spleen1981/cec-mini-kb

Small utility to use a CEC remote controller as a mini keyboard

cec-mini-kb

Small utility to use a CEC remote controller as a mini keyboard in Linux (libcec+uinput), with the only ambition of being able to navigate user interfaces.

Usage

Typical usage of the tool is within a service loaded at startup or launched with systemd-run when needed.

-p, --poweroff "<command>" option allows a custom shell command (e.g. shutdown -P now) to be called when system standby event (e.g. turning off the monitor/tv from remote) is received.

-a, --adapter <num> specify the adapter to use (0-9). Default adapter is 0.

-b, --bindings <file> specify the bindings map file name. See map.txt example file.

Key bindings

• REMOTE SELECT -> KEY ENTER
• REMOTE UP -> KEY UP
• REMOTE DOWN -> KEY DOWN
• REMOTE LEFT -> KEY LEFT
• REMOTE RIGH -> KEY RIGHT
• REMOTE EXIT -> KEY BACKSPACE
• REMOTE BLUE -> KEY ESC
• REMOTE RED -> KEY LEFT SHIFT
• REMOTE GREEN -> KEY SPACE
• REMOTE YELLOW -> KEY DELETE
• REMOTE {0 to 9} -> KEY {0 to 9} (or ABC DEF ... WXYZ with multiple presses, like old cellphones)
• REMOTE FORWARD -> KEY TAB
• REMOTE BACKWARD -> KEY LEFTSHIFT + KEY TAB