Keystroke emulation

Sendqtevent utility is located in STB RootFS. Location path for various STB models:

• /usr/share/qt-4.6.0/ - for MAG250/254
• /usr/local/share/app/bin - for MAG256/322/324/349/351/420/424

Running sendqtevent in OS shell (access to STB by SSH) you can emulate keystroking of STB remote controller and additional operations

Command format for calling utility

Format for call utility:
sendqtevent [-c] [-a] [-s] [-ks <code>] [-kqt <qt_code>]
-c  - CTRL key modifier
-a  - ALT key modifier
-s  - SHIFT key modifier
<code> - KeySym code (default: 0x20)
<qt_code> - code for Qt symbol (e.i. Qt::Enter)
code - matches codes KeySym:<code> in settings LIRC /etc/lirc/lircrc
qt_code - matches code button from Qt::Key

Note. There is a restriction - KB (virtual keyboard) and Settings keys can't be emulated through this utility.

Running command on example of MAG250/254

To run the utility use the next format: /usr/share/qt-4.6.0/sendqtevent <Parameters> For example to emulate left key use next command: /usr/share/qt-4.6.0/sendqtevent -kqt 0x01000012 -ks 0x25

where:
0x01000012 - Qt::Key_Left from: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qt.html#Key-enum
0x25 - keyCode value (hex) for Left key from: JS_API_MAG200_(Rev_1.20).pdf page 103

Note:
For some control keys like menu that are not present in QT namespace (file qt.html) you need to look in lircrc.wk file (location path: /etc/lirc/lircrc.wk) - config=Key ctrl-F11 Web
For this key you need to use code 0x0100003a corresponded F11 key from http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qt.html#Key-enum and flag -c (CTRL key modifier)

Command examples

MAG250/254

Use next format of command: /usr/share/qt-4.6.0/sendqtevent <Parameters>

Example of running Info button for MAG250/254: /usr/share/qt-4.6.0/sendqtevent -a -kqt 0x00000059 -ks 0x59

MAG256/3xx/4xx

Use next format of command: /usr/local/share/app/bin/sendqtevent <Parameters>

Example of running Exit button for MAG256/3xx/4xx:
/usr/local/share/app/bin/sendqtevent -kqt 0x01000000

Note: To forward codes in S1 mode for Linux STB MAG4xx and above you must set the Bootloader variable - allRcCodesS1=true
fw_setenv allRcCodesS1 true

Parameters for various commands