JP1 Remotes

Fishfry · Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 2

Hi, Just joined and I am excited about the prospects of JP1. Ive read quite a few beginner pages and now am a little confused due to the wealth of knowledge out there, so just a few questions.

1. What are the absolute "must have" files needed. There seems to be multiple versions of IR, KM and RM, is the latest version the one to have or will the newer versions delete features that the old 1994 might need?

2.When I unzip the RDF files there are hundreds ( seems like) if files, can i delete all but the 1994 RDF Files in IR if the only remote i have is the 1994?

3. I have a Gateway AR-230 and a KLH R5100, I have found txt files off of Yahoo Groups. Should I use KM or RM to upload to the 1994?

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Fishfry

Capn Trips · Expert Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 3990

gfb107 · Expert Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Posts: 3411 Location: Cary, NC

Whatever set of tools end up using, always make sure to use the newest version. You'll need IR and the RDFs, along with either RM or KM.
If you use RM, you'll want to keep all the RDFs. That'll allow you to open upgrades created for other remotes and then change them to use with your 1994. Even if you don't use RM, why bother deleting them? They don't take up much room (just over 1 MB). Put them in their own directory, rather than the same directory as IR, RM, and/or KM. That way your directory won't be cluttered with RDFs I suggest creating a base JP1 directory which will contrain seperate subdirectories for IR, RDFs, RM (or KM)
You can use either RM or KM. If you have Excel '97 (or later) with the Analysis Tookpak installed, you can use either. If you don't have Excel, then you'll have to use RM. I prefer RM, but that's partly because I wrote it. Also, we've pretty much moved away from the old Yahoo group. You should check the File Section here for upgrades.

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The Robman · Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 6:59 pm Post subject:

I do NOT recommend deleting files that you think you don't need. Most of the files in question are very small, so you won't be using up too much HD space for them.
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Fishfry · Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 2

Thanks for the help, I'll keep the files.
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