Remote Control
The program supports various remote controls. You can configure the key settings in Configure Application Setting->Remote & Shortcut->Configure Shortcut.
The program also provides a powerful way to remote control through webpage, allow you to do things like searching/selecting ktv or media files, and controling the play list. You don't need to do any configuration, but following hardware requirements are needed:
The computer/cellphone running the webpage must be able to communicate with the machine running okeoke.net.exe directly. The simpliest configuration is that all machines are connected to the same LAN, e.g., home wifi network. If you are using a smart phone to load the webpage, the web browser must be able to talk to the other machine directly. That's why you can NOT use Opera to do remote control through webpage.
Following are some basic steps to do remote control through webpage::
- In your cellphone web browser, enter http://machine:8080, where machine is the actual name of the machine running okeoke.net.exe. 8080 is the port number, some time the port could be used by other program. In that case, okeoke.net.exe will post a warning, and you can pick a different port in Application Setting->Remove & Shortcut
- After web page is loaded, you can click each link to add/remove song to playlist, adjust volume, rearrange order in the play list, etc.
The size of the webpage and its font size can also be adjusted in Application Setting->Remove & Shortcut
If the webpage fails to load, first thing to check is the network connection, you can run command line "ping machinename" or "ping IPAddress" from both machines. For some device, e.g., iPad, machine name might not work for loading webpage, you can try IP address.
If the connection is not the problem, it's possible that the port is blocked by antivirus software or Windows Firewall in the machine running OkeOke.net. Following steps can be used to modify firewall setting in a Windows 7 machine:
- Run Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
- On the left column, select Inbound Rules
- On the right column, select New Rules...
- In the popup window, select Port, click Next
- Select TCP, specify the port, e.g., 8080, click Next
- Select the first option, Allow the connection, click Next
- Check all options, click Next
- Enter a name, e.g., okeoke, then save the rule.
