Since I did not find much for alternatives to the Harmony adapter, I thought I would post my findings in case anyone was in the same boat. I apologize if this has been posted before, but least my searches did not turn anything up.
Trying to avoid buying the adapter since it would cost about 3 times more than my remote, I decided to plug in a USB IR dongle that I have from a HTPC remote, since I thought this remote worked as a generic keyboard and mouse:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823166095
While this did not work for either PS2 or PS3 commands, I found that several of the keys programmed for my HTPC did what I needed and gave me at least basic play/pause and navigation.
HTPC Enter = PS3 X.
HTPC Arrow keys = PS3 Navigation
HTPC Close (Alt+F4) = PS3 Start Key (Chapter Select or works as play/pause)
HTPC Esc = PS3 Circle
The keys needed to make this complete would be:
HTPC F1 = PS3 Triangle.
HTPC F2 = PS3 Square.
HTPC F3 = PS3 Select.
I do not know of any keyboard in the Harmony database that would work with this IR receiver to give the Windows function keys, and I do not have an IR keyboard that I could learn them from. If anyone knows of anything in the database that would work please feel free to post this info.
Trying to avoid buying the adapter since it would cost about 3 times more than my remote, I decided to plug in a USB IR dongle that I have from a HTPC remote, since I thought this remote worked as a generic keyboard and mouse:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823166095
While this did not work for either PS2 or PS3 commands, I found that several of the keys programmed for my HTPC did what I needed and gave me at least basic play/pause and navigation.
HTPC Enter = PS3 X.
HTPC Arrow keys = PS3 Navigation
HTPC Close (Alt+F4) = PS3 Start Key (Chapter Select or works as play/pause)
HTPC Esc = PS3 Circle
The keys needed to make this complete would be:
HTPC F1 = PS3 Triangle.
HTPC F2 = PS3 Square.
HTPC F3 = PS3 Select.
I do not know of any keyboard in the Harmony database that would work with this IR receiver to give the Windows function keys, and I do not have an IR keyboard that I could learn them from. If anyone knows of anything in the database that would work please feel free to post this info.
