JP1 Remotes

[The Robman]

The main threads on this topic are over at AVSForum.

Here's a link to the thread for the 2k/3k series:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=862213

Here's a link to the thread for the 4k/5k series:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=267352

Here's a link to the post where FlipFlop spells out the step-by-step process for adding codes to the 4k/5k series:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=6311995#post6311995

The ReplayTV file section is here:
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=category&cat_id=106

The file section contains the RIDGen program and many RID files that other users have created.

PLEASE NOTE: If you find that you need to edit the shell commands (for the 4k/5k series ReplayTV units) you must use a UNIX text editor, don't use Notepad or WordPad.
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[forumguy]

I think it would benefit many first timers to publish the instructions created by FlipFlop used to convert a rmdu to rid file. The instructions are below.

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Here is the procedure for going from a JP1 file (for KeymapMaster or RemoteMaster) to a RID file which can be uploaded to your ReplayTV:

1) Download RIDGen, MakeHex, and DecodeIR using the links in my previous post. Put all files in the same directory
2) Get RemoteMaster (a Java program) and the RDF files from the file section at http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=category&cat_id=81
3) Get the file for your device, from the files sections of either http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=category&cat_id=4 or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jp1/
4) Load that file into RM. Note that RM will load KeymapMaster configurations (.txt files) if you change the file type dropdown box in the file open dialog.
5) Run RIDGen. Copy the "Protocol" and "Device Number" fields from RM to RIDGen
6) Select the "Functions" tab in RM. Copy the EFC code for digit 0 to the EFC column in RIDGen for digit 0.
7) Click the "MakeHex" button to verify that the RID code gets created in RIDGen for digit 0. You should get a string of 0's and 1's and other symbols in the Initial bits and Repeated bits columns.
8) If that worked, then copy EFC codes all digits 0-9, Enter (if available), and Power from RM to RIDGen.
9) Click the "MakeHex" button again to convert all of the codes
10) Click "Save" in RIDGen, and save as C1000fi.rid (for cable code 1000 - if you change the code number, the file name will be different)

Notes:

- if the MakeHex button isn't available, or doesn't work, you need to download the MakeHex program, and extract all files into the same directory as RIDGen.exe
- There must be a .irp file for the Protocol you use. Not all protocols have .irp files. If your protocol doesn't have an .irp file, then check on the hifi-remote forum for assistance.

[The Robman]

To add a new blaster code to a 2k/3k series ReplayTV unit (including Showstoppers), you need to use a program called extract_rtv which you can download from here (instructions on how to use extract_rtv are in the ReadMe.txt included in the zip):
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rtvpatch/files/

You can create new OBJ files using RM. To do so, you need to have the Showstopper RDF (it's the BINOBJ file) in the main RDF folder. This RDF can be downloaded from here:
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=7025

Then, using RM, open the upgrade file for your device and change the selected remote to "ReplayTV Showstoppers", check the button assignments, then select "Export Binary Upgrade" from the Advanced menu.

Once you have a new OBJ file, you would use extract_rtv to add it to your Replay. If you overlay an existing OBJ file, you won't need to change anything else. OBJ files reside in the sys1/OS/IRBlaster folder.

The syntax for extract_rtv is:
"extract_rtv -p1 -w [filename] [localfile]"

-p1 means use partition 1
-w means overwrite filename with localfile
[filename] is the full path name of the file on the ReplayTV drive
[localfile] is the name of the file on the PC drive

If you decide to add a new OBJ file, you will also need to include a reference to it in the IRBTable file (found in sys1/OS/IRBlaster folder). If you want to have the brand name listed, you would need to add a new brand file to the sys1/Setup/Irbdata folder.

The IRBTable file looks like this...