JP1 Remotes

arantius · Joined: 05 Jan 2007 Posts: 25

Okay, thanks already to those who have and will helped me. I've made some good progress. I've got my extender installed, and macros on my device buttons automatically set my TV to the right input and so forth .. it's exciting!

Now, I've got four buttons for my VCR and five or so for my cable box that the manufacturer code doesn't include. I have two of the VCR buttons working, two not, and I'm confused by the cable box codes.

So, here's an un-extended IR file with the learned buttons:
http://arantius.info/ir/8910.ir
And here's the extended IR file that I'm working with;
http://arantius.info/ir/8910_ex1_arantius.ir

For the VCR, the two buttons that worked (learned in info and L1) were sub-device 0. The other two (learned in guide and menu) were sub-device 1. Of the latter two, one performed the wrong function and one nothing. I tried setting up a keymove with the EFC displayed in IR for the learned button, and got those results.

Now, for the cable box, I managed to get the buttons in L1-L3 working as keymoves under the extender. But, the two under f.rew and f.fwd I can't.

johnsfine · Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:13 pm Post subject: Re: Decode some learned buttons?

arantius · Joined: 05 Jan 2007 Posts: 25

johnsfine · Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject:

The keymoves on the device keys look right to me. I can't suggest anything better.

I'll try to find time to load your .ir file into my 8910 and use captureIr to see what is really sent.

I'm still not in the right place to check those Panasonic VCR Combo hex commands. I'll try to find time for that too when I'm in the right place.

In both cases unless some other expert jumps in here with the answer first.

johnsfine · Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:21 am Post subject: Re: Decode some learned buttons?

arantius · Joined: 05 Jan 2007 Posts: 25

First, thanks so much, you've been extremely helpful.

As for the VCR, yes, those new codes (learned hex + $40) work! But .. ahhh, now after doing it a couple times (tried, failed, tried again for screenshots) I finally see how you set up KM, and I can get the same results. I kept trying to select a protocol on the setup tab that un-greyed-out the Device/Sub boxes there, but now I see the "byte2" column over on functions.

As for the cable: Sorry, I've clearly worded things poorly, I'll start over:

I've keymoved the original A, B, C into M1, M2, M3, those worked. I've kemoved the original page up/page down into AUX, CD, those worked.

They're much less important, but the CBL/f.fwd and CBL/f.rev buttons are the day- and day+ buttons on the original, and I haven't gotten those to work.
I've uploaded new copies of the IR files to the URLs in my original post. The only two learned left buttons in the plain 8910 are those two. Those are the two I haven't got working. All the other keymoves for CBL in the extender are OK.

All the learned signals from the cable remote provided 3 hex and 3 efc values. For the 5 working buttons, I just tried the first in the list. For these two, though, none of the three seem to work.

johnsfine · Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:18 pm Post subject:

Those two learned signals were not in your first file of learned signals. They also have a device number of 28, while all the others were device 27.

The 8910 does not include the setup codes (CBL/0177, 1877 and 1977) that combine Panasonic_old devices 27 and 28.

So you need to create a device upgrade. In Remotemaster, it is very clear how to create a Panasonic_old upgrade mixing devices 27 and 28. In KM it is slightly less obvious, but still pretty easy.

For the basic functions (that you are getting from CBL/0877) that are the same across all these related setup codes, the easiest source is the CBL/0477 entry in the device4 spreadsheet. First copy that column of EFC numbers to you new upgrade, than switch to put in all the extra functions that don't match CBL/0477.

arantius · Joined: 05 Jan 2007 Posts: 25

Thank you! It all seems so easy now that I've finally got it worked out. How silly it seems now to miss the detail of the different device number; how complex it all seemed though, before I realized what was going on.

Just to note, to save memory I created the upgrade for my cable box, but I only put in the two buttons I needed, for just device 28. The remote's cable mode is still programmed to 0877, and I've just keymoved in those two extra buttons (from the code I defined for it, 1877).

Thank you again for your patience! I just have to go hunting for some harder to find (if they exist) discrete codes now ...