebUI (either Default or Material skin) or a Duet controller? I can control any of my squeeze player devices with these. I don't understand what remote control features you can't do with one of these.

Thanks but I want to use my player completely stand alone, its got a 7 inch screen. I don't want to be dependent on PC, or phone to select a track to play. The IR remote control does all of that so will stick to it.
I use laptop to access the web interface when needed but that is running puppy xenial64 so is not collecting data about me, its open source.