Cable Company Remote to operate SlingCatcher

YMY · Post by **YMY** » Mon May 24, 2010 12:06 am

Hi,

I Am only new here but was Google-ing (however one would spell that) away and stumbled across this forum and thought this might be a good place to ask this question so here goes...

I have a SlingBox Pro-HD located in RI, USA which is getting its source from Cox Cable box DVR, it is a Motorola DCH 6416 or something.

I Have the Cox remote the silver one. I am located in Sydney Australia and am watching my picture through a SlingCatcher.

My Question is I want to be able to use my COX remote in replacement of the SlingCatcher one as the Sling one is a POS. Does anyone know if this is possible? and if so how would one go about doing it?

I have noticed in the COX brochure i can program things but i need some 4 or 5 digit number which i cant find but at the same time i don't know if this would help me much.

Thanks in advance for any info

Cheers

~Matt

Post by **vickyg2003** » Mon May 24, 2010 5:32 am

Hi Matt. We have an upgrade for a SlingCatcher PL This upgrade uses a custom protocol, so we can't make your Cox remote, control your slingCatcher without a cable.

YMY · Post by **YMY** » Mon May 24, 2010 2:57 pm

Thanks for your reply. I am a little stumped as to what i would do with this file and how it will help me. any further insight would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

~Matt

Post by **The Robman** » Mon May 24, 2010 3:31 pm

Is your Cox remote a JP1 remote? In other words, does it have a 6-pin connector inside the battery compartment? If it does, you have the option of buying a JP1 cable which would let you load new setup codes into the remote as upgrades.

Vicky found an upgrade that might work for you, so with the right cable, you should be able to load that upgrade into the remote.

http://www.hifi-remote.com/jp1/help/

YMY · Post by **YMY** » Mon May 24, 2010 5:05 pm

Hi Robman,

Yes it does have a 6 pin connector inside the Battery compartment. What are the pinouts of the cable as i could easily make them. I appreciate the Help.

Cheers

~Matt

3FG · Post by **3FG** » Mon May 24, 2010 5:08 pm

Here's the Cox support page, which shows pictures of remotes that they supply.

This page shows Cox remotes that can be used with a JP1 cable.

YMY · Post by **YMY** » Mon May 24, 2010 5:36 pm

I have the Cox DVR-7820 remote seen here...

http://www.urcsupport.com/html.php?page_id=334

~Matt

3FG · Post by **3FG** » Mon May 24, 2010 10:48 pm

OK, the Cox remote is able to do JP1 stuff. It has flash memory and uses serial communcation to upload and download. Most people buy a USB to serial interface cable sold by Tommy Tyler ($29) because nearly every computer has a USB port, and the necessary drivers work on just about every operating system.

But you can make you own serial interface which plugs into a serial port, assuming that you have an old computer available. [Some people have had success using a USB to Serial adapter, but I would be inclined to just buy the above USB interface.]
Here's a couple of ways to build your own.. And here's an example of construction.

The software is free. RemoteMaster allows you to specify or load from file an upgrade, including the assignment of functions to buttons, while IR.exe does the actual work of communicating with the remote. See the Software forum.