Is there where’s the other thread?
This is how I setup keyboard shortcuts in Kodi Openelec to run Vera scenes
It is a method independent of any of these Vera / Kodi add-ons.[/quote]
Reading your blog it appears that you are doing exactly what I’m asking for, just not in a Kodi based add-on. Would it be possible to incorporate your coding into this add-on or a fork of it if the developer doesn’t mind or want to support it further?
I’m trying to understand what you’ve done without being able to play with it directly myself at the moment but you’ve basically made a keyboard shortcut in Kodi trigger a Vera scene. That’s exactly what I’d love to have.[/quote]
If you are running Windows rather than Linux you can setup a similar thing using .CMD files with wget http commands in them and AutoHotKey to map them to keyboard shortcuts.
This method doesn’t need or rely on Kodi being installed. I guess that you could do away with AutoHotKey and just use the Kodi keyboard.xml mappings to run the CMD files. This was originally setup for Windows Media Center which is why I had to use AutoHotkey etc.
The other blog post about Openlec obviously relies on Kodi and its keyboard.xml file mappings.
Basically I do this for Kodi / Openelec:
Create a python script which runs a curl command to send the http request to the home automation controller.
Edit the Kodi keyboard.xml file and add in a new keyboard shortcut that will run the python script.
Repeat for each scene or device, so you end up with multiple python script files and different keyboard shortcuts to run each of them.
I then program my universal remote control so I can run scenes and control devices in Vera when using my remote control and via the Kodi HTPC.
There is little to no development on the various Vera add-ons for Kodi, so I would not wait or expect anything new to be done any time soon.