👀Creating an Activity
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Before getting started, it’s helpful to understand how Flirc describes things.
First, we have Activities. An Activity is something you can do with your remote and your tech devices, like watching TV or streaming content. Every Flirc remote can have 3 activities, and you can select between them by hitting the A, B, and C keys on your remote control.
Each Activity can have up to 8 Devices attached to it. So a sample Activity might be “Play Video Games.” You attach your TV, your gaming console, and maybe your sound bar or AV receiver.
Those are the only rules! After that, how you set up your Flirc Remote is entirely up to you and your imagination! Maybe you’re a music lover and you don’t need a TV for B. Maybe you want ultimate home power and the ability to control all the TVs around the house and can come up with a way to do that with your 3 Activities. We look forward to see all the ways you can get creative!
To get started, click Add Activity.
Select the kind of activity you want to create. You have several choices, and if none of those work exactly, you can always choose “Custom.” Then name your Activity. This first Activity will be associated with the A on your Flirc Remote.
Select your first device for this activity. In the below example, a TV was selected, but you can really choose any device in any order.
When you’ve selected your device, hit Continue. After that, you’ll be asked to enter the brand and model of your device.
If you don’t know the model, it’s usually written on the back of the device somewhere. If it’s a set-top box, you may be able to find it in Settings or the About section in the application.
If your exact model isn’t shown, select the model that seems best.
If your model isn't listed and you want to ensure perfect compatibility, select the Record button.
The next chapter will go into more depth on how to record a remote control.
After you’ve finished setting up all your devices, select Continue
You’ll be asked a series of questions. These should be pretty straightforward. “Navigate” means using the direction pad on your remote. “Media” refers to the play/pause/stop buttons. And “audio” is your volume and mute buttons.
We want to know which device should control those buttons. If you have a smart TV and nothing else, it could be the answer for all three. If you have a TV and a gaming console, the game console could be used for navigation and media, while the TV is for volume. Just pick what seems right. You can always fix it later.
Finally, we’ve reached the activity summary page. This page lists all the actions all your devices need to power up and power down. Here’s an example with a TV, cable box, and audio bar.
You might notice the colors next to your devices on this page are the same colors and icons as earlier. Just a quick way to see which action goes with which device. You might also notice that these actions are listed in the order that they’re going to happen. Above the TV will be turned on before the Set top box.
Later, if you want to, you’ll be able to mess with all of these, change the order of events, and even change how much time between sending the Power TV action and sending the HDMI 1 action.
To learn more about this list of actions and how to control/organize them, look for sections in the guide titled Actions Popup.
Or, if that seems a little too intense, you can just ignore those sorts of features and let our smart Remote handle it all!
Once you’ve reviewed the summary page, click Finish, and watch the fireworks!
