Hi everyone, I have installed IR with lircd.conf and it all works well on my Pi3. Now I am trying to get some functionality from an apple remote closer to what I had when I used my mini as server/client but I keep failing to get keymaps to work on even a basic level maybe I am missing a step or fine detail somewhere.

Using an Apple 1294 (silver remote) & have remote sends keystrokes enabled.
attempted among many a keymap from http://kodi.wiki/view/Alternative_keymaps_for_Apple_remote
stored as /storage/.plexht/userdata/keymaps/joystick.AppleRemote.xml

********lircd.conf is********

#

APPLE A1294 SILVER

#

begin remote

name apple_a1294
bits 8
flags SPACE_ENC|CONST_LENGTH
eps 30
aeps 100

header 9075 4444
one 584 1634
zero 584 549
ptrail 593
pre_data_bits 16
pre_data 0x77E1
post_data_bits 8
post_data 0x51
gap 107195
toggle_bit_mask 0x0

  begin codes
      KEY_UP                   0x50
      KEY_DOWN                 0x30
      KEY_LEFT                 0x90
      KEY_RIGHT                0x60
      KEY_PLAY                 0xFA 0xA0
      KEY_MENU                 0xC0
      KEY_OK                   0x3A 0xA0
  end codes

end remote

********and Lircmap.xml********


KEY_UP
KEY_DOWN
KEY_LEFT
KEY_RIGHT
KEY_PLAY

KEY_MENU

**********and 99-lircd.rules**********
SUBSYSTEM=="lirc", DRIVERS=="lirc_rpi", ENV{lircd_driver}="default", ENV{lircd_conf}="/storage/.config/lircd.conf"