[happy trigger] how to read input key from remote

Volumio Development
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hi all,
im now using air mouse remote mx3
the mouse feature working fine… keyboard working fine…
but the play pause next prev is not working… i want to make it work using happy trigger by editing the audio.conf…

but how do i know each button name of my remote control? any app that can translate they key i press?

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Hi xpedotx,

sudo thd --dump /dev/input/event0 /dev/input/event1

Also see:
Triggerhappy Github page
…for more information.

Best Regards
Josef

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will this work on ssh?
where do i put the usb dongle of the remote to detect the key? from pc (ssh) or mu nuc(volumio machine)

or how do i got to command line mode from my machine with screen… as it normally bring me the volumio web interface…

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got it work out now…

i have to deal with up to event16

sudo thd --dump /dev/input/event0 /dev/input/event1 /dev/input/event2 /dev/input/event3 /dev/input/event4 /dev/input/event5 /dev/input/event6 /dev/input/event7 /dev/input/event8 /dev/input/event9 /dev/input/event10 /dev/input/event11 /dev/input/event12 /dev/input/event13 /dev/input/event14 /dev/input/event15 /dev/input/event16