JP1 Remotes

[Nils_Ekberg]

[RichardP]

Nils,

I have uploaded the files.

The one after the 981 reset is here

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jp1/files/Diagnosis%20Area/8060-Empty.txt

The merged file is here

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jp1/files/Diagnosis%20Area/my-urc-8060-ext1.txt

Note that this is without changing any macros to get rid of TV, SAT etc keys which you said may cause problems.

Richard

[Nils_Ekberg]

Richard

I have uploaded the Extender 1 Beta 2 for the URC-8060 to the jp1 group file section URC-8060 Extender Beta 2

Give this a try and let me know how you make out. I changed some of the routines around the screen management which is where if anywhere there would be a problem. First just try loading the "URC8060 Extender 1.txt" file without your upgrades.

Back to the super bowl............
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[RichardP]

Nils,

No change I'm afraid, it behaves just the same as the Beta 1 extender. If you press TV Power before it goes to sleep after JP1 upload then it hangs immediately, if you press TV power after letting it go to sleep then it appears to work but no macros or key moves work and if you press TV power again then it goes through the motions of loading the extender, most of the time the second 'load' hangs the remote.

After performing a 981 reset and uploading the 'URC8060 Extender 1.txt' file, I downloaded from the remote again before activating the extender and then again after activating the extender these files were identical. I noticed that the devices selected were different in the downloaded version, in the original they are all 0000, in the downlaoded one they are :

SAT 0847
TV 0556
VCR 0000
DVD 0503
CD 0000
AUD 1158

I'm not sure if this is significant or not, I would guess it's just the remote setting the default values when an invalid code is detected. I've uploaded the txt file from the remote after uploading the extender and downloading into JP1 again so you can see the bytes that are different from the original. It's here

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jp1/files/Diagnosis%20Area/URC8060-Extender-1-Upload.txt

Hope the super bowl went your way,

Richard

[Nils_Ekberg]

Richard

I do see one problem but I am not sure it will fix it but I would appreciate it if you would replace the following line in the RDF with the second one and try to install just the provided "URC8060 Extender 1.txt" file

Backlight Off Button Action=$017.7.8.1.0 (Ignore;Use)
Backlight Off Button Action=$06C.7.8.1.0 (Ignore;Use)

Before you upload it to the remote set the backlight firstpress option to either use or ignore.

By the way, you are correct, that is just the remote setting the default device codes

Thanks
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[Nils_Ekberg]

While I am trying to debug Richards problem has anyone else tried this Beta with either success or failure?
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[Nils_Ekberg]

Richard

I still can not find a reason for both of your install problems with either ExtInstall or using the provided Extender file. I also can not duplicate what I am seeing in your combined install file which for some reason it looks like the macros and keymoves from your original IR file are overwritting the extender in the eeprom. There are probably a dozen reasons why this could happen but I want to rule out the obvious so I need your help with some basic questions;

1) Are IR, ExtInstall, the RDF's (both unextended RDF and the extender RDF that are in the beta zip file), the 8060ex1.hex file, the install.bat file, and your input file all in the same directory?

2) are the names in the install.bat file in the correct order. ie. does it look like this?
extinstall 8060ex1.hex "URC8060 my original file" "URC8060 My combined file.txt"

3) Is there a PAUSE in your install.bat file and if so did you see any error messages when the install.bat was run?

On question number 1, IR and ExtInstall need to be using the same RDF's for the original and the extender or unpredictable results can happen.
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[RichardP]

[RichardP]

[Nils_Ekberg]

[RichardP]

Nils,

I downloaded a new copy of ExtInstall and IR from Yahoo and installed them in a new directory together with the install batch file, the two RDF (without the modification you previously mentioned) and HEX file from the Beta 2 extender. I ran the batch file and created a new combined txt file that is identical to the one you uploaded.

Comparing the files in the two directories the following file is different:

DecodeIR.DLL, old 100k 7th Jan 2004, new 76k 8th Dec 2003

All the others are identical. I did download the DecodeIR update. Maybe I should not have done this or there is a bug in it, as when I copied the smaller DecodeIR.DLL to the original folder I then got the same combined file as yours.

So that seems to resolve that problem.

However on copying and uploading the URC8060 Extender 1.txt I still get the same behaviour of the remote.

I've also made the change to the backlight key that you posted, and uploaded that to the remote, but the result is the same.

When you press the TV power combination it appears that the transmit indicator on the remote flashes 5 times (not 4 as in the documentation) followed by all the keys lighting up at low brightness and then two further flashes. I've counted this several times and it definitely 5 and not 4 flashes in the first batch, does this give you any clue?

I live in the UK, but its no big deal to get you a remote if it will help.

Richard

[Nils_Ekberg]

Sounds like we are getting close. Have you tried uploading the new combined file you created or the basic one with the same version of the IR in the new directory you created? Don't forget even if it does load some of the macros will cause a problem due to the native devices and the entries with Key### if you execute them.

5 vs. 4 sounds fine. I am actually only telling it to blink twice because the remote blinks it a few times on it's own.
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[Nils_Ekberg]

[RichardP]

Yes, I tried uploading every combination I could think of, base file, combined file, combined file with no macros, all with the change to the backlight key and without, they all behave the same.

Richard

[Nils_Ekberg]