JP1 Remotes

Hamsterman · Joined: 05 Jul 2012 Posts: 22

Hello again. It's been a while and now I'm back to being a beginner. I'm using my USB adapter and a new remote, but I'm having the famous "No Remotes Found". I've spent the last day searching the forum but I don't see anything that helps.

Just like the last time, the JP1xTEST works fine on my RCRP05B but not in RMIR. But now, I don't get any further.

Older USB Serial adapter
FTDIBUS\COMPORT&VID_0403&PID_6001

vickyg2003 · Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 6:49 am Post subject:

I'm not sure, but I think that message can mean that you don't have the RDF in the correct place. In RMIR, if you do a file-> new, can you find the RCA RCP05B? If not, then it is just a matter of relocating the RDF.
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mathdon · Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 7:58 am Post subject:

Hamsterman · Joined: 05 Jul 2012 Posts: 22

Thanks!!!!

I started RMIR, then immediately attempted to download from the remote. That worked, so then I loaded the setup file and was able to successfully upload to the remote.

One thing I found interesting in the rmaster.err file:

mathdon · Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 6:27 am Post subject:

On further investigation, it looks to me as if you have RMIR set quite specifically to open JP1.X Serial on port COM8, and if you have the lead plugged into any other COM port, then it will fail. The setting is done with the menu item Remote > Interface, where you can choose Auto-detect (tries all interface types and their ports), or JP1.X Serial, where you can further choose either Auto-detect (tries all ports for JP1.X Serial), or can specify a particular COM port (tries that port only).

I would suggest that you set Auto-detect from the Remote > Interface list, or if there is a reason why you want to be specific about the interface type, set JP1.X Serial but with the port Auto-detect option. Either way it will then not matter which port you plug the lead into.

It is not necessary to do a download before an upload. In the end I think it was chance that you plugged the cable into the "right" port, rather than it being a download instead of an upload, that resolved the problem. My suggestions above should prevent a similar thing happening again in future.
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Graham

Hamsterman · Joined: 05 Jul 2012 Posts: 22

Mathdon,

Thank you for your suggestion. You are correct that I had set the interface to use COM8. However, it originally was set to Auto-detect, and then JP1x Serial Auto-detect, and did not work. JP1xTest determined it to be on COM8, and that was an option in the Port Selection, and so I set it there as part of my troubleshooting efforts.

Hamsterman

mathdon · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 9:41 am Post subject:

Hamsterman, In view of your latest info, I think it will remain a mystery as to why your original upload attempt did not work. It seems that something must have prevented jp12serial.dll from finding the remote, but we have no way of finding what that was. To answer your earlier question: