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120240VAC60HZ
Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 183 Location: Trumbull, Connecticut |
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:12 pm Post subject: IR 8.0 with Windows 7 |
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Is there anyway to get IR Version 8.0 to work with Microsoft Windows 7? The application itself will launch & Open but will not connect with my remote (RadioShack 15-2116) I currently have Windows 7 Build ID 7600.16385.090713-1255 and it is the 64Bit version
My system specs are posted Here
So is there anyway to get this to work (Like new Parallel port Drivers) or will I have to dig out my XP Machine?
Here is the error I get
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The Robman Site Owner
Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 21254 Location: Chicago, IL |
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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You have JP1.x mode selected, as indicated by both the push button in the menu line (to the left of the red RM button) and the pop-up message.
You need to click on the JP1.x button to make it read JP1 and then it should work. _________________ Rob
www.hifi-remote.com
Please don't PM me with remote questions, post them in the forums so all the experts can help! |
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120240VAC60HZ
Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 183 Location: Trumbull, Connecticut |
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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I too noticed that after the fact (After I posted this message) but I tried and the JP1 Parallel is grayed out and will not let me select it |
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The Robman Site Owner
Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 21254 Location: Chicago, IL |
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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Do you have admin rights on this PC? _________________ Rob
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mathdon Expert
Joined: 22 Jul 2008 Posts: 4524 Location: Cambridge, UK |
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:46 am Post subject: |
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I see that the JP1.x button on the toolbar is grayed out. This means that IR has not found any form of JP1 access to be available. It doesn't actually test for JP1.x access until you try to connect to a remote, which is what you did. It failed to find that because you weren't connected to a JP1.x remote. So whether or not your setup would work with a JP1.x remote is still an open question, but it certainly won't work with a JP1 remote.
You mention specifically JP1 Parallel being grayed out. Do you really have a Windows 7 machine with a physical Parallel Port or are you actually using a JP1 USB cable?
Do we know if this is a Windows 7 problem or a 64-bit OS problem? Does IR.exe work properly under 64-bit Windows Vista?
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tennessee titan
Joined: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 117
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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I am using IR 8.00 with Windows 7(RC) 64 bit on a 64bit Dell quad I7. No problems. I am using one of Tommy's JP1.x USB cables. |
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120240VAC60HZ
Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 183 Location: Trumbull, Connecticut |
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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I have admin rights on this PC and the Motherboard has a physical Parallel port but I tried IR In compatibly mode for windows 98/Me and the JP1 button is not grayed out anymore but when I try to upload or download to the remote or even press the "Check Interface" tab it says "No Response from interface". I got the JP1 Interface from a place on the web a couple of years ago (I think it is just the simple interface) and I just tried it n my XP machine so I know the interface is not bad. The motherboard I have (I built the machine from parts myself) is a Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L Intel LGA 775 and it uses the G31 Chipset and the ICH7 controller. I know the parallel port on the motherboard works because when I had XP on this machine it worked fine |
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mathdon Expert
Joined: 22 Jul 2008 Posts: 4524 Location: Cambridge, UK |
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:41 am Post subject: |
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110220Volts wrote: | I know the parallel port on the motherboard works because when I had XP on this machine it worked fine |
I'm not very knowledgeable about hardware, so this may be a silly comment, but could there be an issue between Windows 7, or a 64-bit OS, and your parallel port board? Was your XP version also 64-bit (if there was such a thing, though I think there was)?
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120240VAC60HZ
Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 183 Location: Trumbull, Connecticut |
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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mathdon wrote: | 110220Volts wrote: | I know the parallel port on the motherboard works because when I had XP on this machine it worked fine |
I'm not very knowledgeable about hardware, so this may be a silly comment, but could there be an issue between Windows 7, or a 64-bit OS, and your parallel port board? Was your XP version also 64-bit (if there was such a thing, though I think there was)? |
I don't think there is a problem with the parallel and the 64-bit OS and yes there was a 64-bit version of XP but I had the 32-bit version |
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Tommy Tyler Expert
Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 412 Location: Denver mountains |
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:08 am Post subject: |
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This is one confusing thread, partly because tennessee titan jumped in with a testimonial for Win7 and I had trouble figuring out why we were asking him if HE had admin rights or what kind of interface HE was using.
In any event, I don't think mathdon's point was ever properly answered.
110220Volts wrote: | I know the parallel port on the motherboard works because when I had XP on this machine it worked fine |
That doesn't necessarily mean the parallel port works under Win7 as well as XP. It seems to me a tie breaker is needed, like running a printer or other parallel device (other than the interface) on the parallel port to verify that it is OK under Win7. And what kind of parallel port addresses is this home-built mother board giving? |
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The Robman Site Owner
Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 21254 Location: Chicago, IL |
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:49 am Post subject: |
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Tommy Tyler wrote: | This is one confusing thread, partly because tennessee titan jumped in with a testimonial for Win7 and I had trouble figuring out why we were asking him if HE had admin rights or what kind of interface HE was using. |
I agree, I also got confused at one point as to who's cable we were talking about, so I have condensed TTs answers back into this original post. _________________ Rob
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mathdon Expert
Joined: 22 Jul 2008 Posts: 4524 Location: Cambridge, UK |
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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I'm the one that asked TT what kind of interface he was using, and that's what I wanted to ask. I wanted to know if TT, who had Win 7 working with an IR USB interface, was using JP1 (as distinct from JP1.x) because if he was, the simple solution for 110220Volts was to get a USB interface and forget about an ancient parallel port one. But TT is using JP1.x, so we still don't know if there is a solution through USB.
I agree with Tommy that we still have no evidence that the parallel port board works with Win 7 and I believe that to be the most likely weak link. If so, the solution may well lie with a new JP1 USB cable but I'm sure 110220Volts would like an assurance that it will work before acquiring one.
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andyross
Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 263 Location: Aurora, IL |
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:44 am Post subject: |
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With any version of Windows, is IR set to the proper parallel port address? I think IR defaults to the basic ones, but under Windows, they could be odd addresses, especially if PCI-based. I had to manually change mine in IR to CCC8, for example. |
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tennessee titan
Joined: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 117
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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When I recently switched to the new quad I7 computer with Vista 64, I found a bunch of hardware and software that would no longer work. Computer no longer had IDE interface (goodbye to all the old disk drives, unless one was willing to accept a clunky IDE-SATA adapter or an external enclosure, No mre floppy interface ( all the DOS (remember DOS?) diagnostics and startup disks). No serial or parallel ports. What's next - DVD drives?
First point - Windows 7 alleviated some of that angst - I can use older xP based software with the new VT technology (I haven't tried it yet - waiting for the released W7).
Second point - I guess the JP1ers still clinging to their Cinema 7s and 1994s and the old parallel interfaces will just have to suck it up and move into the 21 st century..... |
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vickyg2003 Site Admin
Joined: 20 Mar 2004 Posts: 7073 Location: Florida |
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | Second point - I guess the JP1ers still clinging to their Cinema 7s and 1994s and the old parallel interfaces will just have to suck it up and move into the 21 st century..... | Ouch! _________________ Remember to provide feedback to let us know how the problem was solved and share your upgrades.
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