HP Quick Launch Buttons

[Daft_Punk]

Well before I begin let me announce that in New England, USA the iPhone 3G is out!

 

Anyway, I have an idea about the "HP Quick Launch Buttons" on the new dv"____" series.

 

It comes standard with every HP laptop now, but it does not work entirely, so developers heres where you come in!

 

Whether it be a kext, or a terminal command set to boot up with Lingon http://lingon.sourceforge.net/ , I would somehow like to have ALL my buttons work.

 

The buttons include from left to right:

 

 

 

Quickplay Program

 

DVD

 

Previous Track

 

Play/Pause

 

Next Track

 

Stop

 

Mute

 

Volume Up/Down (this is a slider)

 

 

 

Now the only ones that work so far, and I'm sure any dv whatever model owner can agree with me which ones do work is the volume up/down slider.

 

Thats all that work. So developers, we have a lot, and I mean a lot of dvXXXX users! So heres my idea, just a request of course:

 

What doesn't work:

 

 

 

Quickplay Program: Front row.app

 

DVD: DVD Player.app

 

Previous Track: for iTunes

 

Play/Pause: for iTunes

 

Next Track: for iTunes

 

Stop: for iTunes

 

Mute: to mute the system/master volume

 

 

 

It would be great to have, and if any alphas or betas or any other greek letters that you think of come out, I will put my laptop in kernel panics harms way and test them. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. With bugs or without.

 

So thanks, I hope this thread doesn't get lost, because this could evolve into something great for all dvXXXX users!

 

Good day all, and may all fellow apple product users get their iPhone 3G to today! I'm getting mine!

[Scorpio123]

Excellent idea mate!! I was thinking about this the other day.. They worked fine in Tiger without any additional kexts or anything, but its a little annoying how they don't work anymore..

 

One idea i had was to try something like Remote Buddy and/or sailing clicker, would that not work?

[Daft_Punk]

Hmm... they ALL dont work.

 

I need to figure out how to get the HP Quicklauch buttons to work! god i need to know how to script...

 

Well, anyone know if I can use something like applescript to help recognize my HP Quicklaunch buttons and HP remote and program functions into it?

[Memorial]

I looked into this. We are dealing with an ACPI device called QLBD. The DSDT has this to say about it:

 

 Device (QLBD)
	{
		Method (_HID, 0, NotSerialized)
		{
			If (\ECON)
			{
				Store (\_SB.PCI0.LPCB.EC0.QLBI, Local0)
			}
			Else
			{
				And (RBEC (0x12), 0x08, Local0)
				ShiftRight (Local0, 0x03, Local0)
			}

			If (Local0)
			{
				Return (0x07001122)
			}
			Else
			{
				Return (0x06001122)
			}
		}

		Method (_STA, 0, NotSerialized)
		{
			Return (0x0F)
		}
	}

 

We would have to write a driver for this device to make it work. As far as I can tell, this device is separate from the volume controls and the sleep button.

[demoniac]

How´s the progress?

 

I would love to control spotify using this.

 

My mute button doesn´t really work, but if no sound is played in a couple of seconds it switches off (turns red).

 

 

I actually can´t turn off the sound, it´s always a very low sound, newer absolutely quiet.

[r5a]

My mute and volume buttons work. (hp dv8230ca)

 

Using 10.5.5 on ideneb 1.3

[Proxin]

Would love to see this developed too! I'd gladly beta test for it if anyone needs a beta tester.

I have the QuickLaunch buttons and stuff, I would love for the music buttons to work but right now volume +- and Sleep/poweroff buttons are the only ones that work fully.

Wifi button can turn wifi off to disconnect Airport, but can not reconnect.

Mute shows that it's muted, but sounds still play.

Quickplay does nothing either.