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kenyarnall · Joined: 18 Sep 2003 Posts: 35 Location: Pennsylvania

I've got two devices that seem to benefit from increased signal duration, my dish pvr and my TV. I created upgrades for both of them via keymap master using the device combiner protocol. I don't want to do any combining, I just want to use the duration feature.

Now, when I do this, for each device a protocol is created that I have to paste into ir. However, these protocols both have ID 144. They are different, however, depending at least on the fixed data of the combined protocol(s).

My question: I'm assuming that including multiple protocols with the same ID is a problem? Under this assumption, I solved the problem by changing one of the protocols to have id 145, and editing the first byte of the associated device to 45 (instead of 44).

This seems to work, but I thought I'd ask, especially since KM doesn't allow the protocol ID to be edited. Is my solution necessary/correct?

Thanks,
Ken

johnsfine · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 2:59 pm Post subject:

That method works, but takes more room in upgrade memory than the recommended method.

1) When you want more than one device combiner upgrade, create the fixed data as if you wanted to combine all the devices of all your device combiner upgrades together.

2) Save that incomplete KM file (no functions nor buttons etc.) as a base version (which doesn't get installed to IR.)

3) For each combiner upgrade you want, load the base version and define the functions and buttons you want and save it under a different name.

4) Install ALL of the device upgrades from the step 3's to IR, but only install one of the protocol upgrades.

Others reading this thread, who want multiple combiner upgrades for reasons other than the one described above, may find it cleaner to define all the functions in step 1 and just do the buttons in step 3. (It all depends on how the upgrades relate to each other and what makes sense to you).

mr_d_p_gumby · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 7:06 pm Post subject:

ti83programmer · Joined: 13 Oct 2003 Posts: 60

John, a quick question...
I have an 8811 and multiple device combiner upgrades I want in one remote configuration (and am running out of upgrade memory), but they do NOT relate to each other at all (for example, TV 0047 and CABLE 0477 combined, and then TV 0060 and VCR 0121 combined). Is this still possible by installing only one protocol upgrade? I haven't tried this because I can't get to my remote right now, but it seems to me that installing only one protocol upgrade will only make one of the above examples work at one time.

ti83programmer · Joined: 13 Oct 2003 Posts: 60

You know what, after staring at the post for a while, I just realized that if you do all the functions in step 1, you'll end up with one good protocol that you can use.

The Robman · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 10:00 pm Post subject:

That's about the size of it! Smile

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johnsfine · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 8:23 am Post subject:

kenyarnall · Joined: 18 Sep 2003 Posts: 35 Location: Pennsylvania

Thanks for the explanation, John. I'll experiment! That would leave me with maybe enough memory for one more upgrade, which is never bad.

Ken