JP1 Remotes

rickgtx · Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 35

Hi, I mapped the channels and volume keys to the arrow keys on my URC-6820 to simulate the OEM remote.

Now, where is the best place for the arrow keys to go? I don't need them often. I tried shift-arrow, but it is a bit cumbersome.

Any suggestions?

TIA
Rick

BTW, This mapping of channels and volume keys to the arrow keys is the only way I can get my wife to use the remote. Smile

Capn Trips · Expert Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 3990

If you have a numeric keypad, AND you do not usually use direct input of channel numbers, how about 2, 4, 6, and 8 for U, L, R, and D?
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rickgtx · Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 35

Thanks. Thought of that but I need to enter channel numbers more than arrow keys. Also this is a TV/DVD so I need the play, stop, ff, rev too. Maybe something with LongKeyPress?

vickyg2003 · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:25 pm Post subject:

There's a LKP in the prebeta extender for this remote. If you're interested in testing let me know.

The Robman · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject:

You could create two versions of the upgrade, one with the ch/vol functions on the arrows and another with the real arrow functions on the arrow buttons. You could program the 2nd upgrade to one of the hidden device buttons and then switch to it when needed using a macro.
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pH7_jp1 · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:52 pm Post subject:

Two different TVs that I programmed a remote for used only 4 keys on the OEM remote that had printed the arrows and beside the buttons printed Vol+, Ch+, ... There were only the 4 codes and the TV did the right thing depending on whether it was displaying a menu or not. In this case, I programmed the same codes on the arrow buttons and on the Ch & Vol buttons.

Mark Pierson · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:11 pm Post subject:

Here's a radical idea... Surprised

Why not map the functions to the appropriate buttons on the 6820? Wink

Or, if you're really set on having volume and channel control on the arrow buttons, I suppose you could map the arrows to the Vol and Ch buttons.
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The Robman · Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:42 pm Post subject:

underquark · Expert Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 874 Location: UK

It would help if we could see the OEM remote and know what its target device is because - as pH7 jp1 states - it might not be an issue.

LKP on volume and channel keys wouldn't - IMHO - be a good idea as these are keys that are generally pressed and held for a variable time. Doing something such as putting them on Shift-arrow and then making the Format button a Set or Shift key might, however, work.

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rickgtx · Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 35

rickgtx · Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 35

The Robman · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:39 pm Post subject:

rickgtx · Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 35

I'm not sure about assigning to a hidden device and how to get to it. With ir.exe I show 10 devices for my 6820 and I have 6 devices keys. So I picked the most likely 6 devices to program #1, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8. I left #2, 5, 9, and 10 alone. The AUD device #8 is my TV/DVD 2015.

So I make another upgrade like DVD/2016 and put it another device, like #2 SAT? Then how do I access it?

These are devices I control:
0093*TV Sharp
0490*DVD Panasonic
1039 DVD Pye DVR Mod PY90DG
1314 DVD Apex TV/DVD Mod 1314DV
1330 VCR Tobshiba TV/VCR Mod MV13N3
2015 DVD Haier TV/DVD Model HLTDC15

johnsfine · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:38 pm Post subject:

To access up to ten devices on a 6820, define a macro for each device you want whose device key doesn't physically exist.

Those extra four device keys do exist in the firmware, so you can include a press of one of those device keys in a macro and it will function correctly even though the button doesn't physically exist.

If you don't have enough extra buttons (such as M1 and M2) to dedicate to those macros, you can use "shifted" buttons. A quick press and release of SET before another button shifts it. Since SET is harder to press than other buttons, you might want another macro for that (I think this trick works in an 6820, but I'm not certain): Dedicate some other key as shift, and make it a macro containing just SET, then you can define multiple shifted keys and they will be easier to use than if you had left SET as the only shift key.