5. CREATING A KODI ACTIVITY – NON-eHOME DEVICES

Step 1 – Download ShowKey

ShowKey Interface:

The completed ShowKey for an Ortek VRC-1100:

Step 2 – Translate Key Commands to Kodi Functions

VRC-1100 (Harmony database)

Yellow

RecordedTV

*

Guide

Green

Blue

Red

#

Live

Step 3 – Create a keyboard.xml

keyboard.xml:

Notepad

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keyboard.xml

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata\keymaps

Adding an Activity

MyHarmony:

Choose Custom activity and follow the on-screen instructions.



Legacy Software:

Activities

Select Manual Activity ;

Choose Utility ;

Generic Activity ;

Add Required Devices ;

Complete Set up.



Customizing Buttons – Harmony Keymap

Harmony 650

VRC-1100: Basic Keymap – Harmony 650:

Green Items: Commands set via keyboard.xml

Basic Keymap Command List:

Harmony

Cust (Start)

Cust (Quit)

Cust (Full)

Cust (Codec)

Menu

Exit

Info

Guide

Up Arrow

Down Arrow

Cust (Watched)

Cust (Item Up)

Up

Down

Left

Right

Channel Up

Channel Down

OK

Prev

Play

Stop

Rewind

Fast Forward

Skip Back

Skip Forward

Pause

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Start Kodi

Start (Windows Key+Alt+Enter) (or #!Enter if referenced directly in the script)