One possibility that FLIRC offers is that you could use it in conjunction with some apps to offer extra functionality, if the app supports control via keypress. I used it with my Harmony One for about a year until I picked up a second Harmony Hub on a Black Friday deal and switched to bluetooth control. Once you have set it up though, it works really well. The FLIRC is an amazing little gadget but is arguably overkill for the purpose of controlling the Shield. so I wanted to use my old faithful Harmony One to control via IR. I got one when I picked up a second Shield which was the 2017 model (no onboard IR) and didn't have a Harmony Hub in the room where I was controlling it. That's a pretty good summation of using FLIRC with a Shield. Hopefully it will mimic the IR settings on my 2015 Pro. If you don't like your settings, just do it again until you're happy.īTW, I've ordered a plain-Jane IR receiver. Then save the configuration, unplug it from the computer and stick it in the Shield.
Thankfully, the software has a handy about 7 popular remote profiles where you choose the remote you want to copy, then just press the GO on the GUI and you follow along with your remote as it guides you. I've learned a lot about IR codes and universal remote controls, but none of that knowledge does anything with Flirc because it doesn't know a single IR command of of the box until you teach it one and tell it which keyboard button it equals. You could even use a fan remote to teach Flirc that the button for the HIGHEST FAN SPEED setting = ESC key on a keyboard, which would be the equivalent of the BACK button on a Bluetooth remote. So if your goal is to consolidate remotes, it can do it. The good news is that aside from the long-press functions, it can do everything that the 2019 Shield remote can do (minus Netflix button). There's also no double tapping of the volume, no Shield button, no mouse toggle (holding start button), etc. The software let's you assign an IR button from your remote to open Netflix, but it doesn't do anything and there's not much that can be done about it. But you CANNOT open Netflix using Flirc because there's no keyboard key-press command that can open Netflix. So you might expect Flirc to have the same ability (the programming software even shows the Netflix button as a programmable key). The 2019 Shield remote control has a Netflix button to open Netflix. It also means that you're limited to what keyboard commands can do. The biggest disadvantage is that long-press commands (holding the power button, or other button-holding commands) are not possible. So what does that mean in terms of using a regular (non-Bluetooth) remote control? What this tiny USB device does is it receives the IR signal from the remote, then using commands that you have taught it using the configuration software, it converts each key press into a keyboard command.įlirc (input device) can ONLY speak to the Shield in keyboard language, and it's a one-way conversation (Flirc to Shield). It does NOT just send capture remote IR commands and forward the IR to the device. You cannot stick it in anything right out of the box, other than a computer. At a minimum, I thought I could just stick it in the USB port, enter the setup code for the Shield and expect it to behave just like the 2015 Pro.įirst and foremost, it's not a plug-and-play device. So I got the Flirc IR receiver thinking it would give the same IR functionality to my 2017 Shield as my 2015 Pro (IR built in), with extra features to customize it for me.
I love my two One For All universal remotes (URC-7880) from Walmart.
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