Nexbox A95X (1gb) power-on from IR remote?

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Greetings,

First, I thank you for developing CoreELEC. I have a spare Nexbox A95X (S905H, 1GB) collecting dust but now with CoreELEC it is once again found its place in my living room.

I managed to install CoreELEC to it via SD card. Even though the box says “A95X” in the front, at the back of the box there is a sticker indicting that the processor is S905 and has 1GB ram. I used “gxbb_p200_1G_100M_RealtekWiFi” as the device tree and it worked properly. All 4 cores of the CPU were identified, with working USB, ethernet, and WIFI. I was happy.

The IR-remote that came with it did NOT work out of box I also followed this guide (How to configure IR remote control) to customize a configuration file. Everything was working, including power-down using the button. However, I cannot “power-up” (or is it “wake-up”?) the tv box using the IR-remote, instead, I have un-plug and plug-in the power core (there is no physical power on/off button).

My questions are:

  • using Meson-ir, does “KEY_POWER” (which I assigned the red on/off button to) actually a) turns off the machine completely, or b) put the machine into stand-by/sleep mode,
  • using Meson-ir, how can I use the IR-remote to “power on/off” the machine?
  • I found this thread (NEW Repo for Remote files (Thanks to Betatester)) which contains remote configuration files for various amlogic box/remote. However, these .conf files has very different structures than the guide for Meson-ir. Granted I only spent an hours or so (at work, without access to the tv-box for tryout), will these remote configuration file allow me to turn on/ff the machine?
  • or should I follow this guide (how-to-configure-ir-wakeup-code/5282), or is that guide specific to Odroid N2?

thanks in advance,

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This model had the same issue with LE.
Someone made a fix for the 2gb/16gb back then to fix uboot for power on.
Not sure about the 1gb/8gb .

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Thanks for the prompt reply. I am content to leave it on 24/7 for now. when I have more time I’ll search the forum in LE to find the fix you are talking about,

regards,

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It’s not worth it, messing with uboot will only lead to a potential brick.

These devices only use <5w of power and your looking at a cost of €6-7 a year if you leave it on 24/7 for the whole year.

Don’t waste your time because that costs more than what you would save. :slight_smile:

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Some time ago I successfully tested these boards with gxb_p201_v1 uboot from CE-git repository. PCB was blue, SKhynix RAM H5TQ4G63CFR-RDC (CL13) and the simple eMMC memory. However, if you are using Android 6 you will most likely not be able to boot to Android since this uboot is from Nougat branch

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Understood, I don’t plan to spend time playing with uboot.

Coincidentally I have MCE remote that also worked (out of box). I find the MCE IR remote much more responsive then the standard IR remote with Meson-ir.

Problem with any IR remote is of course the line of sight. I have several PS3 BD remotes (bluetooth) that I used with a Intel NUC/Libreelec. I haven’t had time to test it with CoreElec. Is PS3 BD remote supported by CE?

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Just to answer my own question: The Sony PS3 BD remote (bluetooth) works without additional configuration: all has to be done is to pair the remote with the bluetooth receiver.

regards,

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But you cant power on by BT, and as for leaving your unit on, HDD sleep is still random so no good if you have a hdd directly connected