JP1 Remotes

Curiosity got to me so I finally found out that 9xx command 989 followed by digits 1234
after 4 it will blink back the Vendor Setup ID which in this case is 3.
I have had some setups where i got no blinks then i restored a previous RMIR and figured it out.
Not that this info will do us any good anyway

After seeing that this remote is no longer available in stores I ordered 2 more at Walmart.com. They arrived yesterday along with an E-Mail to take a Walmart survey about my purchase. I took the survey and also expressed my disappointment that it is no longer available in stores.I mentioned several times to bring it back In-store
Not that this will do any good but one can only hope.

Wow, what a short life this one had.

Shame really, that tinkerer capable products are so niche these days, as society moves towards a perceived "spoon fed" utopia. rant over.

I got my remote yesterday, before I had a URC 7960. With that one I could change the activity group assignments, for example for volume + and - i can assign it to any device. With the URC 3661 I can read the remote, but under Activities the devices where the groups are assigned to, are greyed out. Nothing to change here.
Does anybody know if this is characteristic to this remote? And so it indeed can't be changed?

That’s explained earlier in the thread.

I searched everything, but I can only find that you can change the key value.
With different key values you get different devices assigned to the groups, but these combinations are predefined.
I would like to be able to set a specific device for every single group there is.

merbau wrote:I would like to be able to set a specific device for every single group there is.

Sorry, but the remote does not permit it. This is not an issue with RMIR, it is due to the firmware of the remote.

merbau wrote:I searched everything, but I can only find that you can change the key value.
With different key values you get different devices assigned to the groups, but these combinations are predefined.
I would like to be able to set a specific device for every single group there is.

That's the way it works. The key changes the presets.

EDIT: I see Mathdon beat me to it.

Thank you for the answers.

I have most of the things working now, but there is one thing that bothers me.
I can't find out how to get the power button working in activity mode. When I press the power button in this mode, nothing is happening. First I need to presse the TV (or STB) button and then the power button will work.

I also tried it with a macro on the power button, but same problem: it only works after I press a device button. But a macro on for example the red button works independant from device mode.

A long press on the power button does turn on my TV, but not my STB.

Very frustrating when I want to switch them on or off.

I hope someone can help me out.

I will test activity options in the near future but for people like me who do not use activities
there is a way to use the buttons for another purpose.
By deleting the activities segments i found a way to use the buttons as dev 4 and dev 8 It will also support real time macro, dsm and real time dsm

merbau wrote:Thank you for the answers.

I have most of the things working now, but there is one thing that bothers me.
I can't find out how to get the power button working in activity mode. When I press the power button in this mode, nothing is happening. First I need to presse the TV (or STB) button and then the power button will work.

I also tried it with a macro on the power button, but same problem: it only works after I press a device button. But a macro on for example the red button works independant from device mode.

A long press on the power button does turn on my TV, but not my STB.

Very frustrating when I want to switch them on or off.

I hope someone can help me out.

I know nothing about this remote, but it sure sounds like the power button on it works very much like that of the 7880 remote when in activity mode. This thread has some detail on my experiences with it, if those are helpful.

Ed, you're totally right, the behaviour is the same as you describe. In activity mode a short press on the power key doesn't do anything. And I can't program a macro on it that works in activity mode.

merbau wrote:Ed, you're totally right, the behaviour is the same as you describe. In activity mode a short press on the power key doesn't do anything. And I can't program a macro on it that works in activity mode.

My "fix" for the power button problem was to simply not use activity mode, and to put macros on other buttons (except device or shifted device buttons) to create "activities". I use the power button to turn on and off the TV, and, via CEC, to turn on and off my AVR. I use CEC to turn on and off my BluRay player too, and my Raspberry Pi stays on all the time.

Ed
I am interested in seeing how you did things.
Could you please upload your RMIR of your current setup to the diagnosis section and post a link here.
It may help others on different ways to set things up

Thanks

Randy

HamburgerHelper1 wrote:Ed
I am interested in seeing how you did things.
Could you please upload your RMIR of your current setup to the diagnosis section and post a link here.
It may help others on different ways to set things up

Thanks

Randy

Here is my RMIR file. Please note that this is for a 7880 remote, not a 3660. I have no experience at all with the 3660, but it does appear that they operate similarly.

If you look through the 7880 thread I mentioned earlier you'll note that, despite the nice functionality Graham has discovered, I don't use the 7880 much because my OAR remote just works too well for me.

I look forward to any feedback.