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Posted: January 11 2019 at 17:33 | IP Logged Quote smarty
I am new to using a Pi.

I am looking for a way to send a "Ctrl-Shift-Tab" keystroke series from PH to networked Pi computer.

The Pi has a maximized browser open, and those keystrokes toggle the chrome browser tabs (allowing for snappy security camera view changing).

Any PowerHome users send things to their Pi's?




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Posted: January 12 2019 at 17:25 | IP Logged Quote dhoward
Steve,

Ive never attempted this so not sure how best to accomplish it. I imagine one could open a socket and connect to the Pi that has a receiving socket listening
for commands from PowerHome. Of course, this would take some programming. Another thought would be to have something like a FLIRC plugged into the Pi and then
you could get keystrokes by sending Infrared from PowerHome but this assumes line of sight from the PH IR controller and your Pi.

I did a little research on the web and this URL might provide some insight: https://theembeddedlab.com/tutorials/simulate-keyboard-mouse -events-xdotool-
raspberry-pi/

With these tools, you may be able to open a socket from PowerHome to trigger these remote programs.

If anyone does play with this and gets something working, I'd be interested in hearing about it.

Dave.
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