JP1 Remotes

Hi,

I've programmed the Dreambox V5 Remote and it works fine.

But I want to use a macro to power on/off my TV and Sat with one power button.
The TV-power and Sat-power are programmed on Shift-green and Shift-red (don't need this buttons), and Shift-green Shift-red switches the TV or Sat on/off. Now I try to combine this 2 buttons in a macro. No way.

I use IR800. The help file say, for a macro I need an extender. Is this right and were can I get it?

Thank you for help (my english is bad)


Anne

I use IR800. The help file say, for a macro I need an extender. Is this right ?

No, you do NOT NEED an extender to do a simple macro.

Extenders just make make macros more powerful. Most extenders allow you can put macros on keys where they are not normally allowed. Most extenders allow you to nest and concatenate macros.

where can I get [an extender]?

To my knowledge, nobody has written an extender for the dreambox.

Hi vickyg2003,

thank you for your help.

But what else is the reason, that no macro works?
I tried various things. If only one command is in the macro, it works properly. If there are more buttons (and so should be a macro), the remote control works unless you press the button with the macro. Then the remote control doesn't work any more, no button. So I have to download the program (without the macro) to the remote, then it is okay.

I realy don't know what it is.


Maybe an other thing is involved. The keymoves I've programed works properly. But I can't edit them. An Error occurs -> "grid index out of range". So I have to delete this keymove and add a new one, if I want to change something. What went wrong?

Post your IR file in the diagnosis area, and place a link here, so that we can see what is happening.

A couple of the dreambox remotes(V4 and V5) have a delayed macro format. If a macro is created with more than 1 key, each key after the first key is preceeded by a delay factor to pause before executing the next key. If you create a 2-key macro, format will be <key> <delay> <key>. The duration of delay is <delay> times .26s. The shortest value for delay is 1. Currently you can build this format yourself by inserting the SHIFT button(keycode 01) between macro keys.
IR7 and IR8.00 don't handle this format at this time.

Hi binky123,

thank you very very much!!!

It was the SHIFT button for the delay. I'll never guess this. Now all things are okay.


Anne