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Some JP1 remotes, like the RS-2133 (6 in 1 Kameleon), URC-5550(Topline 5), and URC-8550 (Topline 8), URC-7552, URC-7560, URC-7562, URC-8060 (6 in 1 Kameleon), URC-8910, URC-9910 are equipped with modems to receive official UEI upgrades via WAV files. The UEI upgrades that come via WAV file tend to be very bloated. You’ll probably be limited to 2 official upgrades. You can create your own WAV files to upgrade your modem equipped remote.

Official WAV files from Oneforall are used to install new setup codes in the upgrade area of the E2/EEPROM area of a remote. Remote Master and IR.EXE can create WAV files that add new upgrades, add new keymoves, add new learns, or totally rewrite the E2/EEPROM area. Typically we'll be using WAV files to add upgrades only, but you could do everything right down to adding an extender. The drawback with WAV upgrades is that its only one-way communications.

WAV files are specific to a remote model. WAV import/export capability is built into Remote Master. To enable this functionality in IR.EXE, see the installation notes at the bottom of this page.

(1) You first have to build your upgrade using either KM or RM.

(2) For Remote Master, skip to step 3. For IR, copy the upgrade data from KM or RM into IR.

(3) Select export to .WAV from the file menu.

Steps 1 and 2 are described in great detail in the first link in the Using Keymap-Master or Using RemoteMaster sections in help.

WAV upgrades are not cumulative in the remote. Each .wav upgrade installed replaces all previous ones.

If you want multiple device upgrades, you must accumulate them in Remote Master IR.EXE. Add all the desired device and protocol upgrades in Remote Master or IR, then create one .wav file.

Instruction for the OFA 6 – no LCD

Turn your speaker’s volume to half of MAX and turn the TONE to MAX if your speakers have this feature. If you have small speakers its better to turn the volume up more.

Press the key labeled ‘TV’. Then press the [Power] key to prepare the remote control for the upgrade by entering it upgrade state mode. The LED will stay on .

Place the remote control on the face of the speaker. The remote should be facing you. It is recommended that your remote’s back be touching the speakers. Someone on the JP1 forum recommend using a rubber band to hold it in place

Click the play button.

While the sound file is playing, you should hear a serial beeping sound coming from your speakers and the remote controls’s device key LED should blink. The blinking indicates the sound is being accepted by the remote control.

If you don’t see the device key LED blinking while the sound file is playing or it doesn’t blink after the sound has stopped you should wait for 5 seconds to allow the remote to exit the upgrade state. Then you will probably need to adjust the speaker’s volume and/or remote’s position on the surface of the speaker and go to step 1 and try again.

After successful completion of the download, press and release the [MAGIC] key and the device key LED will double blink.

Instructions for the Topline Remote LCD

	Turn the speakers’ volume to half of MAX. and turn the tone to MAX if your speakers have this feature. If you have small speakers its better to turn the speakers up more.
	Press and hold the [Magic] key until the LCD displays “TIMED SEQ”
	Press the [Menu] key once and the LCD displays “CODE SETUP” Press [Enter] and the LCD displays “DEV SET UP.
	Press the [Menu] key 3 times and the LCD displays “MODEM”. Press [Enter] and the LCD display will change to “DOWNLOAD”.

Hold the remote against the speaker. (Some people rubber band the remote to the speaker) The remote control should face you. The back of the remote should be touching the speaker. Click on the play button.

After successful completion of the download , the LCD will display “COMPLETE”. If the LCD doesn’t display “COMPLETE” you should wait for 1 minute to allow the remote to exit the DOWNLOAD mode. Then you will probably need to adjust the speaker’s volume and/or remote’s position on the surface of the speaker and go to step 1 and try again.

Instructions for the 9962 Kameleon

Enter Set-Up mode,

Click "Other"

Enter 997.

Display goes blank

Place the remote against speakers

Play wav.

At the end of the play, the remote wakes up and flashes twice indicating successful upgrade.

EXTENDER NOTE

WAV files only work for the remote they were formatted for. They contain a signature that must match the signature in the remote. If you installed an extender, it may have changed the signature in your remote. You would have read about that in the ReadMe file that was bundled with your extender.

The Extender uses a different signature only to help people with multiple kinds of EEPROM images on their PC keep them straight. There is no technical need for the signature difference other than that.

When people have used wav files for extenders in the past they needed to patch the extender and rename its associated RDF file (and hide the original RDF of that name) to get the extender signature to match what the remote expects. Then it should work.

IR.EXE WAV Installation Notes

To create a WAV with IR you’ll need to download IRToWAV from the JP1->DOWNLOADS->Tools->Main area.

Unzip the IRToWAV file

IRToWav is a Java program and requires a Java virtual machine supporting at least version 1.4 of the language. Sun's Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition, can be freely downloaded from http://java.sun.com and is supported on many platforms. Earlier versions of the run-time might be sufficient, but this has not been tested.

Java might already be installed on your system, to check it, open a command prompt and type "java -version". If you receive an error, or if the displayed version number is smaller than 1.4.0, you will need to install/upgrade your run-time.

IRToWav should work on any platform supporting Java, as it is a pure Java program. However it has only been tested on the Windows platform.

If the Export to WAV option on the File menu is still grayed out, you’ll need to tell IR where the IRtoWAV file is using the File->Set Directory ->IRtoWAV and then navigate to the file.