RemoteMaster/RMIR v2.00-preview8 is now available

Post by **vickyg2003** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 6:28 am

[Special Protocols]
DSM, ToadTog and Multiplex all Look Good

**BUG**
On the [Special Protocols] tab, LKP and DKP duration is using a spinner with values 0 to 255.

On all the LKP's that I'm familar with, the duration uses a nibble, so values are 0123456789ABCDEF. So it needs a limit of 0 to 15. (Personally I'd like a drop-down instead of a spinner, but that's neither here nor there)

No matter what values I choose from the spinner I get an error message
OverFlow at 417:052A

These keymoves still show up on the SpecialProtocols Sheet, they just don't get added to the E2 area.

All tests were using the Base extender IR for the 7800ext5, if you need this file I'll post a link.

Corrected:Misspoke about IR.

Correction: Its the invalid special-keymove that is causing the continuing overflow, if I delete that special-keymove the E2 area starts to populate.

mdavej · Post by **mdavej** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:44 pm

THIS upgrade won't open in RM preview 7.

Post by **mathdon** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 1:48 am

The upgrade referred to by mdavej is for the protocol name "XMP (JP1)". Recently this name has been changed in protocols.ini to just "XMP", with "XMP (JP1)" being set as its old name. RM was not checking against old names, so it failed to open. I have corrected this for the next release.

Post by **mathdon** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 1:51 am

vickyg2003 wrote:**BUG**
On the [Special Protocols] tab, LKP and DKP duration is using a spinner with values 0 to 255.

On all the LKP's that I'm familar with, the duration uses a nibble, so values are 0123456789ABCDEF. So it needs a limit of 0 to 15.

I've corrected this for the next release.

Post by **vickyg2003** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:22 am

Sounds good Graham. I look forward to getting my hands on it.

Post by **vickyg2003** » Sun Oct 03, 2010 3:50 pm

I ran a test on my husbands laptop, and

On WinXP with JP1.x and USB JP1 drivers and no remotes attached Autodetect works great.

On Win2k with JP1.x and Parallel JP1 cable and no remotes attached Autodetect crashes RMIR.

Is anybody else crashing when nothing is connected?

If so what operating system, and what kinds of cables do you use?

Post by **mathdon** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 12:00 pm

vickyg2003 wrote:On Win2k with JP1.x and Parallel JP1 cable and no remotes attached Autodetect crashes RMIR.

I have traced this to a problem with both versions 0.01 and 0.02 of jp1usb.dll. Autodetect tries each interface type in turn, looking for an attached remote. The last one is JP1 USB, but if no remote is attached then this one will always be reached. If no driver for the Delcom chip is present, the bug causes RMIR to crash.

I have posted jp1usb.dll v0.03 in which this bug is corrected. As with v0.02, this version supports both the Delcom and WinUSB drivers for the Delcom chip.

Post by **vickyg2003** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:18 pm

mathdon wrote:
vickyg2003 wrote:On Win2k with JP1.x and Parallel JP1 cable and no remotes attached Autodetect crashes RMIR.
I have traced this to a problem with both versions 0.01 and 0.02 of jp1usb.dll.

Thanks Graham, that did the trick. No more Crash!

Capn Trips · Post by **Capn Trips** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 6:18 am

Preview 7's been out for a couple weeks. Ready for final release?

Post by **mathdon** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 2:00 pm

Capn Trips wrote:Preview 7's been out for a couple weeks. Ready for final release?

Sadly, no. Although it has been quiet in the forum, Vicky has been beavering away finding bugs and I've been beavering away fixing them. There are already 19 new entries in the ChangeLog since the preview 7 version and both Greg and I still have things to do. So there will be at least a preview 8 before final release.

Post by **vickyg2003** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 2:27 pm

Its getting harder and harder to find errors.

Capn Trips · Post by **Capn Trips** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 10:16 pm

OK, fair enough. Can I ask you then to NOT mark items in the SourceForge log as "Pending" until a final release? Pending items are marked complete automatically by SourceFprge after 2 weeks, regardless of the original requestor's action or inaction.

Post by **mathdon** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:51 am

Capn Trips wrote:OK, fair enough. Can I ask you then to NOT mark items in the SourceForge log as "Pending" until a final release? Pending items are marked complete automatically by SourceForge after 2 weeks, regardless of the original requestor's action or inaction.

I wouldn't even know how to mark something in the SourceForge log as "Pending", or even to see if it is marked as "Pending". I only ever perform two actions with SourceForge, both without ever going near that dreadful site. I update my source files from it and I commit my new updates to it, both from Eclipse, the development IDE that both Greg and I use.

Capn Trips · Post by **Capn Trips** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 4:58 pm

If you (Graham) did not mark it as "pending" then somebody else of the development team (I presume Greg) did indeed do so.

Graham, I roger what you are saying, but the development "team" (I suppose in the person of Greg) has not infrequently tried to push us in the direction of using SourceForge and its tools. Your disassociating yourself from that effort is disingenuous,at best. I try to comply with what you developers ask of us requestors and play by the rules. If I am incorrectly using the system, then OK, please let me know, but please don't try to paint as some sort of eccentric loon for doing that which "you" (collectively, not you personally) have asked of us.

Post by **The Robman** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 6:22 pm

Please play nice.