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potatohead
Joined: 05 Feb 2016 Posts: 2
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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 4:24 pm Post subject: Multiple Protocols per Remote |
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Hello, Folks!
I'm new to RM and custom remotes and am wondering if it's possible to set up a single Sling remote with different protocols for different buttons? I've done a lot of searching on the web and my research is suggesting otherwise -- mainly due to a lack of sufficient information. The best I could find on the matter is to use RM's "Device Combiner" feature; But again, information on that is terse at best.
I'm not exactly sure if it's possible to accomplish what I'm asking, so I'd really appreciate it if someone could either point me in the right direction or let me know if I'm just pounding sand here.
Thanks in advance for your help! |
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vickyg2003 Site Admin
Joined: 20 Mar 2004 Posts: 7073 Location: Florida |
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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Many remotes support device-combiners, but there is no device-combiner support for slingboxes.
What protocols do you need to combine? |
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potatohead
Joined: 05 Feb 2016 Posts: 2
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, that's what I suspected. I was looking to mix some NEC1 and XMP-1 commands together for a more convenient remote, but I guess that isn't possible because of limitations within the Slingbox itself. Unfortunately this looks to be another one of those times when you can't always get what you want. C'est la vie.
Anyway, thanks for the response -- at least I won't be spinning my wheels on this any longer! |
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3FG Expert
Joined: 19 May 2009 Posts: 3367
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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Typically it is possible to write a custom executor which can send two or more IR protocols. There are a few restrictions.
Size in bytes: The executor plus all of the XMP/NEC1 commands have to fit into the space allowed by the Slingbox. Depending on how many total commands you want, this may be practical.
A flag bit is needed: The executor needs to be told whether a given function should be sent using the NEC1 or the XMP-1 section of the executor. Since XMP-1 and NEC1 both use 8 bit commands, we'd need two command bytes to describe each signal, and that uses space. I haven't put any effort into this, but I guess you'd probably be limited to around 25 total signals. An alternate but unlikely scenario is to find that the entire set of XMP-1 and NEC signals didn't use one of the 8 bits of OBC. For example, suppose that all of the OBCs were less than 128. In that case we could use bit 7 of the OBC as the NEC1/XMP-1 flag. |
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The Robman Site Owner
Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 21238 Location: Chicago, IL |
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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XMP is a huge executor, so to combine that with the device combiner code, it would be way too big for Slingbox. _________________ Rob
www.hifi-remote.com
Please don't PM me with remote questions, post them in the forums so all the experts can help! |
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