JP1 Remotes

The notation #n refers to issues number n at
https://github.com/bengtmartensson/harc ... dle/issues

Version 1.2
Open Issues:
* MacOS 10.11.4: Crash in RXTX when closing serial USB device, #64.
* MacOS 10.11.4: LAF Metal on Mac OSX El Capitan broken, #119.

User visible changes:
General:
- AppImage (see http://appimage.org/) format available for 64-bit
Linux, #65.
- Misc. minor tweaks in the installation.
- The installation is now completely relocatable (#100). For this, filenames
must not be stored with absolut filenames if they are children of apphome.
- Does not assume that CWD = applicationHome any more.
- IrpMaster, as executable, noninteractive program, can now be invoked by
giving --irpmaster as the first argument on the command line to IrScrutinizer.
- Added directory contributed. This should contain "contributed" protocols etc.
- Wrong parameter spec in RECS80 fixed (#114).
- Remove unused DTD support (#94).
- irscrutinizer.sh: (wrapper) improved location of apphome.
- Added some XML files from W3C and Apache, adapted the XML catalog
in order to make the project more self contained, and to allow
validation without network access.

GUI:
- Remove text "Analyzer result unavailable" (it looks like an error),
Ditto for DecodeIR. If analyzer not enabled, clean the field "AnalyzeIR"
when scrutinizing.
- Sort export formats in the GUI alpabetically (case insensitively).
- Load Tonto early, to dispose scary looking (but irrelevant) loading errors.
- New entries in the Help menu: issues, Feedback, Git repository #115.
- An active capture on "Scrutinize remote" now disallows capture
on "Scrutinize signal" and "Capturing hw"/Test (#109).
- Store last used import format persistently in properties. #108
- Handle attempts to hide non-existing columns more gracefully.
- Middle mouse in the scrutinze-remote tables now transmits the signal
under the mouse.
- Barf on no and multiple selections in some table functions.
- Update the GUI menus after reloading export format data base (#83).
- Issue confirmation if Girr-exporting with "everything" deselected.
- Paste in the data window of "Scrutinize signal" now replaces newlines
by spaces, #75.

Girr:
- Namespaces are used consequenctly in girr files, schema file now
girr_ns.xsd. (#84). New documentation files.
- xinclude now supported in Girr files. #107.
- CommandsSet import: Fixed nasty bug in getting the protocol of children, #118.
- girr[_ns].xsd: change definition of appParameter (allow string as value).
- Girr instances now accept hexadecimal number prepended by 0x
for parameter values. Removed attribute display-name, there is already
a displayName. General cleanup in girr.xsd.
- (Girr) change name uniqueness for command names #85
Now the command names are required to be unique within the CommandSets,
not in the remote.
- Implemented multi-toggles for Girr.Command. (#104)
- Parse hexadecimal numbers (etc) as parameters in Girs import (#70).
- Girr: cleanup of command API #105.

Export:
- There is now a schema file for exportformats.xml, exportformats.xsd. (#116).
- Support xinclude in exportformats.xml #106
- New export format: Arduino Raw (#17), supports IRremote, IRLib,
Infrared4Arduino.
- New export formats Arduino/Infrared4Arduino & Arduino/IRremote, #17, #116.
- New export format RemoteMaster (#113)
- New export format IrPlus https://irplus-remote.github.io. #103
- DynamicRemoteSetExportFormat now contains main routine for command
line processing of exportformats in XSLT.
- User selectable character set for export #93 (Options -> Export
options -> Character set...)
- IctExporter is now an xslt-export.
- Fixed two bugs with Lirc export: Names with spaces were
generated; RC5: misbehavior on F > 63, #90.
- fixed bugs in ict export, erroneous line endings on Windows.
See https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewt ... &&start=21
- LircExport: do not bail out for single silly signals; set explicitly
frequency for NEC1 and RC5 Lirc export.
- NPE in IrScrutinizer when exporting an exotic Pronto code #77.
- Girr: do not give up completely on non-renderable signals #69

Import:
- Improved error message for parse errors.
- Minor parse robustness improvements for raw signals.
- Import signals: if a particular command is erroneous, just ignore
*that command* instead of aborting the entrie import.
- Parser for Lirc files rewritten from scratch (#101).
- Some cleanup of Jirc API, doc fixes.
- Mode2Importer: Do not require pulses and spaces to be interleaving.
- User selectable character set for import #93 (Options -> Import
options -> Character set...)
- IrTransImport: fixed bug in raw import #95.
- IrTransImporter: Ignore keyword "RO" as junk. Cf. http://www.irtrans.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3970
- Now handles IRDB entries with null protocol gracefully, ignoring them.
- Improved parsing of text files with multi column names #78.
Multicolumn names may now contain small numbers (at most 2 digits),
if the names come after the parameters.

Hardware support:
- CommandFusion: Detect EOFs from device to prevent endless loop.
- Fixes for changed syntax of the GlobalCache getversion command (#117).
- AmxBeaconListener: Avoid null pointer exception.
- allow the Arduino sending/receiving to use any baud rate.
- LircMode2.java: Handle timeouts (receive() returning null) better.
...

Release notes wrote: The notation #n refers to issues number n at
https://github.com/bengtmartensson/harc ... dle/issues

Version 1.3

Open issues in this release:
* "Open last file" may invoke new instance of IrScrutinizer, #149.
* MacOS 10.11.4: Crash in RXTX when closing serial USB device, #64.

User visible changes:
Porting:
- Raspberry Pi (armv7 hard FP) is now supported.

GUI:
- The panes "Sending hw" and "Capturing hw" have been interchanged (also in the manual) #150.
- There is now a confirmation dialog if exiting with non-empty remote tables, #86
- Improvements on metadata inquiry for remote exports. #89
- Files to be imported can now be given as command line arguments. #112
This allows .girr files to be associated with IrScrutinizer.
- Many files can can be plotted by dropping on "Scrutinize signal"; #127
- "Paste selection" in data window on Scrutinize signal fixed #136
- Editing of timing data in Raw Remote table now implemented #144
- Alt-R(Alt-P) now accelerators for selecting raw(Pronto) output.
- Save current pane to properties. Get "Jump to last panel" fully working.
- Generate-pane: T and "Additional parameters" now saved in properties.
- (Somewhat) better error handling and error messages.

Generate:
- Selecting non-toggling protocol now resets T in Generate pane #135.
- Option "Disregard repat mins" now takes effect without program restart #138

Protocols:
- "new" protocols: NEC1-msb, NEC1-32-msb.
- Fixed protocols:-Nokia32 (now really toggles, #140)
NECx1: wrong default for S
Sony8: Crazy trailing gap
Thompson: fixed handling of F
Roku-Official: fix parameterspec (upper bound) for F.
PCTV: removed silly 0 durations.
Revox: Set frequency to 0.
G.I.4DTV: removed C from parameter spec.

Import:
- Many file types can now be imported by "dropped" on the GUI; #111
- Signals can now be imported to the parametric table even if the protocol
is empty or nonsensical, #120
- mode2-import (Lirc) now has its own subpane under Import #121
- GlobalCache Control Tower data base (http://irdb.globalcache.com/)
can now be "browsed", however not directly imported. #129
- LircClient now has its own timeout (Options -> Timeouts -> Lirc timeout)
- GirrImport is now capable to import directory hierarchies.
- IRDB import: at the initial load, load the first device too.

Export:
- Fixed problem exporting multiple irplus files #139
- Fixed unwanted case sensitivity on protocol names for Lirc export; #142.
- Replace the Java implementation of LircExporter by an XSLT-implementation in exportformats.xml.

Core:
- The repeat finder of ExchangeIR has been implemented by a own implementation,
believed to be more reliable and maintainable. #21
- Robustness improvements in parsing strings on "scrutinize signal/scrutinize; #123

Hardware support:
- "Arduino support" has been replaced by "general Girs support"; #24
- Suitable hardware may now be opened both for capturing and sending, #54
- (Linux only) Devices on /dev/lirc now supported for sending and receiving; #122
- Better timeout handling for some hardware.

Release notes for IrScrutinizer, including IrpMaster, Girr, HardHardware,
and Jirc.

The notation #n refers to issues number n at
https://github.com/bengtmartensson/harc ... dle/issues

Version 1.4

Open issues in this release:
* MacOS 10.11.*: Crash in RXTX when closing serial USB device, #64.

User visible changes:

Core:
- Java 8 now required #180.
- Fixed inaccurate computation of period dependent units #152.
- Some protocols updated, in particular documentation #153. IRP:
Blaupunkt, Bose, CanalSat, NRC16, NRC16-32, Proton, Proton-40, RC5-7F,
RC5-57, RC5x, StreamZap, StreamZap-57, TDC-38, TDC-58.

Installation:
- Mime type file girr.xml now installed on freedesktop etc. #184

GUI:
- Double clicking a *.girr file no longer considered unsaved content #183.
- Paste in Scrutinize Signal data window was broken #171
- Continuous capture of signal in Scrutinize signal implemented #168.
- "Open last file" no longer invokes new instance of IrScrutinizer #149

Hardware:
- Lirc Mode2 as input re-implemented #181.
- Lirc Mode2 as input can now read from stdin #178.
- /dev/lirc support was broken, at least on Fedora, fixed #177
- Several issues in the CommandFusion driver fixed #158

Export
- Lirc Export vastly improved, #175, #174, #141.
- Girrexport: erroneous xsi:schemaLocation fixed #173
- Assert that frequency in Arduino export is integer #169
- Reorganized multiple export format files #167, #156.
- TransformationException in XmlExporter.printDOM is caught too early,
causing error message to get lost. #154

Importer:
- if "Load File" invoked file selector, the wait cursor was not shown. #16
- 1mporter fileselector type combo box contained both "Zip files (*.zip)" and
"Zipped files (*.zip)" #160
- IrTrans import: evaluate RC parameter #157

mike.s wrote:I was using IrScrutinizer with a IRToy for a while. It worked, but the IRToy seemed to hang up a lot, and I'd end up plugging/unplugging, changing COM ports, etc. to get things working again.

I just built up on of the Arduino Nano Girs clients (AGirs). That seems to be MUCH more reliable.

One suggestion for IrScrutinizer - on the "Sending hw" page, you click the "open" button to start communications with the hardware. After successfully connecting, the button should change to "close".

I discovered only by accident that it toggles between open and close. I could probably have saved myself some grief if I had known that when struggling with the IRToy.

Also, not related to irScrutinizer, but to AGirs. It would be nice to have a compiled .hex file available, so people don't have to install the Arduino IDE, figure out libraries, figure out the changes to the code needed to get it to compile, etc, just so they can make a nano AGirs.

Barf wrote:Hmm, The behaviour is a "push buttom with memory"; it stays "pressed" (in the selected state) until operated again, to indicate that the device is in the "opened" state.

There are also so may variations, different boards, different hardware etc. Nevertheless, providing a simple hex file for the "canonical Nano configuration is a good idea. I sometimes did that in the past.

Thank you very much for your suggestions!!

mike.s wrote:Perhaps just change the label from "Open" to "Open/Close", since it does both?

If someone is going their own way with different hardware, they should know enough to know they need to compile for a different platform. I don't know enough about Arduino - can programming hex to the wrong platform lock you out from reprogramming it, or is it just that the code doesn't work as expected?