From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:44369 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761851Ab0J2UJk (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:09:40 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:09:37 -0400 From: Jarod Wilson To: David =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E4rdeman?= Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab , linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] Apple remote support Message-ID: <20101029200937.GG21604@redhat.com> References: <20101029031131.GE17238@redhat.com> <20101029031530.GH17238@redhat.com> <4CCAD01A.3090106@redhat.com> <20101029151141.GA21604@redhat.com> <20101029191711.GA12136@hardeman.nu> <20101029192733.GE21604@redhat.com> <20101029195918.GA12501@hardeman.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20101029195918.GA12501@hardeman.nu> List-ID: Sender: On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 09:59:18PM +0200, David Härdeman wrote: > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 03:27:33PM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 09:17:11PM +0200, David Härdeman wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:11:41AM -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote: > > > > So the Apple remotes do something funky... One of the four bytes is a > > > > remote identifier byte, which is used for pairing the remote to a specific > > > > device, and you can change the ID byte by simply holding down buttons on > > > > the remote. > > > > > > How many different ID's are possible to set on the remote? > > > > 256, apparently. > > Does the remote pick one for you at random? Looks like its randomly set at the factory, then holding a particular key combo on the remote for 5 seconds, you can cycle to another one. Not sure if "another one" means "increment by one" or "randomly pick another one" yet though. -- Jarod Wilson jarod@redhat.com