OARUSB04G Questions

bevhoward · Post by **bevhoward** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 4:19 pm

A basic question about the OARUSB04G remote.

RMIR shows two selections for this remote as;

OARUSB04G (257601)
OARUSB04G 4000 (257604)

How do I determine the remote that I have? (no extender installed)

The "dump" on my remote shows;

Code: Select all

Name=URC-6540 OARUSB04G
EepromSize=$4000
Processor=S3C80
Processor+=MAXQ622 
BaseAddr=$01BE00
...

So, I would guess that I have the OARUSB04G 4000 ...correct?

Thanks in advance for any clarification,
Beverly Howard

Post by **The Robman** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 4:33 pm

What are you trying to do exactly? Doesn't RMIR correctly identify your remote when you download from it?

bevhoward · Post by **bevhoward** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 4:46 pm

And, there it is at the top center of the screen. Never saw it until now.

What are you trying to do exactly?

I have a serious problem with two identical OARUSB04G 4000 remotes.

I've had them for a year and a half, but never programmed them with RM until this month.

Sometime after the first uploads, I noticed that the OARUSB04G backlights stayed on all of the time and both remotes started consuming a fresh set of batteries every three days.

So, since I didn't know exactly how to determine the exact remote, I have been questioning my decisions and looking for other possible reasons for why I now need to have a lot of AAA's on hand.

Thanks again for another aha.

Beverly

bevhoward · Post by **bevhoward** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 5:08 pm

Looks like I am going to have to go back to square one and start from the beginning.

I just did a factory reset (981) and determined that the backlights function properly in that state.

I then uploaded the image that I have been working on for past few weeks and the backlight stays on.

Beverly

mdavej · Post by **mdavej** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 5:26 pm

After the reset, download from the remote, and that will be your new basis. RMIR will tell you which model you have from that download.

Post both your clean RMIR file and the bad one for us to look at.

bevhoward · Post by **bevhoward** » Mon Dec 31, 2018 5:37 pm

Post both your clean RMIR file and the bad one for us to look at.

Thanks. Working on that now.

Beverly

bevhoward · Post by **bevhoward** » Tue Jan 01, 2019 12:25 pm

I think I have determined that the problem device file was the "Vizio XRV1TV QWERTY remote for all smart TVs M and E series" but have not confirmed it.
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... e_id=12755 That "file_id" looks like a device code, but is that id searchable?

Using the device codesheet that came with the OARUSB04G I have found a Vizio TV device code that works (2757) and have the remote working without backlight problems.

In building a new rmir file, the statement on the "General" tab says;

Devices on this remote that are set up up with simpleset.com all have a corresponding device upgrade.

While that code works, is there any way to find the "device upgrade" referenced in the above statement in order edit the device layout?

I will post both the problem rmir file and the replacement when I finish, although the new rmir file will obviously not contain the suspect device upgrade.

Beverly

HamburgerHelper1 · Post by **HamburgerHelper1** » Tue Jan 01, 2019 12:56 pm

On my OARUSB04G I loaded my saved setting.bin
Changed my tv code to your (2757)
Then create missing upgrades is no longer greyed out
I clicked that and now in devices I now have tv 2757 to edit

bevhoward · Post by **bevhoward** » Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:05 pm

Thanks!

I need a little more information as you are describing something that I have not yet encountered.

On my OARUSB04G I loaded my saved setting.bin

So far I have not done anything with this file, so I'm not sure how to proceed... should I download the file, then open it with RMIR?

Thanks in advance,
Beverly Howard

HamburgerHelper1 · Post by **HamburgerHelper1** » Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:11 pm

You should just be able to download from the remote
I would think create missing upgrades would be enabled in the general tab and click it
then in devices the 2757 should show up

bevhoward · Post by **bevhoward** » Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:14 pm

OK, that makes sense... I will give it a try.

Since you have an OARUSB04G another question.

The RMIR layout for the OARUSB04G fwd/back buttons shows that they are "split" ...i.e. four buttons instead of two, but, on the physical remote there is only a single button under each arrow.

I've tried carefully "rocking" them, but the result is the same command top or bottom.

Any explanation on this?

Beverly

bevhoward · Post by **bevhoward** » Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:20 pm

OK, thanks... still a bit confusing, but I now have a device to edit

Beverly

HamburgerHelper1 · Post by **HamburgerHelper1** » Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:30 pm

I forget how the fwd/back buttons work Because I think
the last time i used them i had the extender installed
Do you have a separate function set on the different sections for testing?
It might be coming back to me it could be a long key press try holding it longer

mdavej · Post by **mdavej** » Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:57 pm

On the layout tab, you should see 2 places for each ffwd/rew button to assign the long and short functions, i.e., skip fwd and ffwd. But you'll need to assign something to both if you want them both to do something. My guess is one is blank.

Here's the official 2757 from simpleset. If you want to add any functions from mine to this version, just open another session of RM and copy/paste the additional functions from mine to yours.

Maybe RM is doing weird things with mine because mine has odd special characters. So if you do grab the qwerty keys, keep it simple and just get the 26 uppercase letters and no special ones.

http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... e_id=25494

bevhoward · Post by **bevhoward** » Tue Jan 01, 2019 2:32 pm

On the layout tab, you should see 2 places for each ffwd/rew button to assign the long and short functions, i.e., skip fwd and ffwd.

Does short and long describe how long you press the button?

I see the two assignments on each of the arrow buttons in the remote definition and can assign two definitions to each arrow. On close inspection, there appears to be only one button under each of the fwd/rev arrow keys on the physical remote itself.

I'm learning too much. I have enough additional information that I now need to go back to square one again and start with a blank slate to do things in an orderly fashion.

Commitments for the rest of today, so that will start tomorrow.

Thanks again everyone,
Beverly Howard