Remote Control Tweaks

There are a number of tweaks that can be made to improve the functionality of the remote control. Here are some of them.

Improved Sensitivity
Unless modified, the remote control has very poor sensitivity. This can be fixed by editing a file as follows:

edit /etc/lircd.conf using a linux compatible text editor such as Notepad++.

Replace all instances of eps           30 with eps           50 save and reboot.

Activate Portal Button
The Portal button doesn't work on all images. This can be fixed using the /bin/evremote2 file from the PKT image. For this to work, enigma2 must first be stopped and restarted as follows: init 4 copy new /bin/evremote2 using an FTP programme such as FileZilla init 6

Introduction
Some of you will know (and some of you won't) that you can remap the buttons on your remote to perform different functions. Unfortunately this isn't without limit, and you are generally limited to shifting functions around e.g. screen resolution can be set to change on the V key rather than green; audio options can be accessed on red, rather than yellow etc.

How to
To change buttons around you need to edit your keymap.xml file using a linux compatible text editor such as Notepad++. This is located at [B]/usr/local/share/enigma2[/B]. I strongly recommended that you take a copy of the file before you start any editing, as it will cause a bootloop if you make a mistake. If you do end up in a loop, just recopy the working keymap file back mid boot and it will get you out of the loop.

If you open the file it is fairly intuitive as to what to change. For example, KEY_YELLOW is the yellow button; KEY_RED is the RED button. There is a full list of all buttons on your remote in your /etc/lircd.conf file. Some of them aren't as labelled e.g. KEY_AUX is the TV/SAT button on the AA2+.

Note that you may need to change the button allocations around a bit to prevent conflicts in your keymap. Having the same key allocated to multiple functions generally isn't a good idea! Sub screen functions are okay though.

Adding New Functions
This is not generally possible, but I have found a couple of extra shortcuts, as detailed below. Note that these have been tested on HDMU 11940 only, and may not work on other images.

Set a second EPG plugin to a button:
Add the following to the  section.

 

This example uses the FIND button. It works in the same way as setting the default EPG, so a long press will allow you to set the default plugin and, from then on, a short press will activate it. I've set it to activate The TVDB plugin, but any other EPG type plugin is possible. I've not seen this in any SH4 image before, and found it by looking in the OpenPLI git.

Jump to timer list
This sets the timeshift button to jump to the timer list

 

Jump to subtitle selection menu
This sets the yellow button to go straight to the subtitle selection screen, bypassing the audio screen.

 

Other Alternatives
If this all sounds like too much hard work, you can always try the multiquickbutton plugin, however I've found it slows the box's response to the remote control noticeably.