Hi,

I've been trying to get IP control of Kodi (XBMC) working with my MX-5000 with no luck.

Kodi uses the JSON-RPC API for IP commands, but I just can't get it working.
In the device properties I set up the IP address of the device (in my case 192.168.1.45) and the port JSON-RPC listens to (in the documentation it said 9090).

I'm not sure how a command string should look like.
I set it up to ASCII.
My Up command looks like this:
{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "Input.Up", "id": 1}

But nothing happens.

Did anyone of you get this working or has a clue what I did wrong?
Thanks a lot.

Regards,

Sebastian

Not sure what you are trying to do?
There are no XMBC drivers written for the MX-5000 that I am aware of.

I know you have a couple of MSC-400's....... if I remember correctly?
Try XMBC and eventghost through serial!

DuctTape made a tutorial some time ago! It still works, although with no feed back on your MX-5000. Your TV screen will provide the feedback. Eventghost serial control works well!

[Link: remotecentral.com]

Hi Krazyk,

I thought for IP it doesn't matter if you have a driver, as long as you replace the stings.

Funny thing is, there is a 2-way driver for Total Control, so you would think it wouldn't be a big deal for URC to include one in CCP also.

Yes, I have three MSC-400s, a MRX-1, a MRF-350, a MX-5000, a MX-6000 and a MX-780.
The thing about Eventghost is, that I will need a computer, that is on all the time.
I was hoping, I could avoid that.

I read that the USB keyboard emulation on the MSC-400 doesn't work at all - is that still the case, or did URC fix it with a firmware update at some point?
Otherwise this could be another approach.

The XBMC is running on an Raspberry Pi 2 (runs pretty well, even with heavy skins).
I can really recommend this little piece of hardware if you want to smart up a TV.
And XBMC beats pretty much all the media player boxes you can buy.

I added one in my living room and soon I'll put one in my bedroom also.
In my home theater I have a proper PC running XBMC.

If all fails I'll add an IR receiver to the gpio pins of the Pi.

I have it working. Go to settings -> Services -> Remote Control. Both Allow Remote Control items should be selected.
If this is a Windows PC be sure your firewall is set to allow incoming data. Try disabling the firewall for testing.

In CCP be sure the device has port 9090 defined.

I found the string you have above won't work. The following will:
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"Input.Up","id":1}

Difference is no embedded blanks.

Compared to IR via a MSC-400 or MRX-1 IP control is faster and more consistent.

I am also having troubles with this setup.

I have a MRX-2 w/iOS. I am trying to control XBMC via the iPad CCP app, but I am not having any luck.

I am able to enter the command...

h**p://ip address:9090/jsonrpc?request={"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"Input.Down","id":1}

...in a web browser page, and it works fine. If I try a test command from within CCP, it doesn't work. Everything from the {} to as many other combinations as I could try.

I obviously have something wrong in my configuration, but I don't know what it is. I don't feel like my problem is on the HTPC/XBMC/Kodi side, since I am able to issue the commands without any problems from multiple sources and multiple browsers.

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

On the XBMC host shut down XBMC/Kodi. Use nc (aka netcat) to capture the browser command. Then use it to capture the iPad generated command and compare the two. Be sure to have it output to a file in HEX. You can get nc at [Link: joncraton.org]. The command I used was nc -l -p 9090 -o saveddata.txt

I did this in working out why my MX-5000s wouldn't work but telnet would when communicating with winlirc. The file it generated was a hex file and the difference, though minor, was why it wasn't working. Straight text looked identical.

I finally got to test it and it works.
Thanks very much BizarroTerl.

I even found the codes to jump directly to movies or tv shows and discrete codes for play and pause.

But I still have some issues.
I got all the codes working, except for rewind, fast forward, previous and next.
Do you have working codes for that?

I have them but I'm away from my workstation. I'll try to post them later this week.

Thanks

FFWD (ascii/TCP):
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"Input.ExecuteAction","params":{"action":"fastforward"},"id":1}
Rewind(ascii/TCP):
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"Input.ExecuteAction","params":{"action":"rewind"},"id":1}
Small step forward(ASCII/TCP):
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"Input.ExecuteAction","params":{"action":"stepforward"},"id":1}
SmallStepBack(ASCII/TCP):
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"Input.ExecuteAction","params":{"action":"stepback"},"id":1}

Thanks a lot.
Do you remember where you found those codes?

Spec: [Link: kodi.wiki]
Examples: [Link: kodi.wiki]
Multipage thread w/examples: [Link: forum.kodi.tv]

has anyone tried to use this XBMC driver in Total Control? i cant seem to find where to tell the application driver what ip-address to talk to.