Remote Master will not load

newaux · Post by **newaux** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 12:38 pm

Greetings all-

I have a Dell windows xp box, a JP-1 cable, and an 8910 (new) remote that is about 4 years old. I am trying to update my remote to include a TV code (and all the other codes that I've managed to update last year that have been disappeared) but I cannot get this program to load. I see a frame outline of it starting to load and then-nothing. Basically same config I had last year-which I used successfully-but slightly different machine.

Also, I've tried RM IR and it doesn't see my remote unit. All I get is this 'No RDF matches signature starting (block symbols)' when I try to download any info from it...

Any help is appreciated...thanks!

mdavej · Post by **mdavej** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 1:22 pm

Sounds like a lot of basic install steps were missed. Open the included Readme.html, do everything in the Getting Started section and report back with the results.

newaux · Post by **newaux** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 1:45 pm

I will start again...but FYI: there is no readme html file in that bundle.

Thanks.

gfb107 · Post by **gfb107** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 1:55 pm

See http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13191

newaux · Post by **newaux** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 4:07 pm

OK...reinstalled everything carefully. RM and RM IR load. I still get the 'No RDF matches signature starting (block symbols)' in the RMIR after it appears to download from the remote.

Thoughts?

gfb107 · Post by **gfb107** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 5:28 pm

What remote are you working with?

Did you download and unzip the RDFs and the Maps?

JD4x4 · Post by **JD4x4** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:08 pm

newaux wrote:OK...reinstalled everything carefully. RM and RM IR load. I still get the 'No RDF matches signature starting (block symbols)' in the RMIR after it appears to download from the remote.

Thoughts?

I got the exact same message at the exact same spot when I finally got RM running under Linux. The problem there was (is) I suspect, something wrong in the OS/Machine serial port configuration. My solution was to install & run on a Windows machine.

I know that you are using a Win OS to begin with, but possibly have issues with your com port? I think there is a test program in the file section, maybe you should check your comms??

3FG · Post by **3FG** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:17 pm

If you are using a USB interface cable with a Delcom chip, and have changed to a different computer, it is quite possible that the interface cable won't work correctly. We have an alternate driver, using Microsoft's WinUSB drivers, which can correct the errors.

Read the WinUSB instructions to see if your hardware is of the type which may be affected. If it is, then download the 32 or 64 bit version of the drivers and install them. Tools\Main in the File Section.

Post by **vickyg2003** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 3:04 pm

Something is broken with AutoDetect. Did you choose your interface first? That solved my issues. Jp1 USB is a menu item in RMIR.

Remote->Interface->JP1 USB

JD4x4 · Post by **JD4x4** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:42 am

You may be right about Autodetect, I can't remember my sequence of events but I've had this problem happen on both RM versions 2.01 and 2.02. (Version 2.0 seems to work right out of the box). I noticed in both cases that my remote was 'stuck', i.e. key presses would not light the power button led while connected to the programmer. Closing RM IR, removing the cable and pressing buttons until I got a response, reconnecting the cable and restarting RM IR seemed to resolve the problem. Although in one case I closed RM IR, disconnected my serial cable (mine is old school serial), plugged it back in and got a remote flash while doing so, then restarting RM IR.

It's all been a bit confusing since I've also been fighting with getting up and running in Linux- which I finally did. Seems that the shell scripts worked under Xubuntu 6.10 on my laptop, so I went back to see why they didn't on my desktop with Ubuntu 11.04. Xubuntu uses Sun Java and Ubuntu 11.04 uses OpenJDK Java. Turns out that your directories can NOT include a space in the name or either the shell scripts just give you nothing when run, or running the jar file directly does not pass the library directories path and RM IR runs but any remote menu command is greyed out because it can't find the programmer drivers.

No amount of quote combination additions in the shell command line worked for me, but the solution was to simply rename my directory without spaces. doh.

Now, I just need to know if it's normal that RM IR runs when either rmaster.sh or rmir.sh is run? Meaning that I can't get the Master program by itself like I can in v2.0. I have not modified the originals that I'm running, btw. I can however 'jump' into Master when clicking edit in RM IR. I suspect it's the 'new' operating mode of v2.01 and 2.02?

Barf · Post by **Barf** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:29 am

JD4x4 wrote:Now, I just need to know if it's normal that RM IR runs when either rmaster.sh or rmir.sh is run? Meaning that I can't get the Master program by itself like I can in v2.0. I have not modified the originals that I'm running, btw. I can however 'jump' into Master when clicking edit in RM IR. I suspect it's the 'new' operating mode of v2.01 and 2.02?

The default has changed. To get the update editor ("RM") you can use the option -rm from the command line. Possibly the documentation needs to be updated? And, yes, the rmaster.sh wrapper will fire up "RMIR" as it currently stands.

Some other of your issues I answered in the other thread.