JP1 Remotes

Thanks UQ. I'm only up to Optimus with the audio files!

I've worked my way through Page 1 of 3 of the Device Upgrades/TVs section (that's A thru to middle of the Panasonic desert). Regrettably I now have to go and do some real work.

The TV files:
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I opened many old KM files and saved them as version 9.10's. I unzipped some files and saved them. Unfortunately my strategy was to go through the directory I'd placed them in and copy the newly modified ones to a separate directory and roll them all up into one big ZIP file but it seems that Windows has decided that all the files were created yesterday or today so I'll have to go through them all later.

All the data gathered so far is in the master xls:
https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... le_id=8487

I've split off the discussion about homemade executors here:
https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12242

I just finished the audio files and I filled in the blanks in the VCR list.
https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... le_id=8487

Just did the CD upgrades, and filled in the blanks in the TV list (up to the P's).

I'm starting on DVD now.

Here's a quick update. Here's a list of what's done, started and not done:

Done:
AC_Fans
Audio
Cable
Cable2
Camera
CD
Combo Systems
DVD (Apex)
Laser Disc
SAT Radio
Tape
VCR
Frames

Partially Done:
Digital STBs
DVD
Home Auto
Misc
MP3
Projectors
PVR
Tivo
TV

Still to do:
DVD Blu-Ray
DVD-VCR
Keyboards
Dish
SAT
TV Combo
AV Selectors

I could still use help if anyone's willing.

Digital STBs are done

I'm working on DVDs at the moment.

3FG wrote:It looks to me like this can be mostly automated. I looked into it last night and was able to automatically download some files into a VB program, by "scraping" the HTML code.

Hey Dave, any progress with the automation tool? Even if it only downloads the files it would still be a great time saver.

I've been ploughing ahead anyway but it's really time consuming, and apart from UQ, nobody's stepped up to help.

Good idea to do this Rob
I'll take it from the end of your list - starting with AV selectors whatever they are. Is it those gadgets that expand your connections on the tuner or TV?

Selectors are devices that let you connect multiple devices to a single audio or video connector. Sometimes they're manual but when they're remote controlled they really rock.

Apart from some of the Pioneer files, I've completed the DVDs.

Very rough file downloader

This program is supposed to pull upgrades from the Upgrade page of the File Section to your computer. It will make a subdirectory for each category, e.g. Audio, and put that in the same directory as this executable. It does not get files in special sections of the upgrades; for example, it does not download Apex DVD players. The file names and file URLs are written to "links.csv". At my house it takes about 1 second per file.

The program also will try to extract info from the downloaded files into a CSV file, called "upgrade.csv". It makes no attempt to decipher Combo protocols.

You need to select the files to process; please select no more than about 100 per run or risk an exception. After processing each batch of 100, rename upgrade.csv to e.g. upgrade1.csv, etc, because each run will overwrite upgrade.csv. The actual processing seems to be instantaneous.

During downloading, there is no way to stop the process except by Task Manager.

Not an elegant progam by any stretch, but it may help.

AV selectors DONE.
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Rob, One file needs your expert attention and two files are missing. See red rows.

3FG,
This is very cool to get batch downloading.

I used it for TVCombos. There are 41 files and 41 came in.
But then I got exception, see screen shot
https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... le_id=8524
Link.csv file has 36 rows with hyperlinks and 37th row is
TV Combos\Toshiba_LCD_TVwDVD_32LV67U_115

I have to leave the house for several hours now. Will continue TVcombos later.