Snapstream Firefly - R5E50... tried following the guidelines on mythtv.org (wiki)... for fedora... but no luck.

It's not responding to any buttons... tried irw - nothing happens ?

How can I troubleshoot ?

I've been a long time user of the Firefly remote since they came out. About a week after I installed R5E50, mine seemed to stop working as well. The light comes on the remote, not in irrecord and irw, I get nothing. Tried on my backend as well.

I broke down and bout a Streamzap remote, so I'm not much help here. I'd be quiet interested if you are able to get it working again.

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Backend:
AMD 1.2GHz
512MB Ram
20GB OS
160GB + 250GB + 250BG (LVM)
PVR-250 + PVR-150


Frontend:
Shuttle XPC
AMD 2200+
512MB RAM
300GB External USB for downloaded content
gForce 5200FX
Connected via DVI to a 56" HDTV

I just bougth one - I thoght I could follow the fedora guidelines... well I guess it is not that easy....

Is StreamZap easy to setup with KnoppMyth ? and does it work OK - beeing a infrared remote ?

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Server: P4/3G ,2G RAM,2T HD, Hauppauge DVB/T stick, 2* Budget DVB/S, Nova DVB/T, Pinnacle PCTV,R6.03.
2*Frontends: SlimCarPC / black silent 1.5G P4,256RAM, R6.03, FireFly Remote
2*Frontends: IBM R50 ThinkPad, HP Pavillion Laptop, R6.03

Still running and prefer KnoppMyth, but just installed MythDora on one of the clients. This worked perfect with the Firefly remote (out of the box) - excellent, MythDora, is a bit more resource demanding than KnoppMyth.

Anyway, at least that was a solution to the Firefly remote problem - instead of thowing it away

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Server: P4/3G ,2G RAM,2T HD, Hauppauge DVB/T stick, 2* Budget DVB/S, Nova DVB/T, Pinnacle PCTV,R6.03.
2*Frontends: SlimCarPC / black silent 1.5G P4,256RAM, R6.03, FireFly Remote
2*Frontends: IBM R50 ThinkPad, HP Pavillion Laptop, R6.03

got a couple of ati wonder remotes...

ugly.. but they work... out-of-the-box... excellent....

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Server: P4/3G ,2G RAM,2T HD, Hauppauge DVB/T stick, 2* Budget DVB/S, Nova DVB/T, Pinnacle PCTV,R6.03.
2*Frontends: SlimCarPC / black silent 1.5G P4,256RAM, R6.03, FireFly Remote
2*Frontends: IBM R50 ThinkPad, HP Pavillion Laptop, R6.03

The StreamZap should be automatically detected. It would be nice if you could post the actually link since you are asking for assistance.

? original link ?
Currently I use MythDora on one client with the SnapStream Firefly remote. On the other clients (3) I use the ATI Remote Wonder - no problems - with knoppmyth.

ATI Remote, works out of the box. Firefly with Knoppmyth - no go.

I am happy with the ATI remotes, might even buy one instead of the Firefly.

You are doing a great job !! and I really appreciate the response from all admin (and those who knows what they are doing

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Server: P4/3G ,2G RAM,2T HD, Hauppauge DVB/T stick, 2* Budget DVB/S, Nova DVB/T, Pinnacle PCTV,R6.03.
2*Frontends: SlimCarPC / black silent 1.5G P4,256RAM, R6.03, FireFly Remote
2*Frontends: IBM R50 ThinkPad, HP Pavillion Laptop, R6.03

apparently this is possible in knoppmyth... if you use

1) ati_remote module
2) .xmodmap

my version of firefly accepts inputs as ati_remote ... maps the keys odd... but you can the remap with .xmodmap

I'll re-install knoppmyth... and confirm... later..

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Server: P4/3G ,2G RAM,2T HD, Hauppauge DVB/T stick, 2* Budget DVB/S, Nova DVB/T, Pinnacle PCTV,R6.03.
2*Frontends: SlimCarPC / black silent 1.5G P4,256RAM, R6.03, FireFly Remote
2*Frontends: IBM R50 ThinkPad, HP Pavillion Laptop, R6.03

well apparently this is only possible if you use the ATI RF reciever, together with the firefly remote at least I can now use the Firefly remote....

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Server: P4/3G ,2G RAM,2T HD, Hauppauge DVB/T stick, 2* Budget DVB/S, Nova DVB/T, Pinnacle PCTV,R6.03.
2*Frontends: SlimCarPC / black silent 1.5G P4,256RAM, R6.03, FireFly Remote
2*Frontends: IBM R50 ThinkPad, HP Pavillion Laptop, R6.03

I have tried this,

1) ati_remote module
2) .xmodmap

but the remote does not transmit until a second button is pushed.

Example, if I press the 1 button twice it transmit a 1. If I press 1 and then up, it transmits the up button when using irw.

Maybe mythwiki would help: [url]http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Snapstream_Firefly[/url]
The key getting firefly working correctly is double keycodes(worked for me!)
ex.
begin codes
MAXI 0x0000001481AC0000
MAXI 0x00000014012C0000
CLOSE 0x00000014D7020000
CLOSE 0x0000001457820000
1 0x00000014628D0000
1 0x00000014E20D0000
2 0x00000014E30E0000
2 0x00000014638E0000
3 0x00000014648F0000
3 0x00000014E40F0000



Hope it helps someone!