JP1 Remotes

varaonaid · Joined: 18 Dec 2003 Posts: 99

Hello,

I'm trying to program a simple macro on my 15-2117. I need for the power button to actually work when in the MySystem mode (at the moment, it does nothing!). I've tried keymover but it won't let me do that. So I tried to create a macro onto the Power button (which it seems to say on p17 of the manual that you can do when it says that any macro on the Power key will carry over to the MySystem mode.) Any ideas on how to accomplish this?

Lastly, on other macro buttons (programmed through the remote not JP1) are they mode specific (ie vcr only work when in that mode) or do they carry over to other modes? If I get a JP1 cable can I program the macros to be mode specific? Thanks in advance!

usblipitor · Joined: 10 Oct 2003 Posts: 516 Location: Greenbelt, MD

johnsfine · Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2003 9:54 am Post subject:

IIRC, the power button is dead in MySystem mode.

With some JP1 software called an "extender" you can change/generalize the whole concept of MySystem mode, including eliminating the flaw that makes the power key not work.

Macros act the same whether programmed through JP1 or directly on the remote (though some macros can be programmed via JP1 and can't be programmed directly). Macros are global. They execute in all device modes (expect where overriden by a KeyMove).

JP1 supports a feature called DSM (device specific macros) which behave the way a macro limited to a single mode would behave if the remote supported macros limited to a single mode. In fact DSMs are really KeyMoves using a special protocol, but so far as the user of the remote sees they are macros limited to a single mode.

usblipitor · Joined: 10 Oct 2003 Posts: 516 Location: Greenbelt, MD

johnsfine · Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2003 10:04 am Post subject: Re: Using/Programming Macros

usblipitor · Joined: 10 Oct 2003 Posts: 516 Location: Greenbelt, MD

varaonaid · Joined: 18 Dec 2003 Posts: 99

Thanks for all of the greart information!

I tried the "hard way" of programming the remote. Went through you instructions exactly and when I press the "power" key as my key selection to create a macro on, I get the message "invalid" and nothing happens. I've tried this several times with the same result. Any other ideas? At some point I will get a JP1 cable but I'm just trying to get the remote functional in the meantime. Thanks again!

gjarboni · Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 12:49 am Post subject:

varaonaid · Joined: 18 Dec 2003 Posts: 99

I wish I could get it to create a global power key! However, following the directions from the helpful folks in this forum and in the manual, I can't get the remote to create a macro on the power key at all! WHen I attempt to program any macro, the remote won't seem to differentiate between modes at all, meaning I guess that all macros (at least those created without JP1) are in fact global.

Any ideas why I get the "invalid" error when I attempt to program a macro on the power button or what I can do about it?

Thanks!

gjarboni · Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 1:41 am Post subject:

usblipitor · Joined: 10 Oct 2003 Posts: 516 Location: Greenbelt, MD

e34m5 · Joined: 14 Oct 2003 Posts: 675 Location: Atlanta

I have used jp1 a lot and I have the same issue. After creating a macro on the "Power" key I find that it will not work when "mySystem" is pressed.

Don't know why this is. No big deal. I simply created two other macros with the shifted key for powering the system when using the Cable box and one for the DVD.

I did this for my parents' new systen and they in fact like the two macros better because it is more intuitive for them to press "P" and "CBL" or "DVD"