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[Capn Trips]

Thanks for re-stimulating this thread, Beth, comments for teamvc (on Beth's comments)

[Capn Trips]

As far as your IR file goes, ways in which you MAY (you can't tell until you test) save some upgrade memory:

(1) Use Aud/1104 or Aud/1160 built-in setup code instead of your Denon receiver upgrade (Amp/1383). This may require MORE keymoves than you currently have, but should eliminate the upgrade (75 bytes)

(2) Use DVD/0634 built-in setup code instead of your DVD upgrade (DVD/0700). This uses the Denon protocol rather than the Denon (combo), so it only will handle your device 8 functions, but since you only have three non-device 8 functions, that should provide you most of what you need, either naturally or via keymoves. For the single device 6 function, you can generate a keymove from built-in setup code CD/0873, and for the two device 4 functions, you can create a bare-bones upgrade using the Denon protocol and device 4, and make a keymove calling on that. The Denon combo device upgrade deletion would gain you 82 bytes of upgrade space, while the minimal Denon dev4 upgrade would claim only 8 bytes.

(3) The Topfield and Dreambox upgrade appear to have no workarounds, since there are no built-in upgrades with the required protocol/device combinations;

(4) Finally, the Pioneer upgrade. There is a built-in setup code (TV/0679) that should have MOST of your requirements covered with Devices 170, 175, 211, and 212. You would only need to create a minimalist upgrade using a similar setup with device prefix command 213. I still have to look at this a little bit more closely to sort out whether there is a net gain to be gleaned via this route. However, you should be able to access the functions you note in your RM upgrade as inaccessible ("probably prefix command 212!") using the built-in upgrade.

It appears that you need to reduce your upgrades by over 300 bytes, so this doesn't necessarily get you there, but with the Pioneer switch, you might get close. But using only the Denon built-ins, you could already gain 149 bytes of upgrade space (granted at the expense of some keymoves, but it might still be a net gain, and even if not an overall gain, if the gain is in the right place (upgrade) and you can spare the keymove memory, then it might be worth doing, allowing you to go back to the "established" extender.

However, having said all of the above, if your setup does what you want - don't "fix" it any further!
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Remotes: OFA XSight Touch, AR XSight Touch
TVs: LG 65" Smart LED TV; Samsung QN850BF Series - 8K UHD Neo QLED LCD TV
RCVR: Onkyo TX-SR875; Integra DTR 40.3
DVD/VCR: Pioneer DV-400VK (multi-region DVD), Sony BDP-S350 (Blu-ray), Toshiba HD-A3 (HD-DVD), Panasonic AG-W1 (Multi-system VCR);
Laserdisc: Pioneer CLD-D704.
Amazon Firestick
tape deck: Pioneer CT 1380WR (double cassette deck)
(But I still have to get up for my beer)

[teamvc]

Thanks Liz, thanks Capn Trips this is it

[Capn Trips]

As I have repeatedly stated, I AM NOT AN EXTENDER EXPERT. I have NO REASON to believe that the modifications I made will not cause some other fatal flaws in the operation of the extender.

(1) I simply compared YOUR ex4 side-by side (using notepad) with the latest version of ex1 (the one that is packaged with ALL of the rdfs) and modifed all of the entries in ex4 to match - EXCEPT where they dealt with memory allocation.

(2) I simply also changed the name from CPT0CPx1 to CPT0CPx4 - I assumed that was a "safe" name, since it seems to follow a pattern with the name for other extenders for other remotes. Then I opened two bare IR files side-by-side. In one, I selected YOUR ex4 rdf and in the other, I selected MY ex4 rdf, and compared the Raw data windows side-by-side. The 8-byte NAME of the extender appeared (to me) to occupy the positions in registers 02-09 in row 0000, and I deduced that that is where a change must be made in YOUR IR file's Raw Data to make it "automatically" open using MY ex4 rdf rather than YOURS. Again, an extender expert can confirm/deny that those registers is where the RDF name is stored.

(3) I note, however, that I cannot get RM to work with MY version of the rdf, probably since RM also has a library of remote signature names somewhere that has to be updated, but I don't know where and how. Your use of an EXISTING name CPT0CPx1 probably allows RM to recognize it and use it (presuming you have removed the ORIGINAL ex1 rdf from the rdf directory).

ANYWAYS, looking at the Pioneer TV upgrade, if you use the built-in Pioneer TV code I referenced above, and create a bare "Pioneer DVD" protocol-based upgrade with the required fixed data for your 2-command functions that use Dev1 170:OBC 213 followed by Dev2 175:OBC XXX the resulting upgrade would save you 64 more bytes of upgrade space. If you're interested, I'm happy to step-by-step through this, but you'd still have to do a lot of experimenting and keymoves (probably). But in this case, I really think you ought to consider using the built-in Pioneer TV upgrade, as it has the 170:212 functions presumably built-in (or at least key-movable from a built-in upgrade).

But I'm pretty sure your real problem was the definition of the TV button as the x-shift key, hence, when you pushed "TV", it FIRST acted as the x-shift key, and only on subsequent presses acted as the TV key.
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Remotes: OFA XSight Touch, AR XSight Touch
TVs: LG 65" Smart LED TV; Samsung QN850BF Series - 8K UHD Neo QLED LCD TV
RCVR: Onkyo TX-SR875; Integra DTR 40.3
DVD/VCR: Pioneer DV-400VK (multi-region DVD), Sony BDP-S350 (Blu-ray), Toshiba HD-A3 (HD-DVD), Panasonic AG-W1 (Multi-system VCR);
Laserdisc: Pioneer CLD-D704.
Amazon Firestick
tape deck: Pioneer CT 1380WR (double cassette deck)
(But I still have to get up for my beer)

[teamvc]

Is It that easy? The name simply stands in the memory as plain text.
OK that mystery is now solved, I will change the RDF an initial files accordingly.
I changed my ir-file with your information and used your RDF é voila IR automatically opens using the correct RDF. Great!

[ElizabethD]

[ElizabethD]