Thomson DCI 5211 HOT Cable Box

ron_by · Post by **ron_by** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:19 am

1. Device: Thomson DCI 5211
2. Type of device: Cable Box
3. Year: recent (2009-2010 i think)
4. JP1/UEI Remote model: Slingbox (no JP1 or UEI remote)
5. Do you have a JP1 cable? no
6. Still have original remote? yes
7. Checked the file section? yes
8. Checked Pronto file section (at R/C)? yes
9. Partially working setup code? no
10. Learning remote question? n/a

Thanks in advance

alanrichey · Post by **alanrichey** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:55 pm

I've built a test remote for you at https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... le_id=8725

Although it uses a protocol I have never got to work yet. But there is always a first time

ron_by · Post by **ron_by** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:02 pm

Thanks very much.

My slingbox seems to have stopped working for some reason, so I can't test it now. But hopefully I'll get it working again tomorrow and then I'll be able to test it and see if it works. I'll report back here after I do that.

ron_by · Post by **ron_by** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:14 pm

Just tried it. Not working unfortunately.

No reaction at all. After the power button didn't work I went ahead anyway to check other buttons, but no luck. Playing with the placement of the IR thingies didn't do the trick either.

alanrichey · Post by **alanrichey** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:25 pm

Pity. I assume you did the camera check on the blasters ?

As I said I wasn't confident as I have never managed to build a working remote with the Thomson IR protocol.

Have you checked out http://betaremotes.com to see if you build your own remote ?

Post by **The Robman** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:09 pm

Alan, if you load your RM file, I can take a look to see if you did anything wrong. I might also need your ICT file to compare it with.

alanrichey · Post by **alanrichey** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:26 pm

Sorry, thought it was already in. Added now.

And an ICT file for Power, 1, 2 & 3.

Post by **The Robman** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:47 pm

Try creating a bin file using this RMDU file:
https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... le_id=1562

This one also uses Thomson with device code 3 but the OBCs are different.

Plus, there appears to be a problem with the S3C8 code in protocols.ini, I think it should be replaced with this...

Code.S3C80=76 76 11 8B 0E C5 41 05 07 00 F2 03 ED 00 F2 08 \
DE 9C 2C 76 00 01 6B 03 B6 03 08 8D 01 46

alanrichey · Post by **alanrichey** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:16 am

OK, new effort at https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... le_id=8737 using that RMDU file and the new code.

And the original one rebuilt with the changed code, https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... le_id=8725

ron_by: Do either of these work ?

alanrichey · Post by **alanrichey** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 4:23 pm

Any luck ?

ron_by · Post by **ron_by** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 5:58 pm

no, didn't work.

sorry not reporting back here sooner. i thought i'd go get a new IR blaster cable, just in case that's where the problem lies (though I doubt it, since i did the camera check and it seemed fine), but haven't managed to get one yet.

any idea what the problem might be? anything else i should check?

alanrichey · Post by **alanrichey** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 6:21 pm

Afraid all my ideas are in the Readme file. So maybe we still don't have the Thomson protocol right.

ron_by · Post by **ron_by** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 2:01 pm

got a new IR blaster cable and tried again, but still no luck.

any other ideas, anyone?

Post by **vickyg2003** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 2:13 pm

Alan, do you have the same sling as ron-by? If so can you capture the sling output from your sling to irscope too?

alanrichey · Post by **alanrichey** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:09 pm

With great difficluty. But there is another problem now i have tried re-learning the codes and that is that some buttons decode as Thomson 3 and some as Thomson 35, and we can't use both in RM ?