This is a complete guide to all the steps I have collected for the optimal use of a Logitech Harmony 650 remote with Coreelec / Kodi - in my case running on Odroid N2/+ hardware.
Once properly set up, a Harmony 650 (or similar) is an excellent Kodi companion, with just the right mix of hard buttons for essentials, plus a programmable screen for less often used things. I'm yet to find a better alternative.
Of course other Logitech remotes and Kodi boxes will be very similar.
config.ini
, set/add these config items.
These disable CEC completely, and allow the Odroid to wake up via the remote.(n.b. you will first need to ssh in and mount -o remount,rw /flash
to make the file write-able!)
hdmi_cec='0'
cec_func_config='0'
remotewakeup='0x800f040c'
remotewakeupmask='0xffff7fff'
decode_type='0x5'
Microsoft Media Centre Extender
0
remote-repeat.rules
file (linked below), to .config/udev.rules.d/
- this improves the general responsiveness to the remotekeymap.xml
file below to your userdata/keymaps
folder
(of course you can tweak this to your liking - Kodi's built in functions and default keyboard.xml and remote.xml are useful resources here)