JP1 Remotes

[sikk]

Jason,

Sorry for the huge gap in time before I got back to you on this. I finally put some time aside to focus on this.

This is what I have done so far.

1. Loaded up the URC8080-B01 RDF that came in the 1.22 RDF distribution.

2. Loaded my device upgrades and protocol ugrades.

3. Tested the remote. Worked great.

4. Added the extender protocol you posted in this thread.

5. Added the 2001 device upgrade and appropriate keymap to load it.

6. I tested that the extender appeared to be loaded (AM/PM lit). This worked. One thing I did notice was that sometimes the AM/PM LCD did not update until I pressed another key after the keymove to activate the extender.

7. I then tested that the remote still did what I expected and pretty much it did. Except that it seemed to send all the normal commands for devices TWICE. Macros it only seems to perform once. To explain, if I am using my TiVo, when I press the "up" button in a menu, the slection moves up two places. It also seems to send an IR code once a minute. It seems to be "play". I noticed this because my TiVo pops up a particular screen if play is pushed while watching a show. This screen popped up approximately once every minute.

8. I then uploaded a macro associated wih a device key. It does work but not in quite the way I expected.
This is the macro I used:
CBL=Pushdev,Virtual_AMP,INPUT1,popdev
The macro seems to work, but the LCD state does not update until another key is pressed. To explain further, if I have the remote in SAT mode, then push the CBL macro, the macro switches to AMP/TUNER and sends the correct code. The macro then tries to switch back to SAT, but leaves the LCD showing AMP/TUNER. If you then press another key (like 0 for example) the LCD display updates with the correct mode.

9. I then added the following macro to a key I could not ordinarily add a macro to as follows:
{light}=Virtual_AMP,INPUT1,Virtual_SAT
This macro worked too! The LCD screen also behaved the same way as with the earlier macro.

10. I couldn't try LightOn/LightOff as I couldn't find them in the macro command list. Maybe the RDF needs updating?

11. I haven't tried a keymove yet.

I'll check back regularly to see if you reply Given the gap, I wouldn't blame you if you didn't.


Thanks again for all your effort.
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Sikk a.k.a. Ray.
URC-8080B01 (Extended@11/07/2005)
Sydney, Australia

[gjarboni]

[sikk]

Jason,

Thanks for the code update, I really appreciate the efforts you have made around this old piece of gear.

Here is what I have done since your last post.

1. Edited the URC8080-B01 RDF that came in the 1.22 RDF distribution, and (successfully it seems) added all the "extender" functions,(Virtualbuttons, Pushdev, Popdev and the light functions). The complete RDF file I used is below;
http://www.whiteman.id.au/jp1/extender.rdf
Could you look at the RDF and give it a sanity check.

2. Loaded my device upgrades and protocol ugrades using the modified RDF.

3. Tested the remote.

4. Added the extender protocol you posted in this thread on 10th July.

5. Added the 2001 device upgrade and appropriate keymap to load it.

6. I tested that the extender appeared to be loaded (AM/PM lit). This did not work as I expected. The "PM" segement of the LCD only updates upon a keypress. Isn't this meant to be permanently lit? It doesn't really impact me anyway.

7. I then tested that the remote still did what I expected and it did.

8. I then uploaded a macro associated wih a device key. This is the macro I used:
CBL=LightON;Virtual_AMP,INPUT1,Virtual_CBL;LightOff
The macro worked fine. The light worked as expected too.

9. I then added the following macro:
{light}=LightToggle
This macro worked too!

10. I didn't have time to try adding a keymove to a key that I normally could not assign one to. You suggested ESC, I only had a quick look, but as far as I can see the RDF doesn't have an ESC, can you suggest another button that will conclusivley prove that this part of the extender works? Maybe {light}?

11. I haven't had time to try Pushdev and Popdev yet, but I am confident that since it worked before it will still work. I will test it though maybe tonight.

12. It seems that the RDF I put together doesn't match the extender remote buttons exactly, as mentioned there is no ESC button. Can I just yank these values from the RDF for the B02 Extender? What other buttons should I look to include?

13.The base B01 RDF includes an AUX1 device key, but I could not find a Vrtual_AUX1 "button" in the B02 Extender to provide this function. If you can provide the correct button value(s) I can try to add this to the RDF as well.

Basically, everything looks good! Like I said, there are some teething problems, but nothing wrong with the extender code as such that I can determine.

Thank you again for all your work! It is very much appreciated.
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Sikk a.k.a. Ray.
URC-8080B01 (Extended@11/07/2005)
Sydney, Australia

[sputnik23]

I hate to yank an old thread out into the open, but I was wondering if anyone had an extender for the 8080B00 squirreled away somewhere?

(long time lurker first-time poster (quack-quack))

Thanks,
Darren