Apple IR Remote (atvclient) not working in v7.90.010 ALPHA

jcjdammers · December 27, 2016 at 3:04 PM

Running on Macmini. I upgraded from 7.0.2 to the new v7.90.010 ALPHA.
However now my Apple Remote (IR) does no longer work.
Does anybody know how to fix this?
It always worked out of the box.

jcjdammers · December 28, 2016 at 9:16 AM

Same problem is described here ==> LibreELEC
but no soliution yet

While testing I noticed it isn't a hardware issue:

If I stop the atvclient.service :

Code

systemctl stop atvclient.service

And run atvclient from the cli :

Code

atvclient

Then I can see the all the commands being send form the IR remote:

Sending button 01
Up
Sending button 01
Sending button 04
Right
Sending button 04
Sending button 02
Down
Sending button 02
Sending button 03
Left
Sending button 03
Sending button 05
Play/pause
Sending button 06
Menu
Sending button 05
Play/pause

However with LibreELEC started normally i cannot control the UI with the Apple IR remote.
What can I do to fix this?
Any help is much appreciated.

Jeroen

jcjdammers · December 28, 2016 at 10:47 PM

I noticed that atvclient has been updated on its GitHub page to explicitly support Krypton.
Does the LibreELEC v7.90.010 build contain this update?

See also related discussions in:
Krypton + Linux + Mac + Apple Remote issues
Remote not working in Kodi 17 beta - Apple TV - OSMC Forums

**chewitt** · December 29, 2016 at 7:11 PM Official Post

Please test LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-7.90.010.tar which contains an updated version of atvclient and report back here with results. I no longer test this package with AppleTVs so it got missed in the move to Krypton.

jcjdammers · December 29, 2016 at 8:34 PM

Yes the atvclient and my apple remote are working now with Krypton
Thanks very much Chewitt for the fix.

By the way, I was kind of hoping with the new kernel update (4.9) that wakeup from suspend (using the apple remote) would be working again (after it was broken since OE 6), however it is not.

**chewitt** · December 30, 2016 at 7:10 AM Official Post

Fix is merged and will appear in next release. I'll mention the wakeup issue to others .. it's not part of the OS that I understand.

jcjdammers · December 31, 2016 at 10:25 AM

Quote from chewitt

Fix is merged and will appear in next release. I'll mention the wakeup issue to others .. it's not part of the OS that I understand.

Yes would be great if you could ask arround for the wakeup issue.
When my Macmini is in standby and I press the apple remote then I notice that the little white light on the front stops blinking and turns on, but my screen stays blank and the device is stuck/frozen (also connecting with ssh is then not possible anymore).
It worked perfectly fine with OE 5, so I assume it is not a hardware issue.
See also OpenELEC Mediacenter - OpenELEC Forum - Macmini wakeup with apple remote is broken in 6.0 (1/1)

Thanks.

Roi · January 3, 2017 at 11:40 AM

I am using a Mac Mini 2011 and try to get the built-in IR receiver up and working, see here: LibreELEC

Unfortunally I do not see any devices the system should create when starting up.

I will try the test build from chewitt in the evening and will give feedback here.
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Quote from chewitt

Please test LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-7.90.010.tar which contains an updated version of atvclient and report back here with results. I no longer test this package with AppleTVs so it got missed in the move to Krypton.

Unfortunally I cannot download the test build. Did you remove it?

**chewitt** · January 3, 2017 at 2:59 PM Official Post

I removed the build after jcdammers confirmed the fix. The 7.95.1 beta will ship with the fix (soon-ish)

Roi · January 4, 2017 at 12:51 AM

Quote from chewitt

I removed the build after jcdammers confirmed the fix. The 7.95.1 beta will ship with the fix (soon-ish)

Ok thank you. Then I will wait for the new beta and keep you all posted here in this thread.

dogzipp · January 19, 2017 at 1:13 PM

Quote from Roi

Ok thank you. Then I will wait for the new beta and keep you all posted here in this thread.

Could not make the IR port on my Mac mini work with 7.95.1.

I had to go back to 7.x versions. This was supposed to be fixed, so I guess there's still a lingering problem?

Or do I need to install from scratch Libreleec?

**chewitt** · January 19, 2017 at 2:25 PM Official Post

No logs .. no problem.

jcjdammers · March 28, 2017 at 8:43 PM

Installed LE 8.0.1 on my Macmini and atvclient and apple ir remote still works fine for me

I also solved my wakeup from suspend issue (see above) by adding the following line to the /storage/.config/autostart.sh

Code

echo 1 > /sys/power/pm_async

Keep up the good work LE team!!