How Clean is my IR

lordfoul · Post by **lordfoul** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 10:51 pm

I have been using this setup for a couple of weeks now with small tweaks here and there.

I have written over my devices quite a bit though and I am wondering if this creates any waste.

Here is my IR file.
https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... le_id=7470

If anyone wants to take a look at it, I would appreciate the feedback.

Thank you

lordfoul · Post by **lordfoul** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:05 pm

I see the beauty of my .Ir has stunned you all into silence.
Don't be afraid, I was once mortal just like you...

Post by **vickyg2003** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:36 am

Conveying the beauty of an IR file is something I've been struggling with for years. Even my users don't understand the beauty of what I've done until they have to go back to a non-automated remote because they've lost their remote, or they've had equipment changes that break the macros.

I took a look at your IR file. Obviously there were no problems. I see that you've got some all-On, that select the proper inputs which must make your life a lot easier. You have a few keymoves that simulate PIP punch through.

I'm not familiar with the extender for this particular remote, but some of the newer extenders have features that can make this even more elegant. I should not be recommending extenders to beginners, but you might want to see what features are available in extenders for your remote.

Enjoy

lordfoul · Post by **lordfoul** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:55 am

See, all I wanted was a "you dun good boy". Thank you

But I do have a real question.

As I tweak my device in Remote master, changing key mappings and such and then updating my device in IR (as opposed to deleting it and re adding it) am I causing clutter? like wasted memory.. things that aren't obvious to the untrained eye?

I considered using an extender but it seems the RCU810 is the neglected child of the JP1 world .. no real extra features just extra memory. Which I don't need yet.

The only thing that could be better is the delay for switching inputs on the TV. 5 seconds is the minimum amount of time needed to turn everything 'on' from and all off position when the lasted thing I was doing used a different set of inputs (Like I last shut everything off while watching satellite and now I am turning "ON" to watch a dvd)

If however I am already watching satellite and I switch to watching a dvd that 5 seconds to switch the video input is an eternity. But I can live with it.

What makes me the most happy is when I hit 'off' everything instantly turns off. With my Harmony I had to wait for each device to shut off one at a time .. slowly.

vickyg2003 wrote:Conveying the beauty of an IR file is something I've been struggling with for years. Even my users don't understand the beauty of what I've done until they have to go back to a non-automated remote because they've lost their remote, or they've had equipment changes that break the macros.

I took a look at your IR file. Obviously there were no problems. I see that you've got some all-On, that select the proper inputs which must make your life a lot easier. You have a few keymoves that simulate PIP punch through.

I'm not familiar with the extender for this particular remote, but some of the newer extenders have features that can make this even more elegant. I should not be recommending extenders to beginners, but you might want to see what features are available in extenders for your remote.

Enjoy

Post by **vickyg2003** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:00 pm

Well done!

As I tweak my device in Remote master, changing key mappings and such and then updating my device in IR (as opposed to deleting it and re adding it) am I causing clutter? like wasted memory.. things that aren't obvious to the untrained eye?

The old stuff isn't totally erased, but its NOT going to "fragment" your e2 area like say a hard drive on your remote. IR will reclaim every byte as needed.

I considered using an extender but it seems the RCU810 is the neglected child of the JP1 world .. no real extra features just extra memory. Which I don't need yet.

Some of the new features that extenders added, like the LKP, nested macros, and HT groupings, and macros on the device keys can really make an intuitive remote. Someone that owns a RCU810 has to get the bug real bad to bring the extender up to date. Its a huge time commitment to get an extender up and running.