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MPSAN · Joined: 17 Oct 2003 Posts: 77 Location: Portland, OR

Well, I have looked and do not see how to do what I think would be cool. Can you all tell I am upgrading to new TV's and a Comcast DVR? Very Happy

I am using a 2117 and Ext2.

There are a few functions on the DVR (6412) that would be nice to have, but I use very little. I thought that it would be great to be able to use the channel up/down for surfing as usual, but if there was a SHIFT LOCK function, I could shift it once and use the Channel up/down for a Page Up/Page down until I unlocked the shift.

Is there a way to do this so I don't tie up any more keys?

TIA,
Dave
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The Robman · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:21 pm Post subject:

You could create 2 seperate upgrades, one with the CH buttons as normal and another with them programmed as PAGE buttons. Then you could use the device toggler to switch between the two upgrades. The button that you program to toggle the codes would in effect be your SHIFT-LOCK button.
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MPSAN · Joined: 17 Oct 2003 Posts: 77 Location: Portland, OR

OK, now I have to read about a "device toggler" too!! Very Happy

Anyway, I am wondering if I am going to run out of room doing all this?

Perhaps the 2nd device could only have "shifted" keys and not the whole 6412.
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MPSAN · Joined: 17 Oct 2003 Posts: 77 Location: Portland, OR

Rob, got the device toggler file but it does not list my 15-2117's. Which one should I use or did I d/l an older devicetoggle.txt file?
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The Robman · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:41 pm Post subject:

If you're using the Special Protocols spreadsheet, the 15-2116 is the same as the 15-2117, so you can select that and use it.
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MPSAN · Joined: 17 Oct 2003 Posts: 77 Location: Portland, OR

I knew that, Rob, but I use RM and downloaded Devicetoggle.txt from the files section. Is that wrong?
I just got the special 1.17beta so perhaps that is what you meant.

pH7_jp1 · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 7:25 pm Post subject:

I just set up LKP on the CH+ and CH- to be Page+ and Page-. So, to get the page functions, I just need to hold the CH keys a bit longer.

gfb107 · Expert Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Posts: 3411 Location: Cary, NC

I'm visiting my parents, who have recently switched to Adelphia Cable and their DVR, the SA Explorer 8300HD. He hardly uses the CH+/CH- at all. He channel surfs using the guide. So, I just programmed CH+/CH- as Page+/Page-.

I just have to say it, being a DirecTiVo user, I just can't stand the SA Explorer 8300HD. Among many other big flaws, the absolute worst is watching a recorded program "behind-live". When the program reaches the end of it's scheduled time (but I'm watching behind), the darn thing just jumps to live TV. So I push the List button, and navigate to my recording, and try to play it. But it doesn't remember where in the recording I was watching! It starts at the beginning again!. So I have to fast forward to where I was before. But it doesn't have the "ticks" in the progress bar I am used to so I can jump ahead faster than the fastest fast forward speed. In a multi-hour recording ( movies or sports) this is really painful.
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MPSAN · Joined: 17 Oct 2003 Posts: 77 Location: Portland, OR

Yes, I could try LKP (never did get it going). How Long a delay do you use? Wouldn't it get to be a pain to have to hold it for a bit on each page down?

The Robman · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:07 pm Post subject:

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

Rob, I notice that your recommendation has shifted from Device Toggler to Device Multiplexor.

Just to avoid confusion, (or, perhaps compound any) if I'm not mistaken, these are two distinct protocols, either of which can be used to tackle MPSAN's challenge.

Device toggler allows precisely the specific behaviour requested ("Push a button to select a different set of functions within a particular device button and the same button to switch back")

Device Multiplexor allows "piling up" more than one device code on a single device button, and selection is not "toggled"per se, but is selected by a 2-button sequence, one to select one upgrade, a second to select another, and so on.

Having used NEITHER of these, it appears that the device multiplexor "costs" less memory usage and provides somewhat greater customizability, but at the cost of the simple "push one button to alternate between two modes" functionality.

So MPSAN, choose your poison. Either should work, and the readme's in the spreadsheet Rob referenced above are pretty clear, it seems.
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The Robman · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 7:08 am Post subject:

That was a one-word typo which I have corrected.
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pH7_jp1 · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:37 am Post subject:

MPSAN · Joined: 17 Oct 2003 Posts: 77 Location: Portland, OR

Thank you everyone. I will try them. Also, Rob, I got your latest file. I had version B.

LKP may be what I want...just need to get it going.
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MPSAN · Joined: 17 Oct 2003 Posts: 77 Location: Portland, OR

Well, I see that the Spreadsheets are not working well in StarOffice. The dropdown boxes are not there. OH well, may have to calculate by hand.
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