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According to MaestroDD, the multi-remote mode is not implemented in the AppleTV codebase. Ugh! That explains why it's not functioning. I had read something like that in either the xbmc or an AppleTV forum, but since the post was a couple of years old, so I thought it was obsolete.

Did you want to ...

When you get it all sorted out, could you zip together the upgrade file and whatever XBMC files that you need and save it here in the file section, with some instruction if possible, so others can find it and use it.

I will gladly post everything (supplemental to the base XBMC install on an ...

Well, I believe I have discovered the problem.

According to MaestroDD, the multi-remote mode is not implemented in the AppleTV codebase. Ugh! That explains why it's not functioning.

I will continue working on the XBMC side to get this functionality implemented.

Thanks for all your help Vicky, Rob ...

I updated the KM file with a corrected OBC's for the buttons 61 and above, and the protocol is tweaked to handle 160 too.
Hamony Plex codes

Here is a clean ir file that contains your latest protocol and device upgrade code. It is based off a stock URC-8811 ir dump.

if you see anything about ...

Actually, I didn't notice that 156 was skipped, and I don't know that it was intentionally skipped. I wanted to eliminate device code 160 from the range because device codes 149-159 only need 1 nibble of variable binary, but 160 uses the other nibble.

156 is intentionally skipped.

Line 362 ...

Sorry for the delayed response; I have been out of town on business.

Tilda, I've got an 8811 with me. If you post your IR file, I'll load it up and shoot it at the widget to see what is being sent from your remote. I could easily have messed something up when I was buttoning things up and posting ...

Couple of things:

The AppleTV does not differentiate between the various signals. It is treating the base 6 signals exactly the same regardless of the device id. So, either the device id is not being transmitted correctly, or the unit is not mapping the signals correctly. I have removed all custom ...

vickyg2003 wrote:So if the hex was 96 this would be device 153 + right key

The reason it is 96 rather than 69 is because it is LSB rather than MSB?

Quick update:

First try with the new upgrade and protocol is giving mixed results. I am not sure if it is the device upgrade or the keymap file. I have installed a nightly build of XBMC on a MacBook Pro to see if I can get the received IR codes to dump out to the log. If so, I should be able to see ...

Tilda,

here is an upgrade for you to play with this weekendh. I think it sends out the proper signals, but if it doesn't seem to work, I'll recheck it against the limited # of learns we have from the harmony plex.

https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=8073

Excellent ...

I had a chance to look at Alan's learns and can see that the last byte is the "device byte".

Thanks for confirming this.

Edit : Red is supposed to be key 83, which if I understand this should be 158 9 (the key for LEFT, not a hold key), so maybe this is just an error in the harmony plex code ...

I am more than a little confused because this is so different from what we were trying to do before.

This method is completely different than what we were doing before. I feel like this is a better way to accomplish the goal, and we no longer have to play with sequence timings.

Would it be ...

If we stay with the Harmony system, do we really need to include device code 160? Are there any functions defined with that device code (ie, button ids 101-110)?

The keymap file does not use button ids 101-110. Either way, we can provide users with 100 buttons rather then 6; so, that is a marked ...

On a side note, I received my two Broadcom Crystal HD chips yesterday and have them both installed in my ATVs.

I have tested Elephants Dream @1080p and Killa Sample.

Killa Sample stutters, but Elephants Dream plays smoothly 90% of the time. Not bad for alpha code.

The chip can certainly handle it ...

If I understand you correctly, you are saying that we can scrap the multi-button strings and use this approach instead, where the device code & command code combination tells the device what to do. Is that right?

Yes; it appears we can scrap the multi button sequence stuff and go with this ...