<p>Hi guys, looking at buying a remote clicker for my church. Does anybody know how these work? do they simulate a key board? Is there any way to change the keys that it "presses"? And finally will it work in OpenLP 2 if it works in powerpoint?</p> <p> </p> <p>Phill</p>
<p>Clickers vary. Some are over-glorified wireless mice (i.e. left/mouse click and mouse movement)</p> <p>Some will emulate certain keys on the keyboard, e.g. cursor up/down, page up/down and perhaps a few other powerpoint type keys like "B" for blank.</p> <p>Some more expensive ones are programmable and you can pretty much do what you want with them!</p> <p>For operation with OpenLP v1.x at the very simplest you need something that will do Page Up and Page Down to change slides.</p>
<p>Thanks, I've found this Open Source Project http://www.autohotkey.com/ which appears to allow me to intercept any key strokes sent from a remote clicker and replace them with the key strokes i want OpenLp or PP to "see"</p> <p> </p> <p>I'll have a play when I've ordered the clicker and let you guys know how it goes!</p> <p> </p> <p>Of course it could always be a nice feature to have an option in OpenLp which allows you to setect these button presses and select which opperation you want it to perform!</p> <p> </p> <p>Phill</p>