Now after that whole intro, some instructions on how to get this done.ġ.
I can proudly say after settings the sleep_timeout value to 0, both the test Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Box have stayed awake and responds to Control4's command every time we pickup the remote. I was about to give up until I stumbled upon this post: Could have went the Control4 route and setup a timer to hit the "up" button on the driver ever hour, but that could cause some unwanted distractions during viewing (and it's not a very elegant solution) Also looked into sideloading an Android app (like KeepAwake or RedEye) on to the Fire TV to keep it awake, however this seemed to produce mixed results and even appeared to add a performance hit to the Fire TV Stick. So I then went on the journey of trying to figure out a way to keep this awake since Amazon for some reason does not provide any options to keep it awake. The main issue seems to be (or at least from what I've noticed) is if the Fire TV falls asleep, the Control4 IP driver can no longer communicate with it. This has been tested on both Fire TV Stick and Fire TV box. So after weeks of working on this, I think I figured out a way to resolve this and wanted to share my results with everyone. Nor am I a big fan of the USB-IR adapter. Since a bunch of my customers keep requesting them, I can't just turn a blind eye to it. I'm definitely in the "barely works" category.
Seems to be one of those things that works great for some, and barely works for others. Hey all, just wanted to share this with you.
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