OSMC Media Center

A Raspberry Pi is ideal to build a home media center, for instance, coupled with a NAS.

In the sources menu, when a keyboard is connected, pressing 'C' will bring up contextual menu for a selected item. This is useful to edit or remove sources.

IR remotes generally emit in a wavelength around 940nm, so we need a IR sensor. It's invisible to the eye but cameras (such as smartphones) can see a dim purple light.

• MyOSMC > Pi Config > Hardware Support
  • Note GPIO pins
  • we need gpio_in_pin
• Plug the IR sensor accordingly (see below)
  • Vin on 3.3V or 5V
  • GND on RPi GND
  • OUT on gpio_in_pin (18 on mine in 12/2017)
• MyOSMC > Remotes
  • Active appropriate script according to your remote
  • If no script exists, clone a script and edit it or create one with irrecord command

Log into a shell : EXIT » Esc. key (default user/pass : osmc/osmc)

Stop lircd service

sudo systemctl stop lircd_helper@lirc0

Launch irrecord specifying correct device (here /dev/lirc0)

irrecord -d /dev/lirc0 /home/osmc/lircd.conf

Reboot lircd service

sudo systemctl start lircd_helper@lirc0

Script will ask to press certain buttons. Full list can be found here (2017)

• output form: active low
• supply voltage: 4.5V ~5.5V
• low level output voltage: 0.2V
• power consumption: 0.6mA
• wavelength: 940nm
• BPF center frequency: 38kHz
• operating temperature: -10°C ~ +60°C
• soldering temperature: 260°C, t< 5sec
• signal range: max. 10m
• case: 7.3 x 7.6 x 5.2mm ±0.3mm
• weight: 0.68g

pinout

To wake up the RPi after halt, short pin #05 and GND