Teach a old URC-2025 dog some new tricks..

samuelrock · Post by **samuelrock** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:53 pm

So I have the following components

Sony BDP-S350 "BluRay"
Sony STR-DH810 "AVR"
LG 65UN6950ZUA 65" TV

I have the following remotes.

LG-AKB75675304
URC-2025

As the URC remote and my Sony gear is about the same age they get along nicely. None of the stock codes in the URC manual properly operate all of the TV functions.

What I would like to do is use my MCE Receiver to capture all the codes from the LG remote and make a upgrade for the URC.

I done this years ago with a JP1 parallel cable and a URC-4702. I used a URC-8810 to learn the hand full of codes I needed then added it to the URC-4702.

I still have the URC-8810 but I no longer have a machine with a parallel port, I ordered a usb to parallel port adapter but it has a C36 connector not a DB25. I could remove the C36 and install a DB-25 on it but it would be a painfully slow process to do the whole LG remote 4 buttons at a time as I did with the old DVD-R/VCR combo 12 years ago.

So what I would like to do is use my MCE receiver as a IR Widget in order to save all the ir codes from my LG remote. The issue is I can't find any threads detailing someone using a MCE receiver for this purpose.

If anyone can point me in the right direction it would be awesome!!

Thanks

Post by **mathdon** » Tue Nov 10, 2020 7:59 am

I can't answer your question, but I do have one for you. It seems from your pictures that you have the right cable and 5-pin adapter to use RMIR with your URC2025. The URC-2025 is one of only two remotes that we have ever found that has both JP1 capability (through the 5-hole socket) and RF capability using the RF4CE protocol. Is your URC-2025 paired with a cable box for RF? If it is, I would really love to have a raw download of it to improve my knowledge of its RF support. To use your phrase, that would be awesome

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samuelrock · Post by **samuelrock** » Tue Nov 10, 2020 8:23 am

mathdon wrote:I can't answer your question, but I do have one for you. It seems from your pictures that you have the right cable and 5-pin adapter to use RMIR with your URC2025. The URC-2025 is one of only two remotes that we have ever found that has both JP1 capability (through the 5-hole socket) and RF capability using the RF4CE protocol. Is your URC-2025 paired with a cable box for RF? If it is, I would really love to have a raw download of it to improve my knowledge of its RF support. To use your phrase, that would be awesome .

It is setup for a cable box.. At this point I have no idea if its RF or IR.. My end goal was to use the STB button with LIRC for a media device or maybe attempting to get it to work on a fire tv..

You are more than welcome to a dump of the remote. I will send you the RM backup of it when I get home.

mdavej · Post by **mdavej** » Tue Nov 10, 2020 11:23 am

I don't know of any way to use an MCE dongle as an IR capture device.

But I already know all the LG codes. Look over this upgrade and tell me what's missing (Netflix, etc.), and I'll fill in the blanks.
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... e_id=25572

To program your 8810 on a modern computer, just get a JP1.3 USB cable plus an EEPROM adapter, not an old parallel port card. Check some of the beginner stickies for details.

samuelrock · Post by **samuelrock** » Tue Nov 10, 2020 11:32 am

mathdon wrote: Is your URC-2025 paired with a cable box for RF? If it is, I would really love to have a raw download of it to improve my knowledge of its RF support. To use your phrase, that would be awesome .

Here is a link to the file.. It has the stock programming for a LG TV, Sony AVR, and Sony DVD programmed into the image.. The STB button its setup how ever the cable company had it..

http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... e_id=26125

Here is the Raw Image
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... e_id=26126

mdavej · Post by **mdavej** » Tue Nov 10, 2020 11:36 am

Please upload to our file section instead. Thanks

samuelrock · Post by **samuelrock** » Tue Nov 10, 2020 12:09 pm

mdavej wrote:I don't know of any way to use an MCE dongle as an IR capture device.

But I already know all the LG codes. Look over this upgrade and tell me what's missing (Netflix, etc.), and I'll fill in the blanks.
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... e_id=25572

To program your 8810 on a modern computer, just get a JP1.3 USB cable plus an EEPROM adapter, not an old parallel port card. Check some of the beginner stickies for details.

Thanks I will give this a test run when I get home.. I looked up the AN-MR700 remote that upgrade will likely have all the buttons I need..

I found a way to make a capture device from a demodulator and a PI.. I am going to look at cooking that up tonight.. But the upgrade you pointed to will likely get my TV working up to par with the URC-2025..

I don't need to program the old 8810 at least not at this time. I was going to attempt to use it as a capture tool for the buttons that don't work on the stock LG codes to make a upgrade for the URC-2025 but once I sat down and looked at what was missing I realized it would take forever to do it 4 buttons at a time.

samuelrock · Post by **samuelrock** » Tue Nov 10, 2020 8:12 pm

mdavej wrote:I don't know of any way to use an MCE dongle as an IR capture device.

But I already know all the LG codes. Look over this upgrade and tell me what's missing (Netflix, etc.), and I'll fill in the blanks.
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... e_id=25572

That file got me working good enough for now.. One thing I did find is that my remote is a URC-2025B2BB is slightly different from the URC-2025B2..

It was minor but never the less different.. I grabbed MapThis and I am working on updating the files for the URC-2025B2BB..

Thanks for pointing that LG stuff out the wife loves using a single remote for all the AV components.. The only straggler I have is the FireTV and I am about to set that up with a IR receiver and make a upgrade for the STB button to operate it.

Post by **mathdon** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 5:04 am

samuelrock wrote:Here is a link to the file.. It has the stock programming for a LG TV, Sony AVR, and Sony DVD programmed into the image.. The STB button its setup how ever the cable company had it.

Thank you for the files. Unfortunately for me, the remote is not paired for RF with the cable box. If you do pair it at some time, I would be interested in having another raw download of the result.

samuelrock · Post by **samuelrock** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:12 am

mathdon wrote:
samuelrock wrote:Here is a link to the file.. It has the stock programming for a LG TV, Sony AVR, and Sony DVD programmed into the image.. The STB button its setup how ever the cable company had it.
Thank you for the files. Unfortunately for me, the remote is not paired for RF with the cable box. If you do pair it at some time, I would be interested in having another raw download of the result.

I will not be setting it up for a cable box.. I will use the STB button with a MCE upgrade to control a fire tv over IR..

I do have a few more of these on order from ebay, I will dump them when they come in and upload them for you just incase they are setup for RF.

mdavej · Post by **mdavej** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:00 pm

I don’t know the details of your fire control plan, but the built in Xbox 360 codes should work fine with the IReTV dongle.

samuelrock · Post by **samuelrock** » Thu Nov 12, 2020 2:16 pm

mdavej wrote:I don’t know the details of your fire control plan, but the built in Xbox 360 codes should work fine with the IReTV dongle.

That is exactly the route I was taking.. I am waiting for the dongle to arrive any day now..

samuelrock · Post by **samuelrock** » Fri Nov 13, 2020 7:56 pm

@mdavej

I got a IR demodulator setup on a pi and used lirc to capture the codes from a LG remote.. The output file is below.. Do you know how I can get this into remote master?

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# Please make this file available to others
# by sending it to <lirc@bartelmus.de>
#
# this config file was automatically generated
# using lirc-0.9.0-pre1(default) on Sat Nov 14 01:18:38 2020
#
# contributed by Samuel Rock K5MOB
#
# brand:LG                      
# model no. of remote control: AKB75675304
#
# devices being controlled by this remote:
# 32LM5620BPUA 32LM570BPUA 32LM620BPUA 32LM630BPUB 32LM6350PUA 32LM639BPUB 
# 43LM5700PUA 43LM6300PUB 55UM69 65UM73000PUA43UM6900PUA 49UM6900PUA 55UM6900PUA 
# 65UM6900PUA 43UM7100PUA 49UM7100PUA 60UM7100DUA 70UM7170DUA 55UM7200PUA 
# 60UM7200PUA 50UM7300AUE 50UM7300PUA 50UM7310PUA 55UM7300AUE 55UM7300PUA

begin remote

  name  /home/pi/lircd.conf
  bits           16
  flags SPACE_ENC|CONST_LENGTH
  eps            30
  aeps          100

  header       9068  4426
  one           592  1637
  zero          592   524
  ptrail        588
  pre_data_bits   16
  pre_data       0x20DF
  gap          107768
  toggle_bit_mask 0x0

      begin codes
          pwr                      0x10EF
          tv                       0xF00F
          search                   0x1EE1
          cc-sub                   0x9C63
          settings                 0xC23D
          input                    0xD02F
          1                        0x8877
          2                        0x48B7
          3                        0xC837
          4                        0x28D7
          5                        0xA857
          6                        0x6897
          7                        0xE817
          8                        0x18E7
          9                        0x9867
          0                        0x08F7
          list                     0x32CD
          ...                      0x6996
          vol+                     0x40BF
          vol-                     0xC03F
          fav                      0x7887
          guide                    0xD52A
          mute                     0x906F
          ch+                      0x00FF
          ch-                      0x807F
          netflix                  0x6A95
          home                     0x3EC1
          prime                    0x3AC5
          back                     0x14EB
          exit                     0xDA25
          up                       0x02FD
          down                     0x827D
          left                     0xE01F
          right                    0x609F
          ok                       0x22DD
          info                     0x55AA
          sap                      0x8976
          movies                   0x817E
          rec                      0xBD42
          stop                     0x8D72
          rew                      0xF10E
          play                     0x0DF2
          pause                    0x5DA2
          fwd                      0x718E
          red                      0x4EB1
          green                    0x8E71
          yellow                   0xC639
          blue                     0x8679
      end codes

end remote

mdavej · Post by **mdavej** » Fri Nov 13, 2020 8:11 pm

As I said before, I already had all those codes and could have simply posted the ones that you were missing. So there was no need to go to all that trouble.

But to use the codes you found, simply open the upgrade I posted earlier, go to the Functions tab and click new, enter the Name and enter the rightmost byte in the Hex column. For example Netflix is Hex 95. Then go to the buttons tab and map to whatever buttons you wish.

samuelrock · Post by **samuelrock** » Fri Nov 13, 2020 8:34 pm

mdavej wrote:As I said before, I already had all those codes and could have simply posted the ones that you were missing. So there was no need to go to all that trouble.

But to use the codes you found, simply open the upgrade I posted earlier, go to the Functions tab and click new, enter the Name and enter the rightmost byte in the Hex column. For example Netflix is Hex 95. Then go to the buttons tab and map to whatever buttons you wish.

This is more for the exercise of it.. I have a HDMI switch and some RGB rope lights I want to map.. Like this at least I can compare to a known value.. For what ever reason I though I had to get it over to pronto hex..

Thanks for the help...