JP1 Remotes

unclemiltie · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:24 pm Post subject:

Making an RDF for a new remote is actually quite difficult and requires help from a number of the experts in this forum.

First you have to figure out where stuff is stored in the remote. This is generally done by downloading the remote after adding macros, keymoves, etc and trying to find what changed.

Second, once you have that, then you have to find the key values for each key. This is generally done by creating lots of macros and then reading them out in IR, and then compiling the list of items.

Third, comes the hard stuff that the experts have to figure out. The key lists for each device type, the list of protocols, the list of items in the digit tables, and other things are not trivial to get. Even with a LOT of knowledge, it's still hard to do. (for example, some protocols have a number of variants and the list of protocols in the RDF has to describe the right one)

It's not for the faint of heart, and in fact, I've never been able to truly complete one and have written a number of JP1 extenders (and am working on a JP1.3 extender)
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friday · Just Gettin' Started Joined: 21 Oct 2008 Posts: 55

i think there is a problem with Dreambox v4 urc-39930 and RM. please take a look.
there are 8 buttons at the bottom. (red, green, yell. blue,....) some are double-assigned when i do it over the "layout" . e.g (red=6, green=7, yell=8, blue=9, tv=0). when i assign them over the "buttons" menu, the funtions are ok but the picture shows still false.

is this a generaly problem of this remote?

friday

ElizabethD · Forum Regular Joined: 09 Feb 2004 Posts: 1767

oops!
Looks like 7800 extender 5 rdf is missing Sad

Signature C7L0X7L5.
File was in the 1.26 distribution.
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Nils_Ekberg · Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:09 am Post subject:

I can fix that Liz. Will be in the next release
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ElizabethD · Forum Regular Joined: 09 Feb 2004 Posts: 1767

Thanks, Nils.
Now here comes another. RC1 of IRv8 may not be doing it right for 6131 extended. Note this post
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=72752#72752
I'll await the answer there, but perhaps change will be needed here as well.
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ElizabethD · Forum Regular Joined: 09 Feb 2004 Posts: 1767

Nils, 6131extender also needs change for IRv8
Signature is PVR0PVx1
[SpecialProtocols]
DSM=TV/1103:-01FC
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gfb107 · Expert Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Posts: 3112 Location: Cary, NC

I think that also applies to Atlas SA_7
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ElizabethD · Forum Regular Joined: 09 Feb 2004 Posts: 1767

I would think so. Also I'm not sure if the 1K extenders should have it.
In 1K the special protocols are in separate files, so people who have no room can pick just the protocols they want. Perhaps Mike can answer that.
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ElizabethD · Forum Regular Joined: 09 Feb 2004 Posts: 1767

There is a 6131 extender2 beta, I just learned.
Has few interesting features.
Also has remapped some keys, causing, I think, all X_device things offset.
The RDF for this extender is in the zip file.
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=5757
Perhaps this file could be added as well.
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mr_d_p_gumby · Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:52 pm Post subject:

gfb107 · Expert Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Posts: 3112 Location: Cary, NC

RDF updates are also needed to deal with the new variant names of PID 0161.
See http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=75654#75654
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WagonMaster · Forum Regular Joined: 16 Apr 2009 Posts: 337

As I think everyone here knows, I've taken over the RDF/map/image maintainership from Nils Ekberg.

In reading through this thread, attempting to find anything that may have been unaddressed, I see various comments about changing the "DSM=" line in the "[SpecialProtocols]" section of various RDFs.

Furthermore, I see that the RDFs that Nils emailed me do not have any of the changes suggested for that field.

So before I change anything, I want to hear some feedback on what should be done.

It sounds like this line:

mr_d_p_gumby · Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:32 pm Post subject:

WagonMaster · Forum Regular Joined: 16 Apr 2009 Posts: 337

OK, so just to be crystal clear: This line:

Capn Trips · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:46 pm Post subject:

WagonMaster,

Is this release imminent?

I just took a look, and although there seems to have been movement on the 1.29 release over the months, the months keep ticking by, and the "current" 1.28 release dates back almost 2 years!

(although it's hard to say, really, since the first post in this thread says January 2008, and the "last updated" entry for the file says Apr 2009)

Not nagging, just asking.
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