URC-7960 Shortcomings

[3FG]

Well, the URC-7960 is a remote designed for European use. The OARI06G is similar, but is designed for USA use. If you don't have an interface cable, it's going to be tough to use the 7960 with your equipment.

So, I'll assume that you don't have an interface cable, and explain the issues. The 7960 does not have the typical setup code for Vizio--01758 or TV 1758. It is possible however, to modify TV 0178 using keymoves with the 994 command. You'd use RemoteMaster, and one of the Vizio upgrades in the file section to find the EFC to enter.

The 7960 does not have SAT 0775 (20775), nor does it even have the protocol executor necessary to send this IR protocol. There is no way to manually program the remote to send Dish signals, other than learning. The OARI06G does have both setup codes.

If you get an interface cable, it will be easy to set up the 7960 to work with your equipment. For example, with modest labor, you can assemble this one: FTDI based cable

BTW, for the JP1 experts, the 7960 and OARI06G use non-typical device numbers. TV is 0 and SAT is 2. See the RDF file.

[deerewright]

Hopper uses the same code as other Dish equipment, SAT 0775 (00775). The trick with Hopper is you must manually enable IR on the Remote Manager screen because it's disabled by default. Hopper/Joey only respond to IR address 1. If you use one of our upgrades, use the one I did for the 722 because it includes discrete on/off and all the colored buttons.

I'd be interested to find out how you learned each key since the Hopper remote (model 40.0) can't send Dish codes via IR.

I learned all the codes from from my Xsight touch, which learned the codes for colored buttons (which you supplied to me in another forum), from my urc-9910...

(Talk about a runon, runon sentence....)

[deerewright]

Well, the URC-7960 is a remote designed for European use. The OARI06G is similar, but is designed for USA use. If you don't have an interface cable, it's going to be tough to use the 7960 with your equipment.

So, I'll assume that you don't have an interface cable, and explain the issues. The 7960 does not have the typical setup code for Vizio--01758 or TV 1758. It is possible however, to modify TV 0178 using keymoves with the 994 command. You'd use RemoteMaster, and one of the Vizio upgrades in the file section to find the EFC to enter.

The 7960 does not have SAT 0775 (20775), nor does it even have the protocol executor necessary to send this IR protocol. There is no way to manually program the remote to send Dish signals, other than learning. The OARI06G does have both setup codes.

If you get an interface cable, it will be easy to set up the 7960 to work with your equipment. For example, with modest labor, you can assemble this one: FTDI based cable

BTW, for the JP1 experts, the 7960 and OARI06G use non-typical device numbers. TV is 0 and SAT is 2. See the RDF file.

This opens up a whole other can of worms....

Would it be possible to flash the 7960 with OAR106G firmware, or is there internal physical differences? Or should we just forget I mentioned it?

Off to get a Jp1 cable...

[3FG]

RMIR only reads/writes to the so-called E2 area of memory, and doesn't access the parts of memory where setup codes, etc are stored.

With a JP1.2/1.3 flash cable (not a JP1 cable, which only works with older remotes like the 9910) you can load the necessary upgrades and protocol executors for your equipment. There's 4KB of memory-- plenty.

[deerewright]

RMIR only reads/writes to the so-called E2 area of memory, and doesn't access the parts of memory where setup codes, etc are stored.

With a JP1.2/1.3 flash cable (not a JP1 cable, which only works with older remotes like the 9910) you can load the necessary upgrades and protocol executors for your equipment. There's 4KB of memory-- plenty.

Just downloaded RM, and ordered a cable like this? http://www.diygadget.com/jp1-1-1-1-2-1- ... motes.html

Was going to build one, but the few extra bucks aren't worth my time? Although, how much time did I spend learning all the keys