JP1 Remotes

bevhoward · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 248

I received a phone update to my 8910 from URC that contains several "updates" all of which I really want to save for future use;

XM Roadie (1414)
Samsung dvd/vcr combo dvd-v4600 (1075)
coby dvd-224 (1351)
coby dvd-515 (1107)

Question; can these be individually saved from the download as separate update (??) files for future use in the 8910 and for import into other remote types?

Question; does URC have these updates available for download for JP1 users?

johnsfine · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:11 am Post subject: Re: Saving URC Update Files

bevhoward · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 248

>> it isn't hard to manually copy that information into KM or RM <<

Sorry to be dense, but I might be on the edge of an understanding... please correct me if I am wrong

In IR.EXE
<Devices Tab> shows only the "Upgrades" that have been loaded?

When a device in this tab is highlighted, the <Edit> button shows the sequence of ir command hex codes related to the keys they will be assigned to?

the "Key Name" sequence number controls the relationship of the function to button and this sequence order is controlled by the device type selection?

Copying the hex codes out of the <edit> box to KM/RM is the "manual transfer" process? (device type is required as well?)

Thanks in advance,

johnsfine · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:21 am Post subject:

bevhoward · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 248

Thanks for the lesson... will attempt to digest back in the IR interface this AM as it is still over my head.

Very valuable insights this morning.

The Robman · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:54 pm Post subject:

As John pointed out, there isn't an automated way to convert your downloaded upgrades into KM or RM upgrade files, but the process is pretty easy for an of the experts here. The only tricky part is converting the protocol id and fixed data into a protocol and device codes. If you post a copy of your IR.exe dump in the Diagnosis Area (and provide a link to it here in this thread), one of us will look at it and will decode the id and fixed data for you. You could then use this info to start new upgrades in either KM or RM. You would then copy the EFCs that are displayed for the upgrades in IR.exe over to KM or RM manually. If UEI also sent you a document listing all the possible EFCs for each of these upgrades, you could use that info to complete your upgrades.

However, assuming that you still have the original remotes for each of these devices, you can also get all the required info quite easily by learning the signals from the original remotes using your URC-8910. Plus, doing it this way, you know exactly what each function really is, whereas using the UEI downloads as your starting point can be quite confusing as you don't know which functions they assigned to which buttons, and if you use their EFC lists, you'll be even more confused as they seem to deliberatly make those as confusing as possible.

The process for creating upgrades based on learned signals is spelled out here:
http://www.hifi-remote.com/jp1/help/
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bevhoward · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 248

>> and if you use their EFC lists, you'll be even more confused as they seem to deliberatly make those as confusing as possible. <<

Oh... so it's not my failing brain ;-)

>> http://www.hifi-remote.com/jp1/help/ <<

I have spent a lot of time in that document over the last week ;-)

Thanks,