JP1 Remotes

Hi, with the URC8910 extender, you have this KEY SETS:

Chan = Ch+, CH-, digits, Enter, Last, Sleep, Info, TV/Video
PIP = Pip, Freeze, Swap, Move, +100

Is it possible to move the TV/Video button from Chan to PIP?

Thanks, Bye.

The device groups where buttons are defined is not handled by the extender. They are basically managed at the hardware level and would require a lot of code in the extender to handle that. Since there is not a lot of room in the remote to insert the code it would be difficult to do.

There are a few ways to handle the button by either putting a macro on the button which would then make it global, put a DSM macro on the button for the mode you want it to be used in, or put a keymove on the button for when you are in the mode that you want the function in the pip group.

I haven't checked the 8910 extender details. But I think it must already be patching that built-in grouping.

I don't think there even is a built-in group for PIP, so if the extender has such a group, it must have invented that group.

Such patching of the built-in groups is costly in EEPROM space. Even if you understood the extender code well enough to change that, you might also need secondary changes to allow for the increase size of the extender. But if it is patching the grouping already, at least you wouldn't need to understand the extender code well enough to invent such a feature from scratch.

johnsfine wrote:I don't think there even is a built-in group for PIP, so if the extender has such a group, it must have invented that group.

John, I took a look at the extender before posting above and found no indication that device groups are being patched in any way. I did read through it quickly so I could have missed it. I also don't remember any special handling when I worked on it with David. Best I can tell is that PIP is a built in group and the extender is just handling it that way.