Homemade JP1 cable and 8910

Ahoatam · Post by **Ahoatam** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:56 pm

trying to download for the first time, and not getting any results in IR.exe. I've checked, double checked, and triple checked my connections on the solder points, and everything seems fine. I noticed that when I connect the JP1 to the remote, the LCD screen gets funky and every LCD character is faintly active. Is this similar to anyone else's experience? What might I have missed?

Post by **The Robman** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 9:12 pm

Have you tried it both with batteries in the remote and without?

Ahoatam · Post by **Ahoatam** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 10:43 pm

Okay, tried both with and without batteries. Without batteries, I don't get the LCD thing, natch. In both modes, I get the error message "Did not recieve response (acknowledgement) from the remote after send to device address. Make sure your interface is plugged in properly...."

Also tried the manufacturer's reset. No dice.

Ahoatam · Post by **Ahoatam** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:12 pm

Okay, when I built the simple cable, I mistakenly used a female DB25 plate. I soldered to the correct numbers, and simply put a gender-changer on the end of it. This is my biggest deviation. Is the problem here perhaps?

Ahoatam · Post by **Ahoatam** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:42 pm

Okay, I found it...

Er... I'm retarded.

Thanks for the help.

Post by **The Robman** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 6:40 am

You don't get off that easy, now that you've asked for our help you have to tell us exactly what retarded thing you were doing. After all, someone else is almost bound to make the same mistake in the future.

Ahoatam · Post by **Ahoatam** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 8:54 am

Er... Following a color-coded wire scheme is no good if you are color blind. I totally switched my read and green wires (numbers 5 and 6 on the simple interface design) and it wasn't until I made my wife check everything in an act of desperation that I found my mistake.

Good thing I'm not a bomb technician.