Index: Slim/Hardware/IR.pm
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--- Slim/Hardware/IR.pm	(revision 9062)
+++ Slim/Hardware/IR.pm	(working copy)
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
 	my $timediff = $irTime - $client->lastirtime();
 	if ($timediff < 0) {$timediff += (0xffffffff / $client->ticspersec());}
 
-	if (($timediff < $Slim::Hardware::IR::IRMINTIME) && ($irCodeBytes ne $client->lastircodebytes)) {
+	if (($code !~ /(.*?)\.(up|down)$/) && ($timediff < $Slim::Hardware::IR::IRMINTIME) && ($irCodeBytes ne $client->lastircodebytes)) {
 		#received oddball code in middle of repeat sequence, drop it
 		$::d_ir && msg("Received $irCodeBytes while expecting " . $client->lastircodebytes . ", dropping code\n");
 		return;
@@ -553,8 +553,13 @@
 		msg("$irCodeBytes\t$irTime\t".Time::HiRes::time()."\n");
 	}
 
-
-	if (($irCodeBytes eq ($client->lastircodebytes())) #same button press as last one
+	if ($code =~ /(.*?)\.(up|down)$/) {
+		$::d_ir && msg("Front panel code detected, processing $code\n");
+		$client->startirhold($irTime);
+		$client->lastircodebytes($irCodeBytes);
+		$client->irrepeattime(0);
+		processFrontPanel($client, $1, $2, $irTime);
+	} elsif (($irCodeBytes eq ($client->lastircodebytes())) #same button press as last one
 		&& ( ($client->irtimediff < $Slim::Hardware::IR::IRMINTIME) #within the minimum time to be considered a repeat
 			|| (($client->irtimediff < $client->irrepeattime * 2.02) #or within 2% of twice the repeat time
 				&& ($client->irtimediff > $client->irrepeattime * 1.98))) #indicating that a repeat code was missed
@@ -581,6 +586,45 @@
 	}
 }
 
+sub processFrontPanel {
+	my $client = shift;
+	my $code   = shift;
+	my $dir    = shift;
+	my $irTime = shift;
+
+	if ($dir eq 'down') {
+		$::d_ir && msg("IR: Front panel button press: $code\n");
+		my $irCode  = lookupFunction($client,$code);
+		$client->lastirbutton($code);
+		processCode($client,$irCode,$irTime);
+		Slim::Utils::Timers::setTimer($client,Time::HiRes::time()+($Slim::Hardware::IR::IRHOLDTIME), \&fireHold, $1.'.hold', $client->lastirtime);
+	} else {
+		$::d_ir && msg("IR: Front panel button release: $code\n");
+		
+		my $irCode;
+		if ($irTime - $client->lastirtime() > $Slim::Hardware::IR::IRHOLDTIME) {
+			$irCode = lookupFunction($client,$code.'.hold_release');
+			$client->lastirbutton($code.'.hold_release');
+			processCode( $client,$irCode, $client->lastirtime);
+		} else {
+			$irCode = lookupFunction($client,$code.'.single');
+			$client->lastirbutton($code.'.single');
+			processCode($client,$irCode,$irTime);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+sub fireHold {
+	my $client = shift;
+	my $irCode = shift;
+	my $irTime = shift;
+
+	my $last = lookupCodeBytes($client,$client->lastircodebytes);
+	return if ($last =~ /\.up$/);
+	$::d_ir && msg("IR: Hold Time Expired - irCode = [$irCode] timer = [$irTime] timediff = [" . $client->irtimediff . "] last = [".$last."]\n");
+	processCode($client, $irCode, $irTime);
+}
+
 # utility functions used externally
 sub resetHoldStart {
 	my $client = shift;