Announcement: IR V4.0.3 Beta

Post by **The Robman** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 10:34 am

e34m5 wrote:Another stupid question...did you set the RDF path after openieng the Beta?

I did select the "Set RDF path" option, but it already was pointing to the right folder, but even if I had missed that step, I should still have been able to download, IR just won't have known what RDF to use.

e34m5 · Post by **e34m5** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 10:46 am

Ok then..is it working now...I'm not sure if you mentioned if it was or not..

Post by **The Robman** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 11:50 am

e34m5 wrote:Ok then..is it working now...I'm not sure if you mentioned if it was or not..

Are you saying that you found the problem and fixed it? If so, I will try downloading the latest version when I get home and I'll give it a whirl.

e34m5 · Post by **e34m5** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 12:49 pm

Not sure what I am saying

..I have always run the Beta in it's own directory w/o problems, so I never experienced this issue..

As this time, if you'd be so kind to try it again and report back...tx.

e34m5 · Post by **e34m5** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 2:05 pm

Ok folks..I've uploaded the latest version (2:40PM)...

Nils helped testing this and he swears he could not break it..let's see if it's true

Go for it....

Nils_Ekberg · Post by **Nils_Ekberg** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 2:51 pm

ooops, I think I broke it.

It does not look like unShift is changing the hex value of a shifted or xshifted button. Shift and xshift work fine

e34m5 · Post by **e34m5** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 3:06 pm

Oh pooh....if one forgets to call the calculate code then of course the values do not change...

See version 4:02PM...I am making no promises this time

Nils_Ekberg · Post by **Nils_Ekberg** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 3:16 pm

4:15PM report on 4:02PM version

Now that function (unshifting) works fine but I think you lost the "AND FF" when shifting a button with a bind command attached.

(for example 9960 and 2116 extender buttons - X_,T_ etc.)

e34m5 · Post by **e34m5** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 3:27 pm

I must not be tracking again... I come up with the same values as in codecalc when using the 2116 and SET_ keys...???

Nils_Ekberg · Post by **Nils_Ekberg** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 3:39 pm

e34m5 wrote:I must not be tracking again... I come up with the same values as in codecalc when using the 2116 and SET_ keys...???

My error, the 2116 you have is OK since I only have the allbinds on my set.

Try the O_, X_ or other dynamic buttons in the 9960 or 8060

Juppers · Post by **Juppers** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 4:03 pm

e34m5 wrote:One question - no one has commented in the Notes area for keymoves..is it working as you guys expected

Now that I can see what the special protocols are, I haven't found a need for notes anymore.

mikemcgo · Post by **mikemcgo** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 5:23 pm

Hi. I just downloaded the latest version, and am still having the same problem. I get the same error about initializing the driver as Robman is getting.

The other three issues I mentioned in the first message on the second page of this thread havn't changed.

I haven't tried the Notes feaute yet.

Mark Pierson · Post by **Mark Pierson** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 5:32 pm

The notes appear to be working right. What be a really nice UI feature would be to have the note show as a ToolTip when the user hovers the mouse over the corresponding row on the main Key Moves tab.

I think it would also be nice if you read the values of the new [Extender] section of the RDF (added for ECC) to determine which special protocols are available (if any). Then, add them to the list of devices in the Key Move dialog. The Special Protocol button should then only become enabled IF one of the special protocols is selected.

Post by **The Robman** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 6:28 pm

I just downloaded "IRBETA v4.0.3 3/15/2003 4:02PM" and it still can't find the drivers. Just for yucks, I unzipped it into the same directory as IR 4.02 and got the same results.

Just FYI, this computer is an old 300 mHz Pentium II running Win98SE.

e34m5 · Post by **e34m5** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 7:19 am

Mike/Rob - I really am at a loss with the drivers..I have tried the Beta on several machines and as you can see many others are also running it...I can't imagine that there is anything different in the Beta in this regards. The issues that Mike mentioned earlier are outside the scope of what I was doing...however I'll give those a shot as soon as we are finished with this stuff.

Mark wrote:The notes appear to be working right. What be a really nice UI feature would be to have the note show as a ToolTip when the user hovers the mouse over the corresponding row on the main Key Moves tab.

I toyed with that idea..my biggest concern is that lesser experienced users of Windows may not catch that. In other apps I have done we discovered that users simply missed the fly over tool tip. I would need to create a separate dialog to display the notes but that is not a big deal. I will defer to the majority on this one.

Mark wrote:I think it would also be nice if you read the values of the new [Extender] section of the RDF (added for ECC) to determine which special protocols are available (if any). Then, add them to the list of devices in the Key Move dialog. The Special Protocol button should then only become enabled IF one of the special protocols is selected.

The list of available protocols in the "Add" dialog is dependent on the keymoves you have created. If you do not have any keymoves defined notice that the list in the keymove dialog just shows "0000". Add a keymove and then reopen the "Add", you now will see at the bottom of the list the device and setup code associated with that keymove you created earlier.

Also notice that the keymove dialog let's you enter a setup code even though it may not be actually in your file. As a minimum the Spec Prot is not available unless you enter one of the 3 valid codes (1800, 1106, 1103 - Pause and Multiplexer were left out based on feedback).

I agree with you on this..I also wondered why the special protocols did not automatically show up in the "Add" dialog. After we finish with this I can investigate changing that behavior.

Other than these items what else do I need to look at...