JP1 Remotes

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RMIR and associated files have all been re-installed and home-made plug replaced on the lead which worked before.

The old installation of RMIR still works ok on a desktop with the replacement plug and Vista.

Unfortunately with Win 7 RMIR cannot now see the Remote Atlas OCAP 1056BA1, and the upload/download buttons are greyed out/inactive, although the Interface Test Program reports that Atlas is connected.

More advice would be much appreciated

[underquark]

Under Remote->Interface->JP1.x Serial, is COM6 selected?

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[tranx]

Anyway thanks for looking...

If I remember rightly there were problems from the start but all along I have assumed others could get Win7 working ok so kept on trying. Having said all that perhaps it is just me, but I have to admit I don't normally run into such trouble

Because I found things so tricky with Win7 I would recommend that as a rank beginner, before trying to use JP1 programs, you do Control Panel> Recovery> Advanced and save an image of the current state to a Hard drive, in case things do not go so well


I am not clear what it means for it still to be in beta? but just in case, the essential probs started off as
1. To get the vbs setup to work in Win7 64bit:- get the UAC panel up and changing the setting to minimum before restarting to change the setting, before clicking setup.vbs to set up the shortcuts, one for RMIR and one for RM. Then restore UAC to medium and restart again.

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2. Where best to unpack the RDF files? Readme says something like 'do NOT place it in the same directory as RM, but what happens if you unpack it in the wrong place?

3. At first, even when other things like upload/download seemed to be working: in RMIR/RM, why could edits of various changes (inconstently) fail to be transcribed between various tab pages, or fail to 'stick' when returning to a particular tab?

Regards
Chris

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Having failed to make any progress with this I have just completely restored the laptop from an earlier Windows image and have had another go with that.

So far, when the FTDI lead with home made plug is inserted, the USB serial converter and USB serial port (Com3) were installed automatically by Windows, but the Interface Test program now cannot run because of 'incompatibilty with 64 bit Windows'!

After carrying out all the instructions in the readme, the problem with getting the program RMIR to work remains, see the greyed out 'download' 'upload' and 'WAV' options, with no 'interface' option under the Remote Tab.

With the remote connected by the cable, Clicking RAW download, the download, = 'No Remotes Found!'

Device Manager> Ports> USB serial Port Com 3 = 'this port is working properly'

All as above, except that the Interface Test program is now said to be incompatible with Win 64bit - maybe the RMIR is too?

Any suggestions would be appreciated

[3FG]

On the RMIR Help about screen, notice that DecodeIR.dll is listed as unavailable. Although RMIR doesn't show it as an error, there should also be a section listing three Interfaces, including an entry for JP1.X Serial version 0.18. Since RMIR can't find JP12Serial.dll, it can't open communication with a serial cable.

These DLLs belong in a subdirectory named Windows which should be in the same folder as the RemoteMaster.jar file.

I have a Windows 7 64 bit computer, and RMIR works fine.

[tranx]

Good to hear that Win7 64 should work ok.

Thanks for pointing out the 'DecodeIR not available' in the help>about. I saw it but did not know what it could mean.

Unfortunately the dlls seem to be where they should be. The dlls including DecodeIR, have a similar file appearance to the .jar file but presumably Java can't work with it for some reason?



I have been looking through your comments in the post at http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=102773 and checked the wiring accordingly. The yellow wire was hanging by a thread and resoldered the connection.

It is all too easy to plug it in wrong way or off to one side, and have tried batteries out of remote and pressing buttons to discharge capacitors, but that may not affect 'DecodeIR not available'...

I was able, only once, to download the Atlas image into RMIR with that cable on windows XP, which does not show Decode NA but guess it does not help that there seems to be an intermittent other problem with XP as well.

[3FG]

I would try starting RMIR by clicking on RemoteMaster.jar. I think that should find the Windows subdirectory.

[vickyg2003]

[3FG]

Vicky,
I hadn't noticed that. The 64 bit Win7 computer I use has RMIR installed in C:\Remotes, and not in Program Files, so I'm inclined to agree that Chris should try installing in a different directory.

[tranx]

Thanks Vicky and 3FG. I tried clicking RMjar, a different directory, and have marked pin1, but still no go.

I appreciate the helpful reception on this forum! but am ready to throw in the towel. At least I have discovered URC 7950 and especially RCA RCRP05B, which is pretty good even without JP1 programming via interface. Not so impressed with the Atlas 1056 because of the narrower angle IR transmitters (perhaps a bit shrouded by the casing) and rather wooden buttons.

RCRP05 has plenty of buttons and good layout and feel especially with this 'observations' thread to supplement the manual which is wrong:- http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11480

If T.Tyler should start making the interface leads again I would have another go.

All the best
Chris

[Dilligaf]

Don't know if it will work but try copying the .dll files to windows/system or windows/system32 and see if RMIR finds them then, or you could add the .dll directory to your path right click My computer/properties/advanced system settings/Environment Variables.

Mike

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[The Robman]

Just out of curiosity, have you tried downloading from the remote using IR.exe ?
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