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Mary K Sizemore
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I have an installation where they want the Roku, feeding a projector, in another room. The museum docent needs to be able to play a single movie file to an audience without going into the control room.

(1) is there any plan to add a simple RF control function to the Brightsign so that a universal remote could be programmed to play programs?

(2) could a big button be placed over the entire screen of an attract loop movie (that would just be a clip of black playing over and over) and the person could use a handheld RF mouse to start the program? Then a full-screen interactive area over the actual movie could be used to stop the movie and go back to the attract?

(3) what are the other alternatives for simple control like this?

I tried to read over the forum but my internet access isn't the best, so I apologize if I'm asking a question that's already been answered. Thanks for any help you can give me.
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    RokuLyndon


    I don't know of any plans for an RF remote. But, if there's an RF receiver that connects to serial, that's one way it could be done.





    Yes, you could use a USB mouse to do what you describe as far as clicking to play something else, and clicking again to go back to the attract. You could make one part of the screen restart the video, and anotther part go to attach.



    You could send a command over serial. You could send the command over ethernet using UDP as well.
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    Mary K Sizemore


    We've decided to use the Soundbridge Remote to control the video playback, and purchase the Iguana USB-to-IR device.

    Is there a resource to help with putting the play, pause, restart commands into the script?  Can it be done in a csv file?  

    We will have to figure out how to put an IR "eye" in the wall of the closet where the ROKU will be put, but I don't think that's as big a deal as I originally thought.   We might even be able to use their extender cable and actually put the device on the other side of the wall.

    And being able to use a remote that says "Roku" on it will inspire confidence in my client <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->
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    RokuLyndon


    This would probably need to be done using a custom script since pause and resume aren't part of csv or BrightAuthor currently. Can you describe how many files will need to be played? And, how playback will work?
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    Mary K Sizemore


    I have two installations.

    In the first, I plan to use a black still frame or movie of just a few frames, looped over and over, as an attract.

    Then when the person uses the remote to hit the play button, the digital movie file will play.

    It would be nice if they can turn the audio up and down using the remote, but not necessary.

    And it is NOT necessary to be able to pause and resume the presentation.  

    It would be good if they can stop it and restart it using the remote (in case they hit the wrong button at the wrong time)

    I'd like to do this in BrightAuthor but can use a .csv file -- can you send me a sample file that's compatible with the 810 and 1010 BrightSigns?



    For the second installation, I plan to create a menu for several different digital video files.  

    The user would be able to use the forward and backward (east and west) buttons to move between menu options, then hit play to play the one they want.

    Again, it would be good to have a stop command that would send them back to the menu, in case they made the wrong choice and wanted to bail out.



    Any help you can give me with code on this would be deeply appreciated.
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    RokuLyndon


    If you don't need to pause and resume, then you can do it all in BrightAuthor except for the volume up and down. But, that's something that we can have  workaround for. BrightAuthor has an IR remote event that you can use to listen for IR input.
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    Mary K Sizemore


    I see the remote input event icon in BrightAuthor.  

    The first box says "Specify remote input"

    I tried putting in the numbers that correspond to the various buttons on the Soundbridge remote but it says "The entry must be a valid remote code -- see the manual."  

    Where is the manual for remote input?  Is there a list of inputs and commands to use?
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    RokuLyndon


    Here are the strings taht go along with the different buttons. It's the strings it's looking for. The BrightAuthor users' guide hasn't been updated yet with the interactive content.



    remoteCommands[0]="WEST"

    remoteCommands[1]="EAST"

    remoteCommands[2]="NORTH"

    remoteCommands[3]="SOUTH"

    remoteCommands[4]="SEL"

    remoteCommands[5]="EXIT"

    remoteCommands[6]="PWR"

    remoteCommands[7]="MENU"

    remoteCommands[8]="SEARCH"

    remoteCommands[9]="PLAY"

    remoteCommands[10]="FF"

    remoteCommands[11]="RW"

    remoteCommands[12]="PAUSE"

    remoteCommands[13]="ADD"

    remoteCommands[14]="SHUFFLE"

    remoteCommands[15]="REPEAT"

    remoteCommands[16]="VOLUP"

    remoteCommands[17]="VOLDWN"

    remoteCommands[18]="BRIGHT"
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    Mary K Sizemore


    Thanks for the help in implementing the Soundbridge Remote.  It was amazingly easy to use with the Iguana USB IR device -- truly plug and play.  



    We've used the Brightsign players in lots of museum or visitor center applications where we've looped a video.  They work flawlessly, 24/7, year after year.



    Now we can offer remote control to our clients.  



    And BrightAuthor is a wonderful improvement over Excel spreadsheets.  Very easy and intuitive.
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