JP1 Remotes

klaberte · Joined: 24 Dec 2003 Posts: 18

I have a RS 15-2104 that has served me well for years. I would like to use it to control my new Win7 Media Center (WMC) machine.

So I think I need two things:

1. A USB receiver that will correctly interpret the typical WMC commands (I suspect I will get it with a throw-away remote).
2. An upgrade that will talk the same protocol, codes, etc. as the throw-away remote.

I haven't bought a remote/USB receiver yet, so I am game with what ever works and doesn't cost too much.

Any suggestions?

klaberte · Joined: 24 Dec 2003 Posts: 18

By the way, I also have a USB UIRT which I could press into action if there is a smooth path there (although my quick reading of those posts suggests that set-up is non-trivial). Should I be exploring this path first?

The Robman · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:20 pm Post subject:

If you buy a device that works and it comes with a remote, you can use your 15-2104 to capture the signals and then use the captured info to build an upgrade.

Hopefully it will use a standard protocol, in which case the job will be easy, but in the event that it uses a strange protocol that our tools don't recognize, post your IR file (the one with the learns in it) here and I'll take a look.
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klaberte · Joined: 24 Dec 2003 Posts: 18

Thanks Robman. I guess I was hoping to avoid having to diagnose my remote protocol, hoping instead that someone would say "I know upgrade X works with receiver Y for WMC".

If I don't hear this from someone, I will follow your advice. Is there a standard, systematic way to take and report capture files?

cauer29 · Joined: 03 Feb 2010 Posts: 236

The Robman · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 11:35 pm Post subject:

Dilligaf · Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 79 Location: Michigan

I have found that the upgrades for MCE remotes are fairly large if your remote doesn't have a built in code, make sure you have enough room in your remote.

Mike

cauer29 · Joined: 03 Feb 2010 Posts: 236

embrion · Joined: 30 Jun 2010 Posts: 36

Just to add my 2 cents.
I've just setup my JP1 remote as one using MCE protocol. If you want more keys, use Xbox 360 remote instead of generic MCE remote...it has more keys and is still MCE one.
http://www.freewebs.com/xbox360country/remote.jpg

You can even make Win MCE software to accept it using "Tweak Mce".

I use MS receiver that came with my old remote:
http://geektechnique.org/images/1151.jpg

On the software side, you can use EventGhost or IR Server Suite. Second one can even make MCE receiver to accept signals from non MCE remotes and show it as MCE signals. I'm using it with XBMC but it can be used with MediaPortal or other, smaller apps.

klaberte · Joined: 24 Dec 2003 Posts: 18

The Robman · Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:52 pm Post subject:

I'm pretty sure that we've seen that remote before and have an upgrade for it. It's probably one of the "no name" MCE upgrades. If you do get the remote, learn a button and show us what the learned signal looks like, then we can look it up on the master file to see which upgrade it is.

If the remote has lots of buttons with unusual names, it might be hard to come up with a button layout on your 15-2104 where you'll remember what each button does.
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klaberte · Joined: 24 Dec 2003 Posts: 18

Thanks, Robman. Ordered it tonight. Will learn some codes and post them in the protocol decode forum.

The Robman · Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:51 am Post subject:

Post them here because it's likely a protocol that we've seen before so we won't need to "decode" it as such.
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klaberte · Joined: 24 Dec 2003 Posts: 18

OK, got the remote and have learned a few buttons. Here's one of them:

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

As expected, the other buttons only change the EFC

Play 051
Select 207
Up 112
Right 209
Down 205
Left 114

Does it look familiar? Do I need to worry about "no end frame"

The Robman · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:05 pm Post subject:

We don't need a screen shot, we need to actual IR file.
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