IR thinks my URC-8910 is a URC-7550

[gumbygo1]

I just bought a URC-8910 and a premade JP1 cable. I'm new to this JP1 stuff, but I'm a computer engineer, so I'm pretty comfortable with playing with this kind of stuff.

Here is my problem:

When I do "Download from Remote" using IR.exe, it incorrectly thinks my remote is a URC-7550.

I changed the filename of the 8910's RDF file to give it the same prefix as the 7550's file and now things *appear* to be working better. Why am I having this problem to begin with? Did I do something wrong?

Thanks!

[johnsfine]

You should save the .ir file from downloading from your remote. Some of the other experts might want to see it later.

Then I suggest doing the manufacturer reset on the remote (Rob posted instructions somewhere). Then try that download again.

I've never heard of a symptom like that. But my first guess is someone had that 8910 before you and via JP1 or other method put something strange into the eeprom.

[The Robman]

There are two possibilities here...

a) Someone at the factory accidentally loaded the 7550 image into the remote, or the EEPROM chip was pre-loaded with the 7550 image when it was installed

or

b) They accidentally installed a 7550 MCU processor in this remote.

I think (a) is more likely. If this is the case, all you need to do is a full factory reset and IR will recognize your remote properly.

If it's (b), you will need to create a new RDF based on the 7550 RDF, that reflects where the functions really show up on the 8910. You will have to figure that out by experimentation.

[gumbygo1]

I did a factory reset using the instructions in the forum and now it works correctly. Thanks guys!