Hex question

[fjmet]

Trying to program a Panasonic TV into my AtlasDVR. KM shows that the ASPECT key is EFC 238 Hex $84 $DF. When I use IR, Keymoves, Add, the EFC 238 is converted to Hex $D1. If I enter in hex, $84 $DF, it gets converted to $D1 $BA and the EFC = 180. Neither one works in my remote. What am I doing wrong? My TV is a device 128.
Frank

[The Robman]

I think this is one of the remotes that use the new keymove format, so i would recommend programming the EFC on the remote itself.

[fjmet]

What do you mean by "Programming the EFC on to the remote itself"? This is not a learning remote.

[The Robman]

Programming EFCs and learning are completely different concepts. Learning is where you position the remotes head-to-head and make one remote teach the signal to the other.

The ability to program an EFC (aka "advanced code") to a button is a long standing feature of UEI remotes.

[Mark Pierson]

If I enter in hex, $84 $DF, it gets converted to $D1 $BA and the EFC = 180.

My TV is a device 128.

Do you mean you're using Setup Code TV/0128? The standard Panasonic TV code is TV/0250, which is a 1-byte protocol. You should be able to just enter the EFC of 238 ($84) into a key move.

[mr_d_p_gumby]

Trying to program a Panasonic TV into my AtlasDVR. KM shows that the ASPECT key is EFC 238 Hex $84 $DF. When I use IR, Keymoves, Add, the EFC 238 is converted to Hex $D1. If I enter in hex, $84 $DF, it gets converted to $D1 $BA and the EFC = 180. Neither one works in my remote. What am I doing wrong? My TV is a device 128.
Frank

I think this is one of the remotes that use the new keymove format, so i would recommend programming the EFC on the remote itself.

Rob is correct. The Atlas DVR uses the new keymove format (like the URC-6131), and IR does not yet understand this format. His suggestion to do the EFC on the remote itself won't work in this case either, since the upgrade you are using uses 2 data bytes ($84 $DF) per keymove.

Do you mean you're using Setup Code TV/0128? The standard Panasonic TV code is TV/0250, which is a 1-byte protocol. You should be able to just enter the EFC of 238 ($84) into a key move.

This won't work either, since the data you indicated ($84 $DF) needs subdevice 4, where TV/0250 uses subdevice 0.

Here's what I've done in the past to solve this problem: create a dummy upgrade using device 128 subdevice 4, then, create a keymove that refers to the dummy upgrade. In this case, you can use a 1-byte protocol for the dummy upgrade with no functions assigned to any buttons:

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Upgrade Code 0 = 14 E3  (TV/1251)
 C9 00 01 DE BF FB FE DF                        
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Now, enter a keymove in IR that refers to this upgrade. You select the Hex Cmd radio button, and enter

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00 EE

where EE is EFC 238 expressed as a hex number.

If you need to do this for a 2-data-byte protocol, then it is a little more complex. I won't bore you with the details here unless you want to know.

[The Robman]

If he's going to the trouble of creating a dummy upgrade anyway, he might as well assign the function to a button which would enable him to create a 1-byte keymove using the button code. The POWER button would be a good candidate and it's button code is usually $03, so in IR you would select hex mode and enter $03

[fjmet]

The manual for the AtlasDVR has Device Re-Assignment(992), but NO keymoves.I looked at a 6131 manual and it has keymove(994). I tried the 994 code in the AtlasDVR remote and it worked. What an improvement. Now I can get things done.

[The Robman]

The main reason I created the hifi-remote web site in the first place was because of all the stuff missing from the manuals.