[Integration] HTPC System Monitor & Controls Integration / PC Full remote & Monitor

General
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I am the developer lol
This is an edge case which is not in my code, I never thought of this scenario, it’s not a bug, it’s a feature request.
I’ll maybe look into this, but it’s such an edge case unique to you specific.

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Hi, I’m trying to use this integration vs the generic bluetooth device to control a Windows PC since I also use a physical bluetooth keyboard for that same PC which causes issues where I can’t use that because the UC remote is paired so having this IP control version would be great.

The main issue I’m having is that I’m missing some commands like regular digits for inputting a logon PIN code for instance 1,2,3,4. I can do this with the Bluetooth version but I don’t see regular numbers for the HTPC integration, only the F numbers.

I also cannot figure out how to use combination keys no matter what I try, which I’m sure is user error on my part, so any info would be greatly appreciated.

Example: I have autohotkey mapped to launch a program (WASD) using the keyboard shortcut CTRL+ALT+0

I’ve tried using SEND COMMAND and pointing directly to the shortcut “C:\Users\Tim\OneDrive\Desktop\reWASD.lnk” which works fine using the CMD prompt but not via the UC remote

I’ve also tried every variation of key combination syntax I can think of but I’m obviously doing something wrong. I can’t get those SEND COMMAND combos to work with the Bluetooth keyboard either.

Any help would be greatly appreciated and thanks for putting together this integration!

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  • Some key combinations exist:
  • alt_tab
  • ctrl_shift_esc
  • Win+key combinations (win_r, win_d, win_e, win_i)
  • Function keys (F1-F12) - all present
  • Basic navigation keys - arrows, enter, escape, tab, space, backspace, delete, page up/down
  • Application launching - launch_exe: and launch_url: commands

These are not in code:

  • Regular Digit Keys (0-9)
  • Letter Keys (A-Z)
  • Custom keys mapping (alt_tab, ctrl_shit_esq, etc)

Integration currently supprot execution of URL and EXE files.
All doable but will require Dev Work.

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Is this a comprehensive list of working key combinations?

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as far as i recall yes, its been a while since i built this, i also do this completely free out of my time, i tried my best to write a comprehansive README but i might missed a thing or two, it takes a very long time to do all this :slight_smile: Tried my best.

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100% and I very much appreciate the work you (and others) put into these integrations. I’m hoping to replace the BT keyboard completely with what’s available in your integration so I just wanted to make sure I had every possible thing.

Looking forward to any additional development if you get the time. Thanks!

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Hello,
do you know this?

https://unfolded.community/t/external-community-integration-http-get-post-patch-put-and-wake-on-lan/1697

I use it to control my HTPC partly at least (the features you asked for are integrated in this, in my opinion), in combination with the tool created by M.a.S.e.

It would be nice to have the features of both combined in one integration and some additional possibilities, e.g. command line parameters as stated before (which is not an edge case, at least for me).

I am very thankful for the huge amount of work of both kennymc_c and M.a.S.e. to give us such possibilities. It is a great capability extension of the R2/R3.

Regards,
tiki

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if you tell me what you were using with text over tcp as examples would be a lot easier for me to see the logic and all an enhancement to the htpc tool to make it solid.
i have no problem working on it, just i got so many integrations and the android app and , you know, work… lol. time is an issue. but i have no problems adding whatever to make the integration better. make me a list and if you have the existing commands u used with text over tcp it save me a lot of time spent figuring out.

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Thanks for pointing me to this tool. I don’t really need it at this point since I was able to find workarounds via the HTPC integration. For me, the only thing missing is full keyboard support, including numbers. I use a pin to logon to this particular PC (it’s a gaming PC in the main living room) so the missing number presented an issue but I found a way to work around it for now then mapped everything else I need (keyboard shortcuts to enable HDR / toggle the Nvidia performance overlay / etc.) to F keys using Autohotkey.