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tombongo · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 43 Location: South Jersey

I apologize for the newbie question, but how would one send out a long key press? I don't want to react to a physical long key press, but rather send out a long key press as part of a macro. Is this possible?

vickyg2003 · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 12:31 pm Post subject:

Depends on the protocol. Depends on the remote. Depends on whether an extender is in use or not.

If the protocol is a simple protocol and uses 3 digit efc;s you might be able to use the device combiner with a specified duration.

Or you might want to tweak the protocol with PB.
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tombongo · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 43 Location: South Jersey

Thanks for the quick replay vickyg2003. Funny you should answer. I am actually using a URC-8820N extender that you wrote and the Harmony PS3 adapter protocol that you wrote. The protocol is the Katherine-like one.

We tweaked the protocol so that the repeat timing was correct for the long key press to be recognized by the PS3 adapter.

Does that help at all to answer your questions about my question?

vickyg2003 · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 1:11 pm Post subject:

I went back and read the thread on the adapter and it appears that there are two keys that need to be held. PS and Power.

We could recode the protocol to use 2 hex bytes, one that had a minimum number of repeats.

tombongo · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 43 Location: South Jersey

Sorry for the long absence. My three little girls consume my life sometimes. Laughing

vickyg2003 · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 4:23 pm Post subject:

Hi Tom, I'm lost. Aparently there is a custom protocol that we'd like to be able hold in a macro. I'm on a different computer, don't have any notes on this at all. Could you provide links to the threads and upgrade that uses the protocol?
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tombongo · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 43 Location: South Jersey

Hi, you were kind enough to put together the Kathrein Protocol for me.

http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=85869

This was needed to control a Logitech Harmony PS3 adapter that converted IR commands into Bluetooth commands to control the PS3.

The protocol that you put together worked very well for all functions. You also made it so a key press and hold would repeat the key press.

I want to setup a macro for my 8820N so that when I press the power button, the sequence of a PS key press and hold, then two consecutive OK key presses are transmitted.

I am using your latest 8820N extender. I need a way to tell a macro to do a press and hold or have it built into the protocol somehow so that the PS key can be pressed or pressed and held via some other means that I can access in the macro.

Thanks in advance!

tombongo · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 43 Location: South Jersey

I still need the ability to do a single key press of the PS key for vital functions.

I had a thought. You may have been eluding to this earlier in the thread. Tell me if I am crazy.

You mentioned that macros hold the last key. What if I create a macro that has just a single PS key press, another that has two consecutive OK key presses, and a third that strings together the first and second macros. Would this essentially transmit a PS key press and hold, an OK key press, and than an OK key press and hold?

vickyg2003 · Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 3:43 pm Post subject:

I've taken a look, and we have a delayed repeating in the protocol already. I hope to add a second byte in the function tab that says will indicate a hold.

About how long do you want the hold to be? 1/2 second?

I hope to have something up tomorrow, or by Saturday at the latest.
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tombongo · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 43 Location: South Jersey

There are a few things that I need to do with the PS key:

1. Physically press the PS key without holds or repeats.
2. Physically press and hold the PS key to initiate repeats.
3. Virtually press the PS key in a macro without holds or repeats.
4. Virtually press and hold the PS key in a macro to initiate repeats.

I am not sure how this will surface for me, but I will see when you give it to me.

Thanks again!

BTW, 1/2 second sounds about right. I will see when I test.

vickyg2003 · Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 2:18 pm Post subject:

I've used a 2byte protocol. Any keys that you want to define as a long keypress put a 1 in byte 2.

http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=9258

It still has the half second delay before repeating, but if you define a key as a long keypress it automatically send out 10 repeats without delay. This should have been an easy fix, but the irengine didn't like the combination of protocol flags with 2 bytes of data, and was sending out total garbage. I don't know how I would have done this without a widget.
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tombongo · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 43 Location: South Jersey

Thanks so much! I will test this weekend.

tombongo · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 43 Location: South Jersey

This worked beautifully! The only change I would consider making is changing byte 2 to specify the number of repeats. This way, 0 still means no repeat, 1 = one repeat, 2 = two repeats, and so on.

Thanks again! I would not be able to use JP1 without all of your help.

mdavej · Expert Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 4501

Tombongo, would you please post all the steps in your PS3 macros and indicate which use the held/repeated commands? I think they would be of interest to many people.

tombongo · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 43 Location: South Jersey

Will do. vickyg2003 has done everything I need to build all of my macros. In the next few days I plan to finish programming my remote for the room with my PS3. When done, I will post everything about the PS3 portion of my setup. I will probably start a new thread with an appropriate name.

Can I post files somewhere?