How to use anyRemote

To run anyRemote frontend execute command:

for Gnome or for KDE

After startup anyRemote icon will appear in the tray. To open main window choose "Restore" tray menu item. It is possible to specify -o option to open main window at startup. Upon startup frontend will scan all found configuration files and show list which will looks like picture below. tray icon and menu

main window

Status column shows does particular application runs on PC or not. Frontend will rescan application activity each minute (can be changed in preference window).

To run anyRemote it needs just to double-click application name. Alternatively it is possible to use tray menu items Execute/Stop, or File->Execute/Stop menu items in main window.

In preferences window (see below) it is possible to specify locations of configuration files, filters and tune various parameters.

main window

To use anyRemote GUI it needs to have at least one element in "Directory" list. In normal situation frontend will find location of configurational files automatically.

By default frontend will scan for BT devices each minute. Found devices will be marked as "Available" in list. To be detected an BT device must be in discoverable mode. If new BT device will be detected, then Device Detail window (see below) will be shown automatically. main window

In Device Detail window it is possible to
  • ping BT device
  • verify will it works with anyRemote in AT-mode
  • upload Java client to the phone
  • configure anyRemote autostart in case of BT device will be found
  • set configuration file which will be used by anyRemote if BT device will be found
main window

If something goes wrong ...

... be double sure that all software prerequisites are installed.

How to use anyRemote from command line

By default anyRemote will search the following configuration files:

You can specify another configuration file with -f option, for example:

See Man page for details.

You may find some predefined configuration files in:

directories.

Web interface

It is possible to use anyremote2html package to organize web interface for anyRemote. With help of this interface any device which contains web browser and which can connect to PC with anyRemote by IP (GPRS, Wi-Fi, ...) could be used as remote control. Read for details.

Logging

By default anyRemote does not prints any logging information.

It is possible to set Log=false|true|debug in configuration file or use "-log" command line option to allow logging. By default all logging information will be stored in $HOME/.anyRemote/anyremote.log file. This could be altered by setting AR_TMPDIR environment variable. If AR_TMPDIR environment variable is set then logging information will be printed to ${AR_TMPDIR}/anyremote.log.${USER}

Sound control with amixer

If configuration file uses amixer utility to control sound volume and it needs to control non-default soundcard it is possible to create file $HOME/.anyRemote/amixer.card with content like "-c X", where X is number of sound card to control.

If configuration file uses amixer utility to control sound volume and it needs to control channel different from Master it is possible to create file $HOME/.anyRemote/amixer.channel with content equal to channel name to control.

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