Setup a USB Remote with PseudoChannel

Installation and setup of Remote Control Keybinds and PseudoChannel

Original Blog Post @medium.com

Before You Begin (things to note)

• You must have pseudo-channels ready to go in the ~/channels directory.
• Install this on the same Pi as the "controller" Pi, along-side your pseudo-channels "~/channels" dir.
• Your "controller" Pi must be running x-server (i.e. not be headless).
• x-server cannot run without a display attached to your Pi (attach a display to the HDMI port or somehow spoof it).
• Open the ./channels/config.cache file and manually edit the plex server info before beginning this.
• Go to the original blog post to learn more about testing/setup/configuration.
• If you are using "RasPlex" as a client device the default username/password is: root/rasplex
• You may have to manually edit the lxde-pi-rc.xml file noted in the above post if that file is not located in the /home/pi/.config/openbox directory (or if that dir doesn't exist).

  • You must manually find this file by searching your OS:

    % sudo find / -name "lxde-pi-rc.xml".

    On my install (Raspian "Buster" with Desktop), it was located here: /etc/xdg/openbox/lxde-pi-rc.xml.

  • Edit the /etc/xdg/openbox/lxde-pi-rc.xml file by adding the output XML found in ~/remote/temp.xml to the right place in the file as described in the blog post ("temp.xml" is generated after running the below setup.sh file).

    Using vim:

    • % cat ~/remote/temp.xml - then copy the XML output.

    • % sudo vim /etc/xdg/openbox/lxde-pi-rc.xml

    • :/Launch Task - search for the string "Launch Task".

    • </keybind> - find the closing tag and press "i" to get into "insert mode". Place your cursor right after and make a space for pasting in the new XML.

    • shift + ins - while in "insert mode" in vim to paste the XML from the system clipboard (~/remote/temp.xml).

    • :wq - save and quit.

    • % sudo service lightdm restart

Setup

1. Clone this repository on your controller Pi along-side the pseudo-channels "~/channels" directory:

   • % git clone https://github.com/FakeTV/remote.git

   • % cd remote

2. Make the "setup.sh" script executable:

   • % chmod +x setup.sh

3. Run the script and follow the prompts:

   • % ./setup.sh