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Title: Logitech MX Air
Post by: LmceCape on July 23, 2010, 09:28:01 PM
Hi there

I bought a Logitech MX Air mouse a few days ago. LMCE 810 detects and installs it but the Back button "F7" does not work. I have tested with xev and its the correct button but nothing happens when you press it.

Any ideas??

Lmcecape
Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: sambuca on July 23, 2010, 11:03:14 PM
Hi,

I use the MX Air often, and have not seen this problem.
The back button should take you to the main menu whenever you are in a different screen.

What mouse button does xev say that your back button is?

best regards,
sambuca
Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: LmceCape on July 26, 2010, 11:08:14 AM
Hi

In xev the back button shows as "Button 8", which as far as I can see is correct. I have tried this on different MDs' on different installations of LMCE 810.


Regards
LMCECape
Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: sambuca on July 26, 2010, 11:42:30 AM
Button 8 should be correct, yes.
You also need to be running at least update 2010-03-14 22853 , as this contains an update to orbiter that enables the mapping of mouse buttons.

br,
sambuca
Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: LmceCape on July 26, 2010, 01:34:07 PM
I am running snapshot install "LinuxMCE-8.10-23154-i386" with all the latest updates applied.


LMCECape
Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: DragonK on July 26, 2010, 02:25:45 PM
Hi Sambuca,

The Logitech MX Air mouse, is it fully working?
The motion sense? Volume? Skip forward and Backward in Movies?
I'm looking for a Compatible remote control for my Core/Hybrid.
This looks like a very good option for me.

Thanx in Advance

Karel
Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: sambuca on July 26, 2010, 08:59:30 PM
LmceCape: Sorry, I don't know what else to suggest, it works flawless for me...

DragonK: It is working fully, yes. The functions/buttons are mapped as described in the wiki article. And the motion sense also works. The buttons could be mapped in another way also, but I felt the current way follows the button labels pretty good.

best regards,
sambuca
Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: LmceCape on July 27, 2010, 07:32:40 AM
Thanks anyway, will keep checking.

The back button is the only problem, all the other buttons and the motion sense work perfectly.

Regards
LMCECape
Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: DragonK on July 27, 2010, 07:56:44 AM
Im off to go get my MX Air mouse now....... Cant wait.....I've searching for weeks in the forums for a compatible "Remote" with motion sense. Now I got confirmation.

Thnx Sambuca...

Will keep you guys posted.
Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: LmceCape on July 29, 2010, 04:09:19 PM
Just an update on my problem, I tried remapping F7 to buttons 4 and 5 but with the same result. It seems that it only know buttons 1and 3.

As far as the F6 and F8 buttons are concerned, they are mapped to events 160 and 162 and not to buttons.

Regards
LMCECape
Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: LmceCape on August 12, 2010, 08:22:03 AM
Hi Sambuca

My apologies, I reinstalled with the snapshot Dated 2 August and all the buttons work perfectly.

I did however find a fantastic little Air Keyboard by Cideko http://www.cideko.com/pro_con.php?id=3 (http://www.cideko.com/pro_con.php?id=3). It's cheap and works almost perfectly. There are no Function buttons but the multimedia buttons all work. The only thing missing once again my personal nightmare, the F7 function. It has a few extra buttons (www, mail, pc, magnify, calc windows key) which are events 178, 236, 26, 41, 161 and 115.

I created a new template following the "Creating a Device Template for a Remote that uses the kernel input subsystem" wiki and the MX Air Template and mapped the keys codes accordingly.

But it doesn't work, is there anything else I need to do it check?

Regards
LMCECape
Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: Techstyle on August 12, 2010, 05:49:21 PM
LmceCape,

That looks excellent where did you buy it?

Thanks
Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: LmceCape on August 12, 2010, 06:22:56 PM
I'm in South Africa, so I don't know if it will help but its from Pinnacle.


But the big issue is the F7 function, its useless without it.

Regards
LmceCape
Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: Techstyle on August 12, 2010, 06:49:31 PM
take a look at this post (if you haven't already)

http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=10464.msg72021#msg72021 (http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=10464.msg72021#msg72021)
Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: DragonK on August 14, 2010, 08:32:58 PM
HI LmceCAPE,

What did the Keyboard cost you?
Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: LmceCape on August 16, 2010, 10:10:40 AM
Hi There

The Keyboard was about $70.

Thanks Techstyle for pointing me to that post, I was trying to map 4 and 5 like the MX Air.
4,115=2,73
5,115=3,73

Once I did it to 2 and 3 it work great.
2,115=2,73
3,115=3,73


Regards
LMCECape


Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: Techstyle on August 16, 2010, 07:48:30 PM
did you make the new template plug and play?

Also, make sure you submit it so others can benefit (and you if you do a reinstall in the future)
Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: LmceCape on February 25, 2011, 06:13:50 PM
Hi again guys

Something has gone wrong with the MX-Air mouse (actually any mouse type remote), I use a Cediko Air Keyboard and the Logitech MX Air mouse, which were working fine until the latest snapshots.

If you use XEV under KDE, it does not pickup anything when you push the mx air Volume and Play buttons (event 160 and 162), same for the Cediko (does not see events 115, 174 and 176) it only registers button presses

Can anyone tell what I need to do in kubuntu to bring this functionality back.

Regards
LmceCape
Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: LmceCape on March 01, 2011, 11:08:35 AM
 ;D

Sorted, same problem as with the "Gyration Remote keys all wacky" post.

Just added     Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" under "Server Flags" in the xorg.conf file.

Regards
LmceCape
Title: Re: Logitech MX Air
Post by: l3mce on March 01, 2011, 03:05:35 PM
Quote from: LmceCape on March 01, 2011, 11:08:35 AM
;D

Sorted, same problem as with the "Gyration Remote keys all wacky" post.

Just added     Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" under "Server Flags" in the xorg.conf file.

Regards
LmceCape


That also brings back most keyboards (that have them) media controls. Glad that worked for you, (Thom is the source). Please, as Techstyle recommended, submit the plug and play template, for yourself and others.