JP1 Remotes

Oinge · Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 34

Specifically 6_806_80 (URC-881x_801x_601x).rdf and RSL1RSL1 (RS 15-2117_2116).rdf, although I suspect others may have the same problem.

When I was using my 15-2117 to learn some signals, I noticed the Key Names were not correct in the Window on the Learned key Tab. I traced the problem to spaces in the RDF in the [Buttons] section. The spaces were between " " for example "left arrow":Left=$33 changing the spaces to underscores like the following: "left_arrow":Left=$33 solved the problem. I also have a 8810w and found the same issue.

I have the latest download of RDFs (the seperate one) and the newest IR. Has this issue been there for some time or has it popped up with a newer version of IR? I haven't tried it, but it looks to me like the "left arrow":Left=$33 could just as easily be Left=$33.

I don't know for sure if the area between the quotes is supposed to be like a comment and not displayed in IR or if the spaces between quotes are not properly recognized in IR. Hopefully one of the experts can explain this.

Mark Pierson · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 11:05 am Post subject:

Anything in front of the colon ( Smile

is the "generic" button name (not currently used by IR, but is used by RM). Text after it is what IR and RM use for display purposes. If you want to see "Left Arrow" in IR, the proper entry would be:

"left arrow":"Left Arrow"=$33

Text MUST be quoted when it contains a space.
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Mark

Oinge · Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 34

Here is the text as it appears in the downloaded RDF:

[Buttons]
TV=$01,
VCR=$09
CD=$0a
SAT=$11
CBL=$12
DVD=$21
AUX=$22
AUDIO=$23
0=$1F
1=$15
2=$16
3=$17
4=$19
5=$1A
6=$1B
7=$1C
8=$1D
9=$1E
Menu=$14
Guide=$36
Power=$03
"display":Info=$13
"up arrow":Up=$31
"left arrow":Left=$33
"down arrow":Down=$32
"right arrow":Right=$34
Select=$35
"vol up":VOL+=$04
Mute=$08
"vol down":VOL-=$05
"fav/scan":Scan{Fav}=$2C
"channel down":Ch-=$07
"channel up":Ch+=$06
"prev ch":Last=$38
Enter=$18
"tv/vcr":TV/Video{A/B}=$20
"rewind":Rew=$0B
Play=$0C
"fast fwd":FFWD=$0D
"record":Rec=$10
pause=$0F
"Stop":Stop_Eject=$0E
Sleep=$30
+100=$2F
"pip on/off":PIP=$25
"pip move":Move=$26
"pip swap":Swap=$27
Freeze=$28
"theater":My_System=$24
Exit=$37
"setup" Razz

[Setup]=$02
"light":{light}=$29
DiscreteON=$2A
DiscreteOFF=$2B
phantom1=$2D
phantom2=$2E
phantom3=$39
phantom4=$3A
phantom5=$3B

The only thing I did was change the spaces to the left of the colon to underscores and then the key names displayed correctly.
Are you saying that the text to the right of the colon that contains spaces should be enclosed in Quotes.

If so, was this an oversight in the RDfs that I downloaded?

jamesgammel · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 3:35 pm Post subject:

No, he said that " and " arte only used on the left side of the ":". As you can see, only one entry had two "words", My_System and there are NO ""s, but it does have an underscore (because it CAN'T have a space on the right of the ":"). IR ignores whats on the LEFT of the ":" and displays only what's on the right of the ":". What's on the Left is for RM ro convert what's commonly seen as generic button names that KM uses a lot. RM knows what those within quotes are for. What IR sees and displays is what's on the RIGHT side of any ":" that are present. IR doesn't need or even "see" what's on the left side of any ":" that may be present. If you want to change what IR displays, ie "Left arrow" INSTEAD of just "Left" simply type andf replace "Left" with "Left_arrow" (minus the quote marks). IR BREAKS if a white space is between the two words, hence the _(undersore) requirement; but "ignores" that undersore when it actually presents the "text names". Read the .DOC file included with IR to see what IR requires, and the format in which it must be presented. Nils, or someone needs to update it to include the RM requirements and quirks. For NOW, that document ONLY pertains to IR. FWIW, For the remotes I use, and thus their RDF's, IR didn't care what was to the left of the ":", so white spaces there didn't matter. It IS picky about white spaces on the right side tho. There are other symbols that you can't use on the right side, and they're covered in the IR .DOC file.

Hope this helps.

Jim

johnsfine · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 3:48 pm Post subject:

Mark and Jim, please reread what "Oinge" said. He clearly understands the quoting rules and is clearly reporting that IR.EXE fails to correctly parse correctly quoted material.

I don't have time to redo the test to confirm, so I won't rule out operator error, but the above reports are clear and report an IR bug, not a misunderstanding of the quoting rules.

Mark Pierson · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 4:22 pm Post subject:

johnsfine · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 4:39 pm Post subject: Re: RDFs

Oinge · Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 34

Johnsfine is correct, even about possible operator error Very Happy

. I believe that IR is not correctly handling the spaces in the quoted text to the left of the colon.

I uploaded "Spaces_RDF.ZIP" to the diagnostic files section of files at Yahoo, if anyone is interested. Although I discovered the problem working with learned signals the device tab has the same issue with keynames. The files I uploaded are the same except one is the original rdf and one is the rdf I modified.

If I understand correctly I could eliminate al lthe text to the left of the colon, including the colon and not cause any problem other than the "original" button names not being displayed. Is this correct?

johnsfine · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 5:07 pm Post subject:

I suddely remembered the more obvious explanation.

It's a recently added feature in IR.EXE

Mark is using a newer version than Oinge is using.

Mark Pierson · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 5:10 pm Post subject:

Oinge · Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 34

I opened both files I posted and you are right they both looked the same. Then I realized I was using the same rdf to open both. Therefore they would look the same. When I use the original RDF, the problem is there with both files and whenI use the modified RDf they both look like they should.

I change my uploaded file to include a IR text file and the original and modified RDF files. I changed the extensions of the two files to .org and .mod.

IR is reporting

Remote Control Programmer 3.20
Learned Signal Decoder : DecodeIR (version2.05

Mark Pierson · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 7:59 pm Post subject:

Mark Pierson · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 8:06 pm Post subject:

Oinge · Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 34

I thought I had downloaded the newest IR when I downloaded the seperate RDFs. However, I must not have. I now have the latest IR and it looks fine with the unmodified RDF. It doesn't display the keynames in Quotes to the left of the colon, which is what I was going to do by deleting that text. It makes a nicer looking displaythat way, or at least I think so.

Anyway thanks for your help and patience. I'll delete my upload from the diagnostic area of Files @ Yahoo, before I forget Laughing