JP1 Remotes

vickyg2003 · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:53 am Post subject:

Elizabeth wrote

vickyg2003 · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:05 am Post subject:

Thank you John,

I can see the extender will save me lots of key moves. I like that the extender groups the T, P, V keys too, because I have related items on my shifted keys. I just expected the extender would work the way the remote normally did witch I had to do lots of key moves to get around.

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

We're trying hard to walk you through everything, but many of these questions are truly addressed in the extender readme. In this case you are talking about Temporary Device Selection (i.e. you want to select a device mode ONLY to execute a command within a macro). The readme says:

vickyg2003 · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:45 am Post subject:

Yes, I can see that when I get home I'm going to have to download the files from the file section here instead of the files I down loaded at the yahoo site because that information was not in the readme's over there.

Thanks for all of your help.

ElizabethD · Advanced Member Joined: 09 Feb 2004 Posts: 2348

7800ext2 doesn't have temporary device selection nor x_cancel/dev_cancel. Speed and simplicity are key, but I sure wish johnsfine extended this extender Smile

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

OK, now I'm getting confused.

Are we working Vicky through the 8811 or the 7800 extender? The first post seems to indicate she's trying to set up her 8811, so that's all that I am talking about. Can we keep the 7800 confusion out of this? Pretty please?
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ElizabethD · Advanced Member Joined: 09 Feb 2004 Posts: 2348

I'm unclear from post1 which remote we're talking about.
But on page 1 I thought she wanted both, and the first post on this page seems to be asking for translation.
Ok, all yours.
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vickyg2003 · Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:59 pm Post subject: 8811 Shift Keys

Okay I'm back to my 8811, I've got all my key moves and macros in, and I have one problem. Everything I've assigned to a shifted key doesn't work.

I see in IR that there is a shift and an ALT Shift assigned to 2. Is that where my problem comes from?

vickyg2003 · Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:19 am Post subject:

Never mind, the Shift keys were not working because of my programming error, although I do have one timing issue. I need to insert a pause.

I know you told me to get the pause protocol from KM, but I can't seem to find it there, so I went to the files section which once again sent me back to the YAHOO site, where I found a pause txt file for KM. So is it okay to get the file there?

Mark Pierson · Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:34 am Post subject:

vickyg2003 · Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 9:39 pm Post subject:

Doh! I had the wrong version of keymaster and IR!!!! Okay I've learned my lesson well. Stay away from Yahoo.

greenough1 · Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 659

Vickyg,
Did you end up using toadtog to control the mute state of your receiver? I'd like to do that to but could use an e.g. to guide me.

thanks,
jeff

vickyg2003 · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 1:04 pm Post subject:

Oh how embarrassing! Embarassed

I can't believe I was that scattered! I think Capn_Trips and Elizabeth must have wanted to shoot me!! Very Happy

Yes I did use the ToadTog for my mute, but after discovering LKPs I ended up doing most things with the short/long key press. A short mute press, mutes, a long mute unmutes. ToadTogs are hard for me because I have multiple remotes for each TV. I use ToadTogs to keep track of the state the remote is in, instead of the state my equipment is in.

greenough1 · Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 659

Thanks for the reply Vicky.

I setup a first cut of toadtog to keep track of the mute status of my RCVR.
Here's what I'm trying to do:
For these devices I want the RCVR muted: TV, SAT
For these devices I wan the RCVR un-muted: CD, DVD, CBL

I setup a Force On, Force Off Toadtog; Force On mutes RCVR, Force Off un-mutes RCVR

When switching to devices requiring RCVR muted, I execute Force On.
When switching to devices requiring RCVR un-muted, I execute Force Off.

I've not played with it for an evening yet, but preliminary testing shows it stays in sync unlike my other method.

In the old setup, I exectued an X_RCVR;mute in every LKP that switched between devices. going between TV and CBL would be fine as would CBL to TV. I would always be out of sync though when going from DVD to CBL, and would have to LKP it twice to get mute sync'd.

Does this sound like a sensible way to use toadtog?
Here's my current file:
http://hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=4746
See the RCVR shift/xshift+mute toadtog's for the definitions and the usage is in the LKP's.

Best,
jeff

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