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Lennysus
Reel Rookie
3 years ago
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What is the command produced when long-pressing the OK button on the Roku remote?

The recently updated Spectrum app uses a long press of the Roku remote OK button to enable filtering of channel listings.  I would like to know the command the long press initiates so that I can try to mimic it on my Harmony remote.

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  • atc98092's avatar
    atc98092
    3 years ago

    This is the first I've ever heard of a long press on the OK button doing anything other than performing the OK function. It's possible the remote isn't sending anything different than the OK function, but by detecting the long press doing something different in its programing. If your Roku remote using IR, you might be able to detect any change in the actual command issued by the remote using the learning function of your Harmony remote. But if your Roku uses a WiFi Direct remote, that won't work.

    I just did a quick scan of the Roku developer's documentation site, and couldn't find anything about long press support. So it might be just as I supposed at the beginning. 

  • atc98092's avatar
    atc98092
    Community Streaming Expert
    3 years ago

    This is the first I've ever heard of a long press on the OK button doing anything other than performing the OK function. It's possible the remote isn't sending anything different than the OK function, but by detecting the long press doing something different in its programing. If your Roku remote using IR, you might be able to detect any change in the actual command issued by the remote using the learning function of your Harmony remote. But if your Roku uses a WiFi Direct remote, that won't work.

    I just did a quick scan of the Roku developer's documentation site, and couldn't find anything about long press support. So it might be just as I supposed at the beginning. 

    • Lennysus's avatar
      Lennysus
      Reel Rookie
      3 years ago

      Thanks so much for your response.  I apparently have a wifi Roku remote as I was unable to teach the Harmony hub using the remote.  I really appreciate your analysis regarding the long press, and suspect you are correct.  If I learn anything further, I'll update this thread.  

      • tvonderhaar's avatar
        tvonderhaar
        Reel Rookie
        3 years ago

        My spectrum app updated today 9/15/22 and of course it breaks something new. It's a horrible app! My harmony remote sends a "ok" button  push for both short and long harmony button pushes. Harmony is sending BlueTooth command to Roku. The new spectrum app won't accept this "ok" response to set channel filters. I think Spectrum is DESPICABLE for braking this function for those of us using a harmony remote. Why they went out of their way to break this function seems suspicious. They really want to rent cable boxes.

  • oleh_hryshchuk's avatar
    oleh_hryshchuk
    Reel Rookie
    3 years ago

    Hi! I'm not sure if I got the question right, but I'll try to help.
    You could use the "press" parameter in the OnKeyEvent and timerNode to set up the long press support. There is an event on the button release with "press=false" parameter. So you could try to play around with this and implement long press support for any button.
    Start timer when "press=true", and stop timer on "press=false".

    I hope that this info will help someone.