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bonnie_Raitt · Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 57

I have just purchased a Viewsonic N2010 LCD for the kitchen. I am using the Avcast media cablecasters to broadcast video from my HT to my kitchen. I have a couple of URC-6131s that I use for my existing HT setup. I need to access 2 Tivos, 1 Replay TV, a Philips DVP1642 DVD player.

I took one of these 6131 remotes and deleted several devices that were specific to the HT but left the Tivos, Replay, and DVD player. I looked for a Viewsonic N2010 upgrade but couldn't find one. I then took a learning remote that I have (URC_8811) and learned most of the commands that I need from the TV remote. I then copied them into IR for the URC-6131.

I have the Tivos and Replay on cable channels 75, 77, and 79. I modified my macros for each of these devices to change the TV channel when each device was selected. These device keys work OK. However, I can't seem to get the TV device to work. When I select the TV device, none of the keys affect the TV. For example, if I am watching Tivo 1 and then select the TV device and try to change the channel, it changes the channel on the Tivo, not the channel on the TV tuner. Same for the power button, it turns off the Tivo not the TV.

I suspect I don't have my macros correct. I have posted my IR file in the Diagnosis area

http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=3808

My TV device macro is pretty basic V_TV;O_TV

Any help would be appreciated.

BTW, when I first upload the IR file to the remote, if the TV device is the first key pressed, the TV buttons seem to work OK. It's just after pressing one of the other devices that I can never get the TV buttons to work again.

Thanks

The Robman

bonnie_Raitt · Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 57

Yes, that is what I intended. When I look at the learned commands in IR, I see

Protocol NEC
Device 0
SubDevice blank

I have loaded my upgrade file to TV. It is called Viewsonic N2010.

http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=3809

Regarding the TV/2011 name, I just sort of winged it. I knew it was a TV, but I wasn't sure about how to number it.

Do you see anything wrong? Thanks

The Robman · Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:29 pm Post subject:

When I originally read your first post I took it to mean that the TV upgrade wasn't working, but now that I re-read it I see that the only problem is that the macro on the TV device button isn't selecting the TV upgrade (and as you're using an extender, this is really an extender question).

I don't see anything wrong with the TV macro, but I'm not an extender expert. I will re-name this thread and move it to the Extenders forum where it might get closer attention.
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bonnie_Raitt · Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 57

zaphod7501 · Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 534 Location: Peoria Illinois

I'm definitely not an extender expert (but I use one on my 6131s), but I found that whenever I used a X_TV, I had to use X_Cancel.
You could do, for instance, "PVR=X_TV;7;7;X_Cancel;T_PVR;O_PVR"
Or even "PVR=TV;7;7;T_PVR;O_PVR" should work, leaving volume at V_TV.
"PVR=O_TV;7;7;T_PVR;O_PVR" would also be an option, but I'm not sure where audio would end up.
I'm not sure what CBL/SAT=... will do since your audio button is assigned to a standard Sony TV code, and I don't know what DEV_8 is. (leftover from previous setups?)

Myself, I always put the startup macros on "Shifted" device buttons and leave the device buttons to only select a specific device.
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bonnie_Raitt · Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 57

Mark Pierson · Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:48 pm Post subject:

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zaphod7501 · Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 534 Location: Peoria Illinois

Unless by some bizarre circumstance the TV power button didn't get mapped to the O_TV button set. Macros directly on device keys have always been tricky and perhaps the extender isn't doing them correctly. This extender has never been upgraded as far as I know, so it may have some bugs.

You could try adding a T_TV to the TV selection macro (obviously not a desirable solution but might tell us that the power key isn't mapping to O_TV). I noticed that your TV device does not have menu, display, or select mapped. Doesn't that make it hard to control it?

To determine if the extender is handling the macros on the device keys correctly, you could temporarily put the channel changing macros on shifted-device keys and just use the device keys to simply select each device.

Other things to check (nuisance items): make sure your TV code (and other devices) were created using the PVR0PVx1 (URC-6131 PVR Remote Extender1).rdf and not the unextended rdf. Check the rdf version. The rdf in the extender download is older than the one in the rdf package download (I think) so the newer one should be used.
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bonnie_Raitt · Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 57

The Robman · Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:12 pm Post subject:

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zaphod7501 · Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 534 Location: Peoria Illinois

The RDF for the extender in my directory is dated 6/13/05 and is 3681 bytes but I don't think that matters with KM. I've always used RM where it might make a difference. (but possibly only with keymoves)

IR does, however use the RDFs. You might want to start from scratch building the IR file using the latest RDF downloads, or update the RDFs it uses. If you're like me you download from the remote: modify: upload to remote. A fresh start might be needed.

I suspect it's a bug however myself.
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ElizabethD · Advanced Member Joined: 09 Feb 2004 Posts: 2348

Is the extender really running?
If in doubt, remove a battery, put it back, then press PVR, then Power.
The issue described initially, that TV works only on the first press, makes me suspect no extender there.

If you have 1K 6131, use PVR0PVx1 file.
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