OFA 8910 - Can I change displayed text?

lowspeed · Post by **lowspeed** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:25 am

Capn Trips wrote:Please just upload any files you want looked at to the diagnosis section and post a link in your message. It is very difficult to deal with them in the body of a post.

http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... le_id=2344

Capn Trips · Post by **Capn Trips** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:23 am

From what I can tell, it appears that you have properly created the Custom Mode name macro, and properly call it in your CBL button macro.

My only possible answer is perhaps you're not activating the extender?

After uploading the extended IR file, you must press TV:Power to activate the extender (All LCDs activate for a short while, followed by "SUCCESS" displayed).

Only then will the special protocol functions work.

If you ARE activating the extender, then someone smarter than I needs to take a look.

Post by **ElizabethD** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:21 am

Capn Trips wrote:After uploading the extended IR file, you must press TV:Power to activate the extender (All LCDs activate for a short while, followed by "SUCCESS" displayed).

Something strange about this file. May or may not be relevant. I have no clue other than these observations:
1. Extender protocol $0180 is last in the list, normally it's first.
2. Extender device TV/1800 isn't in the list at all.
3. I just loaded this file into my 8910 and it won't activate so I think it's not running the extension at all.
Keymoves look ok to me, but having never used the HT button for the system, I can't comment on that part, but Capn can since he's used it.

Post by **ElizabethD** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:35 am

Additional observations which might be a problem later:
4. DSM protocol 1FC has two versions in this file, one is for the unextended 8910, one is for extended.
5. Two DSM devices are in the file: Misc/1103 and TV/1103 corresponding to the 1FC protocol.

I'd start from scratch with a clean extender file and just add the upgrade devices from KM or RM or copied and pasted from one IR session to another.

Good luck

Capn Trips · Post by **Capn Trips** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:37 am

ElizabethD wrote:
Capn Trips wrote:After uploading the extended IR file, you must press TV:Power to activate the extender (All LCDs activate for a short while, followed by "SUCCESS" displayed).
Something strange about this file. May or may not be relevant. ...
2. Extender device TV/1800 isn't in the list at all.

Duhh... how did I miss that?!

Of course that is your problem. You're definitely not running the extender. Read the extender documentation more closely to see what files you can and cannot delete from the extender. TV/1800 is most definitely NOT among them!

lowspeed · Post by **lowspeed** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:56 pm

Here is the IR file.

http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... le_id=2349

gfb107 · Post by **gfb107** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:05 pm

If you are going to post a file for us to look at, the Summary page is useless.

We need to see your actual saved .IR file.

From what we've seen so far, you didn't install the extender correctly.
Have you gone back and looked for directions on installing the extender, and did you double check what you did?

lowspeed · Post by **lowspeed** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:09 pm

gfb107 wrote:If you are going to post a file for us to look at, the Summary page is useless.

We need to see your actual saved .IR file.

From what we've seen so far, you didn't install the extender correctly.
Have you gone back and looked for directions on installing the extender, and did you double check what you did?

Yes i uploaded the extender and TV then POWER it showed success.

I replaced the summary file with the IR file at the same location.

Thanks for your help!

Capn Trips · Post by **Capn Trips** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:16 pm

Edit 2: See the highlighted sections at the bottom of this:Edit: I was obviously typing my answer as the previous one was coming in. As Emily Litella would say "Never Mind"

lowspeed wrote:Here is my summary page

http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... le_id=2349

An rtf file doesn't tell one very much. Although it's a creative way of posting some of your IR file's data, it's not particularly useful to analyze what may be wrong.

Nor do you provide any description of what you have done since the last time and what your new/current symptoms are. Does the extender seem to activate properly? (Did it before?)

From what little I can discern, it APPEARS to reflect correct upgrades for the extender and the correct formatting of the custom mode name macro, but it's hard to be sure without the actual IR file.

I would suggest (1) that you stick to uploading/posting links to IR files (or KM/RM files if the question is about a specific upgrade - in this case not) and not to invent new ways of providing the data; (2) explain what you have tried/done since the last time you uploaded a file and what symptoms you have that require fixing.; (3) using the copious "notes" capability of IR.EXE that allow you do annotate what each device and protocol upgrade is, what each keymove, macro and special keymove is, and a general description of your IR file (on the general tab). All of these things make it easier for those here to try to help you.

lowspeed · Post by **lowspeed** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:39 pm

Capn, I put the IR file... please re-download....

lowspeed · Post by **lowspeed** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:02 pm

Ok Wierd thing both this and my previous issue started working ...

Thanks for all the help.!

Post by **ElizabethD** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:57 am

rev. wrote:Just wanted to say thanks for the help. The extender seemed to install just fine (by wav file) without any special prep work. The only optional protocol I installed was the custom mode names one (which works great), but I found that after the install button presses were frustratingly unresponsive and slow for some reason and I ended up uninstalling it.

This post almost fell through the cracks!

REV, this is important: it should not be slower.
Post your file if you want some of the 88xx guys here to take a look (this thread I think is about 2 remotes, 88?? is yours, right?).
It could be something simple like a set_keys macro running several times too many.

If you decide to post the file, please indicate what's slow - a particular key from upgrade, keymove, macro, special protocol, whatever.
Hey, once you're under extension, there's no going back, not allowed

, except I had to at least 4 times

before it sank in a bit.

lowspeed · Post by **lowspeed** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:02 pm

I kinda gave up on the name change....

What happend to me is that when i first select the device it doesnt show the name... when i press it again ... it shows the new name.

Is that how it usually works ?

Nils_Ekberg · Post by **Nils_Ekberg** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:22 pm

lowspeed wrote:I kinda gave up on the name change....

What happend to me is that when i first select the device it doesnt show the name... when i press it again ... it shows the new name.

Is that how it usually works ?

Don't give up. That is not how it should be working. Post your file so we can get a look at it.

Post by **ElizabethD** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:49 pm

NILS IS BACK !!!

!!!

When I looked yesterday at the 10/26 4:30+- pm file, "HDTV" displayed when I pushed CBL on 8910. Then lowspeed reported it worked. Indicentally, there was no CBL upgrade, setup was 0000.