Can't create a keymap for a remote control button which is "connected" by lircd

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Thanks for all this input! After a lot of “fiddling” around and trying to understand what’s really going on here, I finally figured out how to use my created lircd.conf and be able to map the keys the way I want.

In the end my solution was to not use key names in the mapping file keyboard.xml but use key IDs instead. This is also what the keymap editor add-on does “under the hood”.

This way I was able to also map my KEY_EXIT to some other command using the following mapping:

<keymap>
  <global>
    <keyboard>
      <!-- ... -->
      <key id="216">ActivateWindow(home)</key> <!-- KEY_EXIT -->
      <!-- ... -->
    </keyboard>
  </global>
</keymap>

How to get & use the ID

  • The ID 216 used above is decimal representation of the hexadecimal value 0xD8
  • The hex value can be found using the following method:
    • Connect using SSH or open terminal on Kodi device
    • Run command tail -F /home/osmc/.kodi/temp/kodi.log | grep HandleKey
    • Press the key on the remote
    • Output should be something like this and contains the Hex value in brackets:

      “DEBUG: HandleKey: menu (0xd8) pressed, action is Back”

  • Use google or some calculator to translate the hex value into decimal
  • Important: Use the keyboard tag instead of remote inside keyboard.xml. Otherwise IDs don’t seem to be working :man_shrugging: