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gfb107 · Expert Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Posts: 3411 Location: Cary, NC

I'm working on this now, and I've got some questions about the Panansonic Combos.

In my version of protocols.ini, I see the following combo executors:

mr_d_p_gumby · Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 10:56 am Post subject:

Here is what I think you should have, based on KM v8.22.
First, the original 001F version that uses 4 fixed bytes, and is only used by the VCR Combo

johnsfine · Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 11:36 am Post subject:

I put a bit of care and thought into constructing the protocols.ini entries for those Panasonic combos with the intent of using the built-in one whenever practical, but using the best available protocol upgrade when nothing built-in was available.

I hope I have time to review/explain what I did before one of you makes changes that may break it (but of course I'm not sure when I'll have time, and as usual I only focussed on the S3C80 models).

My first reaction is that I think it's a bad idea (assuming other factors leave you a choice) to have protocols.ini entries for two different versions of the same protocol name both provide code for the same CPU. Typically one version provides code for the single variant that should be used whenever no acceptable variant is present. The EARLIER entries should then provide info but not code for the inferior variants that should be used only if present.

gfb107 · Expert Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Posts: 3411 Location: Cary, NC

OK, I'll leave the Panasonic entries alone, and we can come back to address those once you have more time to review/explain. For now, RM will not provide alternate PIDs for the Panasonic Combos.
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gfb107 · Expert Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Posts: 3411 Location: Cary, NC

Just to make sure.

Pioneer DVD2 and Pioneer MIX are really the same executor, but they should be handled differently in KM/RM. If one is present in a remote, the other is too. The difference is in how the device and command parms are presented to the user.

DVD2 should only be available when built into the remote.
MIX can be offered as a protocol upgrade, in which case PID 017F should be used.

For the new 007E:3 (KM versioning) that has been identified in the 9960 and Atlas remotes, is this also going to be offered in 2 flavors, or only as a MIX?
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mr_d_p_gumby · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 10:06 am Post subject:

Nils_Ekberg · Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 6:40 pm Post subject:

I just got back from my daughters wedding so I will sort out what Greg and Mike sent me plus this thread and will upload the complete set of RDF's shortly. Probably tomorrow.
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Nils_Ekberg · Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 7:12 pm Post subject:

Gentlemen, I have a problem. I was going Through the RDF's that Mike and Greg sent me to incorporate the additional notes that I have from Mike and ran into some problems. For example I have 2 RDF's for the "6_80_2x2 (URC-881x_801x_601x x2 2k).RDF" with different entries for 007E and I am not sure who wins. It looks like every RDF that has 007E has the same difference. I have not come across anything else but will watch closely as I go through them.

Mark Pierson · Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 7:53 pm Post subject:

Just a guess, but since protocols.ini is using numeric values in the VariantName field, I'd say Greg's update wins! Wink

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johnsfine · Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 7:59 pm Post subject:

I think protocols.ini uses pretty arbitrary content in that field. It just happens that I named many of the variants for RM and I chose numbers in many cases.

I'm not sure which is (or should be) right.

gfb107 · Expert Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Posts: 3411 Location: Cary, NC

The important thing is that the RDF entries match protocols.ini which means use my numeric values

I kept waffling back and forth, but I ended going with variant names that are consistent with KM's version numbers.
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mr_d_p_gumby · Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 1:05 am Post subject:

mr_d_p_gumby · Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 1:50 am Post subject:

I don't think you'll find any other PIDs that have different variant names between the two sets of RDFs. The ones I updated were:

In my RDFs, 0027:old was omitted as it was considered the default, but there's no problem if the 'old' variant name is used.
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Nils_Ekberg · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 8:01 pm Post subject:

I uploaded version 1.17 of the RDF's and Images which includes the alternate PID support.

Hopefully after I sorted out the multiple changes and added Mike's additional changes I got it right. Could someone (Mike or Greg) check them out and let me know if I missed or messed up anything.
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mr_d_p_gumby · Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 12:47 pm Post subject:

I haven't had the time to go through them in detail yet, but here are a few preliminary things.

1) You need to add the 00CD:sony variant to RS70RS70 (RS 15-1995 7 in 1 wTime & Extender Support).rdf

2) You've got two sets of Millennium 4 RDFs, with spelling as 'Millenium' and 'Millennium'.

3) A while ago, Rob posted his replacements for the Replay remotes. There still seems to be a lot of Replay RDFs, so maybe Rob can take a look & comment as to the validity of them.

4) The WAVUpgrade=Yes item will be interpreted in IR as applying to all remotes covered by the RDF, while not all of the remotes in the RDF will necessarily have the (mo)dem. For example, the 15-1925 has the capability, while I think the 15-1918 & 15-1919 do not. Since IR does not care which of the 3 remotes is actually connected, this might mean we need to create another RDF for the two remotes that don't have a (no-mo)dem.
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