JP1 Remotes

Sorry, I thought I could shortcut the process by just embedding the upgrade code in the post. Per your requset, here's the RM upgrade file:

http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... le_id=4456

Thanks.

Actually, I don't know much about the system, itself. It's a friend's, and I'm just trying to help him consolidate his remotes.

The IR file I posted has the learned signals in it. I learned them under the AUX device -- I didn't figure that mattered.

As for the EFC's being so whacked, I guess that ...

Sure enough, the site even shows 0 bytes for the size of the file. Not real sure what happened there, but if 0 bytes were uploaded, you'd think you would get an error message. :?

Just tried again, using the same procedure as last time, and it seems to have worked:
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums ...

Check out this post:
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8153

Hope it helps you.

Having a problem creating a device upgrade for a RCA RTD258 HTIB. As a test, I've learned some of the buttons from the OEM remote. Playing these back, they work fine. In IR, the buttons all appear to be decoded correctly. The protocol is identified as RCA, Device 12. However, when I create a device ...

Just a heads up. Reading through the notes for the Dish Network Combo protocol, I noticed it listed discrete power codes (with the warning that they may not work with all models). Tried them and they work perfectly with the ViP211. I'd imagine they'd work for the PVR model, Vip622, as well.

HTH

So, to generalize, you simply picked a remote that has the same processor, but doesn't have the protocol of interest built in. A little more trial and error than I was hoping for, but clever.

Thanks.

Maybe I'm missing something, but it doesn't appear the protocol is ALWAYS present. For example, if I select the NEC1 protocol, then just as you say, the Upgrade protocol is there, just hidden. But if I select "Dish Network", which is the protocol I was originally trying to modify, it is not there ...

You are correct. It's right in the open in the protocol upgrade box below the device upgrade code; however, that box is only populated when the protocol isn't one of the ones built-in to the remote.

In this case, it didn't matter. But what would one do if (s)he wanted to tweak a built-in protocol ...

Discrete On: Select; Exit
Discrete Off: Select; Exit; Power

Scenarios:
1) Discrete On/Unit Off: Select "powers on" unit; Exit does nothing
2) Discrete On/Unit On: Select brings up browse banner; Exit clears it
3) Discrete Off/Unit Off: Select "powers on" unit; Exit does nothing; Power turns off the ...

Here's another tip for those using newer model Dish Network receivers. To work around the lack of discrete power codes, consider the following. Unless you lose power, unplug it, etc. when you power off the receiver, it doesn't actually shutdown — probably most everyone realizes that.

From it's ...

Thanks, ElizabethD. Yes, it is a Dish Network receiver: ViP211. Your suggestion of using the Dish Network Combo protocol did the trick.
Some observations, though:

· I used RM, not KM, though I doubt that matters.
· Switching the protocol mangled the EFC's in my function definitions.
· I didn't need ...

[EDIT - Rob]split off from this thread:
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8065

I hope some of the experts are still following this thread. I hit a bit of a stumbling block when I found that I had a second device, my satellite receiver, that wouldn't respond to the shorter ...

Thanks, Elizabeth. I blindly followed your instructions for how to do this for one device and it worked. :D

Analyzing your approach, I think I see how it works now — please correct me if I am wrong:

You assign a macro on Phantom 4. The only place it is referenced is from the macro for the device ...

I was using X_Cancel because of the advice given in the readme file for the extender, which, paraphrased, states that if the above example were in a general purpose macro that might be called by other macros, you probably should make the last step X_Cancel. No biggie, if I don't need it, I don't ...