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gfb107 · Expert Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Posts: 3411 Location: Cary, NC

It is common courtesy to post a link to the file you upload for someone to look at. That way the person who wants to help you doesn't have to go looking for it.

It looks like the device upgrade was installed as VCR/1962, which you assigned to the SAT device button. When you have been testing the upgrade, have you been using the SAT device mode?

Your "My System" macro doesn't set any key sets to the SAT device, so I want to be sure you are testing in SAT mode.
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The Robman · Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:34 pm Post subject:

1) Here's a link to the file, but like Greg said, in future please post links yourself.

2) You saved the file with an .rmdu extension. This extension is used for RM files only, IR files are saved with an .ir extension.

3) The VCR/1962 upgrade uses protocol $011F which needs to be added, but I don't see the protocol in this file. If you look back at my earlier post you'll see that I did provide a protocol upgrade too. Of course, if you didn't add the protocol it does make me wonder how you were able to get the upgrade to work at all.
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gfb107 · Expert Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Posts: 3411 Location: Cary, NC

BTW, I just released RM v1.18 which can now correctly import either the original Device Combiner upgrade or the new Panasonic MIX Combo upgade.
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Lurker1 · Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 37

Sorry about the failure to include a link.

The Robman · Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:53 am Post subject:

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The Robman · Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:28 pm Post subject:

I'm looking at this file, when I click on the Protocols tab I see the following protocols:

$0180
$0181
$01FC
$01FB
$01F9
$01F8
$01FD
$01D0

I don't see $011F. Now, I see from your comments that you're using extender3 and I only have RDFs for extender1 and 2, so I picked #2 as I believe it also works with ext3.
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gfb107 · Expert Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Posts: 3411 Location: Cary, NC

The protocol is definitely not in the file you posted in the Diagnosis Area.
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johnsfine · Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:46 pm Post subject:

Lurker1 · Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 37

gfb107 & Robman;

Perhaps in the confusion of working with several files, I forgot to add the protocol to gfb107's upgrade.

When I get home from work tonight, I won't be frustrated with it, and I'll attack it with a clear head and make sure the protocol is included.

Once again thank you for your time and patience.

The Robman · Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:02 pm Post subject:

Lurker1 · Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 37

Well I tried the upgrade with the protocol Robman recomended and I am still unable to configure the remote. The unit will power on but except for the number & transport control buttons, nothing else works. I got the arrow buttons to work, but keymoving my 2nd DVD (also a Panasonic) arrow buttons over to this one, but so far I can't get any of this units VCR/DVD buttons to work.

Pity that I brought this before I knew about JP1 in future I'll stay away from products that can't be programmed.

The Robman · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 12:13 pm Post subject:

I still suspect that you're not really using the upgrade properly. The fact that you were able to get the upgrade to partially work, without installing the protocol, tells me that something's not right. Without installing the protocol itself, none of the buttons should have worked. So, the fact that you are getting similar results with the protocol installed seems to imply that you're not using the upgrade at all.

Rather than have us speculate as to whether this Panasonic device really uses different commands to all the other Panasonic devices, I think it's time for you to take a step back. Rather than trying to get any of the existing upgrades to work, I think we need to confirm exactly what codes your combo uses. To this end, I would like you to un-install the extender from your 15-2117 and use it's learning ability to capture all of the buttons from the original remote. Because of the 15-2117's limited learning memory, it will take you several passes to capture all of the buttons, but this is OK.

Use VCR mode when you are learning the VCR functions and use DVD mode when you are learning the DVD functions. Use the appropiate buttons on the 15-2117 when they exist (eg, learn the PLAY function to the PLAY button, etc). When there isn't an appropiate button available (like for ANGLE, ZOOM, etc) use any spare button, but when you download the memory using IR, please go in and label each of these buttons so we know what they are.

If the original remote has shifted buttons (ie, you must press a SHIFT button before you press the button) ensure that you are learning the shifted version of the function. To do this, once you have learned the buttons, test them on the DVD/VCR player to see if the learned signal works as expected.

Once you've learned 25 or more buttons, the memory will be full. When this occurs, download the memory using IR and save the file. Then use the "delete all" button in IR to delete all the learned signals and re-load. Continue this process until all of the buttons on the original remote have been captured. When you're done, zip all the resulting IR files together and load them into the Diagnosis Area. Once we have these files we can verify whether the existing upgrade should work or whether we need a new one.
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Lurker1 · Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 37

I have zipped and uploaded three IR files for the unit and they are located in the diagnosis area.

Since I used the RS 15-2117 the button matchup wasn't perfect. In the cases where I had to use different keys, the notes section under each learned command contains the native key function (I wasn't sure where else to put it).

Here is the link to the file :

http://hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=1326