JP1 Remotes

jens · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 22

I am trying to modify my remote operation. I have IR.exe loaded on a win2k box which I think I am logged onto as an admin (I even made guest an admin). Actually I do not log in as such on this box so I guess I am guest but guest is a member of the admin group.When I run the interface check I get a "no response from remote" error message. When I bypass auto checking and try to download from the remote I get a "did not receive a response from the remote ... " message. When I connect pins 2 and 11 with a jumper I get the same "no response from remote" error message. When I hook a scope onto the shorted pin 2/11 I see a voltage toggle which confirms I have the right port address.
I have tried with batteries, without batteries, plugged into the remote and not plugged into the remote as well as with a basic shorting jumper.

I could sure use some suggestions as to what to try next .....
Do I need to have some sort of driver installed to access the parallel port under windows 2k ?

Jens

johnsfine · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:00 pm Post subject: Re: JP1 newbie problems

jens · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 22

> But also you may want to check BIOS settings for the printer port

That was a great thought .... alas, it didn't do the trick Sad

Jens

Tommy Tyler · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 6:48 pm Post subject:

Jens,

To get any real help you'll have to provide much more information than you have. We can't tell what kind of interface you're using, whether you bought it or made it, what kind of remote you're using (to be sure it's JP1 compatible), whether you installed the JP1 connector yourself, what steps (if any) you've taken to check the interface wiring, and on and on.

If the PC cannot see the interface when you run a Check Interface test, the error message says "No response from interface. . . . I think it might be a good idea if everyone ran the interface test with NOTHING plugged into the parallel port, and stared at the error message until it became permanently imbedded in their brain. It's the same message you'll get if you plug a good interface into a good parallel port, but deliberately select the wrong port address. That message tells you that you haven't established the most basic requirement for IR to work, communications between the interface and the PC. Fortunately, you don't have this problem.

However, if the PC can tell there's an interface connected to the specified parallel port alright but can't seem to communicate through it to the remote, the error message says "No response from remote. . . .

So there's good news and bad news. The good news is that as long as you're getting the "no response from remote" error message you know you don't have to worry about admin rights, whether you are connected to the right port, jumpering pins 2 and 11, whether you need an additional driver, etc. The bad news is that your interface is simply not working.

Tommy

jens · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 22

jens · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 22

OK, I double checked continuity between the female IDC connector and the male DB25 connector. All pins appear to be connected as per diagram. Since the JP1 header on my remote has pins 1/2/5 and 6 labeled, I have used those numbers to verify that the IDC connection is indeed proper.

Jens

jens · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 22

Double checked the Shaw/Motorola box - it's a DCT6412 Phase III

Capn Trips · Expert Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 3990

How new is this box (and more importantly, its associated remote)? Is it possible that the connection doesn't say JP1, but says JP1.1 or JP1.2? Some newer UEI remotes have a completely different processor, and although the interface looks the same, communicating through it to the remote has yet to be hacked.

Look closely at your remote to see if this is the case.
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jens · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 22

The cable box and remote was purchased about 2 weeks ago but the remote definitively says JP1 (no additional characters). I have done some more digging and it is an Atlas 5 remote which other people seem to have had no problem with. On the other hand, there is nothing saying that they didn't change the microprocessor on the board while still calling it a JP1.

Jens

Tommy Tyler · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 12:21 pm Post subject:

Jens,

greenough1 · Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 659

the moto 6412 Phase 3 box is the latest DVR box. I have the previous version (phase 2). the remote that came with mine (that has the swap button on it since both phase 2 and phase3 6412's are dual tuner dvr's) is jp1.2. I've read that the remote coming with the phase 3 boxes is also a jp1.2 remote.

I'm suspicious of the marking. If however your remote DOES NOT have the swap feature button, then it probably is a jp1 remote.

Best,
jeff

jens · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 22

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Tommy Tyler · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 5:26 pm Post subject:

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