coolsat 8000HD

greatminds · Post by **greatminds** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:46 pm

Folks,

Thank you vey much to everyone who is maintaing this site. It has very useful information.

I am planig to buy a SlingboxPro. But just doing my homewor before I get it.
I have coolsat 8000HD FTA receiver. Would I be able to use it with the SlingboxPro ?

Slingbox does not list coolsat at all in the devices list it spports. I am very new to using a slingbx, Could any one please help me out with any information on this ?
Are there any bin files available to make this work with coolsat 8000HD ?

Thank you.

geolez · Post by **geolez** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:15 pm

Got the slingPro hooked up to the Coolsat 8000 but i have NO IR codes. I have been asking around and there does not seem to be anything for it for the time being. A little frustrating but hey all good things come to those who wait!

Post by **The Robman** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:56 pm

https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... le_id=4449

geolez · Post by **geolez** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:46 am

Thanks Robman, I just need the instructions on how to use KM now. The update file is saved as a text. Do i need to convert it to an XL sheet and then load it? Then what do we do? Anyways any help would be great my man! Thanks!

gfb107 · Post by **gfb107** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:24 am

You've got some reading to do. Start in the Using JP1 with the Slingbox thread. Make sure you read the whole thread, and follow the links, as there have been some changes to the Slingbox software since some of that was written up.

Post by **The Robman** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:46 am

Even though that particular file is a KM file, you can use either KM or RM to modify it. In your case, as your goal is to program a Slingbox, you will need to use RM.

To get an idea of who to use RM, read this...
http://www.hifi-remote.com/jp1/help/rm.shtml

geolez · Post by **geolez** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:18 pm

As i opened up the txt file for the Colsat 8000 that i downloaded from the first link. I opened it up in RM and i get an error message "The upgrade you are trying to import is not valid! It does not contain a value for Remote.name"
In the mean time i will keep reading!
Thanks for your help!
George

Post by **The Robman** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:39 pm

Sorry, you are correct, that isn't a valid file. I didn't actually open it before now so I didn't know. The user who created obviously didn't know what they were doing.

I will try reverse engineering it into something that you can use.

geolez · Post by **geolez** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:09 pm

Thanks Rob I really appreciate it! If you can great if not then I will try to page that guy with it!

Post by **The Robman** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:44 pm

Unfortunately, I can't do much with the upgrade she posted because I have no idea what remote it was intended for. The main problem is that the upgrades uses a digit table entry, so I need to know the remote in order to get the correct codes for the numeric buttons.

What I can tell you from the upgrade is that it uses the NEC1 protocol with a main device code of 64 and a sub-device code of 64.

The few EFCs that I can reliably get from the upgrade are:
120 vol+
244 vol-
052 mute
038 ch+
043 ch-

some more EFCs that will do something, but I don't know what, are:
055,056,168,165,167,121,247,059,054,117

You could try starting an upgrade with that info to see if it plays out.

geolez · Post by **geolez** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:51 pm

Appreciate your help Rob. I also paged MISTRESS you posted that file and she said that she sent you an updated and correct file so i will wait for that before i proceed. Thanks again Rob for your time my man! George

Post by **The Robman** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:16 pm

She emailed me the file and I have replaced here old file with it. However, this file generates a different upgrade to the one that was posted previously, as this one uses NEC1 device 1, so I don't know which is right.

geolez · Post by **geolez** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:45 pm

Thanks for everything Rob! I tried opening the new file in RM and all worked well. Exported a bin file and loaded in my sbvg slingbox folder proceeded to the next few steps but OF NO AVAIL. It looks like i have to get a j1 remote , a cable and start from scratch.

Post by **The Robman** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:10 pm

She just emailed me back and said that it does use the 64.64 device codes after all, so go back to the RM file that you created and change both the device code and sub-device code to 64 and try it again.

geolez · Post by **geolez** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:58 am

Once again Rob thanks for your help my man! Prompt responses all the time! When i open RM i get error messages and when i press ok the list of error messages go away and RM opens. When i open her file it asks me to chose between "fake rdf" or "SlingBox with UEI JU chip". This is what i chose because i know i have a Ju based on the reading from the above links. I put a description down and I call it Coolsat 8000. I changed the device and subdevice protocol to 64. I did not change anything else assuming that the Keys programmed will work. I just exported binary file from that and loaded it in my slingbox SBAV folder as S1554. i went through the slingbox set up typed in S1554 PRESSED power and nothing happened. Hmmm maybe i need to start from scratch with JP1 cable and so on.

JP1 Remotes

coolsat 8000HD

coolsat 8000HD

I am in the same boat!

Instructions on KM

Cool Info, Thanks!

thanks rob!

Will Try!

No Avail!

Tried 64 64 no luck!