Vero Remote Eratic

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Vero 1
VERSION_ID=“2016.01-1”
Kodi (15.2)
Remote Battery Voltage 3.06

I’m using my Vero remote for the first time as I moved the Vero to a TV with no CEC.

I’m getting very erratic results from the remote.

For example, I see the following even though I only pressed the down key once:

osmc@Vero:~$ tail -F /home/osmc/.kodi/temp/kodi.log | grep OnKey
12:33:10 T:1957679104   DEBUG: OnKey: 167 (0xa7) pressed, action is Down
12:33:17 T:1957679104   DEBUG: OnKey: 167 (0xa7) pressed, action is Down
12:34:16 T:1957679104   DEBUG: OnKey: 167 (0xa7) pressed, action is Down
12:34:17 T:1957679104   DEBUG: OnKey: 167 (0xa7) pressed, action is Down

I have the Vero remote selected:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Feb 15 12:19 lircd.conf -> /etc/lirc/osmc-remote-lircd.conf

Some keys don’t work at all (play/pause), other keys result in multiple presses, as illustrated above.

What do I need to do to figure this out?

Edits:

I’m adding another example of repeated keypresses:

4:44:58 T:1956974592   DEBUG: OnKey: 167 (0xa7) pressed, action is Down
14:45:04 T:1669547040   DEBUG: Previous line repeats 57 times.

Yeah, Down key pressed once and gets repeated 57 times….

And, the logs:

osmc@Vero:/etc/lirc$ sudo journalctl -b | paste-log
http://paste.osmc.io/asakesubeh
osmc@Vero:/etc/lirc$ paste-log /home/osmc/.kodi/temp/kodi.log
http://paste.osmc.io/ehiyacacix

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I see I’m not the only one experiencing this. See the end of this thread. Same problem, no response.

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Almost funny.

http://www.mgnewman.com/vero_remote.mov

14:13:38 T:1956847616 DEBUG: OnKey: 166 (0xa6) pressed, action is Up
14:13:44 T:1956847616 DEBUG: Previous line repeats 57 times.

Can I take the deafening silence to indicate that this is an unresolvable hardware design error, sort of like the Vero WiFi?

Something we have to work around?

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You appear to have a WiFi dongle attached in the back of the device which is causing performance problems

Have you unplugged the dongle and any other attached peripherals as a test?

The thread you linked to above doesn’t seem to suggest much, except that people have a habit of thread jacking. The user complaining about a slow remote may have been victim of the repeat filter, he doesn’t give enough of a description for us to follow up

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Have you also tested the Vero WiFi recently? I believe @DBMandrake tested it a few days ago and found the WiFi much improved

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I tried a WiFi dongle because the built-in WiFi performs so poorly. Oddly, the WiFi dongle didn’t improve things. I put the very same dongle on a Raspberry Pi and it performs perfectly.

Even without the WiFi dongle the remote is unusable.

Here’s what I tried:

  • Bought a new SD card
  • Downloaded the latest OSMC installer
  • Installed the OS specifying WiFi networking
  • Booted the Vero without a WiFi dongle

On the first boot I was unable to use the remote to configure the Vero. A single button press results in the OS seeing multiple keypresses. I finally used a USB keyboard to set up the Vero.

I configured everything from scratch and did not use any backed up configuration files.

I did not install any add-ons.

After all that, I still have the following problems:

  • Unusable remote
  • Dismal WiFi, with or without an external WiFi dongle
  • Painfully slow UI. Click on TV Shows and wait and wait for the list of shows to appear

I put a Raspberry Pi running OSMC in the exact same location with the exact same WiFi dongle and with a cheap USB remote. I get the following result:

  • The remote works fine
  • The WiFi works fine
  • The UI is snappy. No waiting for TV shows or episodes to load. Videos start playing instantly.

Honestly, I’m done fooling with this stuff.

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Well, never mind. I’ve finally “retired” all of my OSMC devices.

Kind of sad, really, as I started out with this project in the days of Crystalbuntu on the original Apple TV. From there I moved on to Raspbmc, OSMC and the Vero.

The Vero was the killer for me. I realize I’m the only one out here who had trouble with the Vero, but I could just never get mine to work very well.

I finally decided that I was spending more time troubleshooting the Vero than I was watching videos on it. So, I junked it, bought an Apple TV 4 and installed MrMC. How refreshing. The Wifi just works. The remote just works. The UI is snappy and responsive. Videos start playing immediately.

I liked it so much that I repurposed my remaining Raspberry Pi and bought another Apple TV.

So, it’s adios. Don’t think it hasn’t been swell.