mdavej's dish 722 upgrade

tennessee titan · Post by **tennessee titan** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:32 pm

Trying to use it .When copying to IR get an "invalid character in input" error

Post by **The Robman** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:14 pm

Do you mean this file...
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... le_id=8983

If so, without changing the selected remote (from the RCA RCRP05B) I get this output...

Upgrade Code2 = 00 4B (Cable/0075) Dish Network VIP 722 (RM v2.02 Beta 1.5)
00 02 1D 3E FE FE FE 1E E6 11 00 00 80 00 00 68
78 08 2C 40 68 78 70 60 48 6C 00 50 5C D0 3C 1C
0C 80 C4 C8 84 7C E4 D8 58 94 88 8C 4C D4 E8 F4
EC 04 DC E4
KeyMoves
BF F0 04 00 4B 9C AE«Discrete Off»
End

which copies into IR.exe just fine.

tennessee titan · Post by **tennessee titan** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:16 pm

I did change the remote to the Atlas 1056...
Think that caused it?

tennessee titan · Post by **tennessee titan** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:44 am

I copied the output from your post, and got the same result. I havent used this in forever. What is the significance of the protocol ID? Is it possible that I need a new version/copy of IR?

tennessee titan · Post by **tennessee titan** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:24 am

Downloaded IR8.03. tried your output with original RCA remote. Same result...

Post by **vickyg2003** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:21 am

tennessee titan wrote:I did change the remote to the Atlas 1056...
Think that caused it?

You shouldn't copy and paste the code from the post above, into an Atlas 1056, but even that worked without generating an error.

It might be a problem with the 1056 RDF.
Is this an extender, or are you using the standard RDF? If so, how old is that RDF? A long time ago there were some problems with the RDF and the F1, F2 and F3 keys, but that was sorted out a couple of years ago.
If you don't have the latest and greatest it might be a good time to change.

Also, could you paste the upgrade in this thread, so that we can see if that will work on our end?

tennessee titan · Post by **tennessee titan** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:17 pm

Thanks. I DID get the same result with the RCA remote, but I will download a new 1056 RDF and try it!

Post by **The Robman** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:26 pm

Without being able to see exactly what you're doing, it's hard to say. Certainly, having out of date copies of the software would usually be a likely culprit.

I think in this case I'd like to see a screenshot of the data after it was pasted in and the error message pop-up appeared because I have a feeling that will tell us what's up.

tennessee titan · Post by **tennessee titan** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:41 pm

Looks like I really dont know how to do that!

Upgrade Code2 = 00 4B (Cable/0075) Dish Network VIP 722 (RM v1.99b)
00 02 1D 3E FE FE FE 1E E6 11 00 00 80 00 00 68
78 08 2C 40 68 78 70 60 48 6C 00 50 5C D0 3C 1C
0C 80 C4 C8 84 7C E4 D8 58 94 88 8C 4C D4 E8 F4
EC 04 DC E4
KeyMoves
BF F0 04 00 4B 9C AE«Discrete Off»
End

Post by **vickyg2003** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:55 pm

It appears to be something on your end. I used your code, Running ir.8.03 with the latest unextended 1056 RDF, it all works great.

To post a screen shot, see the sticky in the beginners forum.

tennessee titan · Post by **tennessee titan** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:55 pm

Get that error no matter what upgrade or remote I try!
Bump the question ;
What is the significance of the required protocol ID?

binky123 · Post by **binky123** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:28 pm

Make sure you are selecting the Devices Tab in IR8.03 and not the Protocols Tab. After that, click on ADD button and then paste the above device upgrade and it should work.

tennessee titan · Post by **tennessee titan** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:39 pm

"Make sure you are selecting the Devices Tab in IR8.03 and not the Protocols Tab "

My bad. that was it. Haven't used IR in 2 years and it showed!
Thank you all for your patience

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tennessee titan · Post by **tennessee titan** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 1:43 pm

I am still having a problem (been away from this too long). I think I ham having a device type issue. What device type should this upgrade be? Do I have to set the remote up to get the type correct?

Post by **The Robman** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 2:33 pm

you can use whatever type you like, it doesn't matter if you pick the "wrong" type (eg, using VCR for a sat dish, etc), so people usually pick the type that gives them the best button selection as some types include more buttons than others. However, you do need to use the same type in IR or RMIR, so of you call the upgrade VCR/1234 you can't call it SAT/1234 on the remote, it will need to be VCR/1234 there also, but this gets set automatically when you copy the upgrade block over.

Also, if you are using VPT (volume punch thru) be aware that it sometimes breaks if you use the wrong device type for the device button (eg, you assign a "VCR" code to the SAT device button.