any advantage to using RMIR versus IR.exe?

[asinsh]

I can see why people prefer Remote Master to Key Master (the extra features RM offers are nice), but is there any reason why one should prefer RMIR to IR.exe? They seem pretty similar and if they really are the same I'd just as soon not spend the time getting used to RMIR since I already know my way around IR.exe and they are a little different.

Thanks.

[mdavej]

Huge advantages.

A few off the top of my head. I'm sure there are more.

- IR will never be updated again and doesn't work with the latest remotes and interfaces
- RMIR is a single integrated environment for remote and device configuration
- RMIR is cross platform
- RMIR has many small features that make programming a lot easier, especially special protocols
- RMIR has protocol editing built in
- RMIR has pronto hex import built in

I don't think you'll have any trouble getting used to it.

[asinsh]

Ok, and it looks straight forward enough. Thanks for your input.

[vickyg2003]

I always get in trouble when I say anything. I'm an IR fangirl. But here is what I see as some pros and cons, perhaps someone else has something to add to this.

RMIR Pros

• Uses java
  Runs on java for non windows users
  Doesn't require a full version of Micro$oft Office
  It is the only software that supports remotes past JP1.3
  It stores all your upgrades with your remote image. (I took a hint from this and store all my files for each room in my house in segregated folders)
  It AUTOMATICALLY changes an upgrade to the proper remote, which was the number 1 user error prior RMIR
  It eliminates the need to cut and paste from 2 open programs
  It ELIMINATES the second most common user problem of forgetting to add the protocol.
  It identifies multiple 01ff (custom protocols) and asks for custom Pids.
  It is still in active development, although Graham is currently pursuing other interests.

RMIR Cons

• No Summary report
  Support for dealing with IR timing is not as good for unidentified, although there was development on this by Voldymyr?
  O.
  Even though it has a protocol builder built in, experimenting with changing protocols is a nightmare in RMIR
  It is more difficult to diagnose conflicts between special protocols and regular keymoves
  It is inflexible

[steve265]

asinsh, thanks for asking the question the correct way. I didn't do it very well.

vickyg2003, thanks for the really informative answer.

s

[vickyg2003]

Hi Steve, I'm sorry that you didn't get an answer to your post a few days back. Welcome to our community.