Can I download from remote and use aquired data in RM?

wrdavis · Post by **wrdavis** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:14 pm

I don't see any mention of reading a remote with IR, and then somehow moving the data to RM to diddle with it. Looks sort of one way from RM to IR.

I see reference remarks to ccf files which may be how this can be done. Looks like a tool "Pronto" is required. But I don't see it listed or any how to files for it in the files section.

Post by **The Robman** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:35 pm

The only useful info that you can download from a remote is the information displayed about your learned signals (assuming your remote is a learning remote). You can't, for example, program a setup code to a device button, then download to see what it's made of.

A Pronto is an adanced touchscreen remote made by Philips. Pronto users can save their configuration files on their PC, these are called CCF files. We use these as a source of code information.

gfb107 · Post by **gfb107** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:44 pm

Every JP1 remote has two seperate storage spaces for device upgrades. The ones that are "built-in" are stored in ROM. The ones that are added later. either using our JP1 tools or by OFA or UEI, are stored in the EEPROM. JP1 only allows reading and writing of the EEPROM - it does not provide any access to the ROM. So there is no way to directly extract the device definition.

However, with a bit of work it is possible to discover how a particular built-in device is defined. The way to do this is simple. Use the keymover function of the remote to move all the keys from the setup code you are interested onto another device which has been assigned some other arbitrary setup code. Then download with IR and look at the resulting keymoves. You should be able to see the EFC or Hex associated with each keymove.

Note that this doesn't work for some of the newer remotes, such as the URC_6131, which stores the keycode of the button moved instead of the hex of the command associated with that button.