JP1 Serial Interface works only on IR+Windows XP

rern · Post by **rern** » Thu May 17, 2012 3:07 am

IR+Windows XP:
Works.
IR+Windows 7 (32/64):
Interface Menu > JP1 Serial... cannot be selected.(greyed-out)
RMIR:
Remote Menu > Interface > No "JP1 Serial..." available.

Post by **The Robman** » Thu May 17, 2012 11:20 am

If you have a question, could you please ask it as a question.

rern · Post by **rern** » Fri May 18, 2012 7:14 am

The Robman wrote:If you have a question, could you please ask it as a question.

Sorry.
It's just a report for information.
I'll be more specific next time.

Mark Pierson · Post by **Mark Pierson** » Fri May 18, 2012 2:45 pm

rern wrote:IR+Windows 7 (32/64):
Interface Menu > JP1 Serial... cannot be selected.(greyed-out)

It's been a long time since I played with any of this but I seem to recall needing to run IR with administrative rights in order to get access to the serial port.

rern · Post by **rern** » Fri May 18, 2012 7:46 pm

Mark Pierson wrote:
rern wrote:IR+Windows 7 (32/64):
Interface Menu > JP1 Serial... cannot be selected.(greyed-out)
It's been a long time since I played with any of this but I seem to recall needing to run IR with administrative rights in order to get access to the serial port.

I have tried that.
Anyway, I tried again with a strange result. "JP1 Serial..." can be selected and the COM port number as well but it stuck at a warning about "Authorization..." or something. It's one time thing that can't be repeated again. Running IR in compatibility modes didn't help either.
It took me hours and a couple of DIY interfaces to figure it out that the interfaces has been fine since the first one. So I think sharing the information will save time and frustration for others who build this JP1 serial interface. Eventhough it was marked "obsolete" in the File Section, it's still doing the job.

Post by **The Robman** » Sat May 19, 2012 11:26 am

Forgive me, but are you saying that you got the serial interface to work or not? And if you did get it to work, after it was originally grayed out, what did you do?

I don't think we have too many users with Win7 machines that also have serial ports.

rern · Post by **rern** » Sat May 19, 2012 9:23 pm

The interface, as of Building a JP1 Serial Interface (obsolete) - http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... le_id=4557, works only on XP not on W7.
On W7, after the greyed out I tried but still didn't work:
- ir.exe as administrator
- ir.exe in compatibility modes

On the other hand, JP1.2/1.3 serial interface works fine on W7.

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