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Nils_Ekberg · Last edited by Nils_Ekberg on Wed Mar 24, 2004 5:42 pm; edited 3 times in total

I have uploaded the Beta Extender 1 for the URC9960 to the jp1 group file section

Beta no longer available

Although I have been running this Beta version on my remote for a few days I am not 100% positive that there won't be some problems. Based on this I would appreciate someone taking the initiative to test it for me.

This has been a unique experience in developing this extender due to the complexity of having to manage the backlight, screens and icons all at the same time. Thanks to John, Rob, David and Hal for there input.

Just incase it isn't documented clearly, the way to activate this extender is different than others since the unextended remote does not allow keymoves on the Power button. After installing the IR file in the remote you will need to press the TV button then the FORMAT button. If it installed OK there will be 4 flashes of the lower LED bar.

Good luck and have fun Very Happy

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Nils_Ekberg · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 12:35 pm Post subject:

While I am thinking about it if you use the Exinstall function to convert your current configuration to the extender, look at the keymoves and macros close as I had to juggle some of the upper buttons to make the device selection work.
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ninjatech · Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 27

Ok, I have it loaded up.

I opted to re-do all my codes from scratch instead of converting from my old file. It didnt take long since I have all the devices saved individually from Keymap Master.

I haven't had any problems with the logic or functions yet, everything seems to work properly. I haven't tried any toadtog or DSM functions yet.

One thing thats weird is my remotes backlight doesnt turn on until I press a button now. I am not sure if the sensor is broken or if it has something to do with the extended. Maybe I missed something in your document files about setting this? Also, before I activate the extender (pressing TV, then format), the backlight doesn't turn off. Once I activate the extender, it does turn off after the timer expires.

I am going to load one of my pre-extender files to see if that changes anything.

Edit: I re-installed an old non-extended button mapping, and the motion sensor is back to normal. I'll be going over your docs to see if i missed something. I reloaded the extender and the same thing happened again.

Here are a couple typos I saw that I figured you can correct for the next release of the zip.
Readme.txt -> 'No backlight blightness control support'
Install.txt -> 'you can skip steps 1 though 8'
'incompatible protocols that it didn't replce;'

Another thing I noticed is that the default screen for TV is different now. This actually works out better for my purposes, so I am guessing you did it this way on purpose. From the screen where only PIP shows at the bottom, it use to reveal the other PIP functions when that was pressed, and that no longer happens.
Again, for my purposes I prefer the new way.

For audio, the default screen is now different, and the surround button no longer brings up the surround screen. This seems like something that can be fixed manually with some playing around, but in this case I think the default Audio menu is much better.

Excellent job, by the way, I was expecting the beta release to be unusable aside from testing purposes, but this is great and already does many of the things I wanted to add. Thanks again!
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Nils_Ekberg · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 5:53 pm Post subject:

The timeout value may be real low so check the setting on the general panel in IR. Scroll down to the Backlight timer in setting and set it for something like 76 for approx 10 seconds. You can set it anywhere from 0 to 255 decimal.
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ninjatech · Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 27

The backlight timer is set to the default 76. When I press a key and the light comes on, it does stay for about 10 seconds. I don't know what else could be causing that, I thought there was a setting I missed.
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Nils_Ekberg · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 6:24 pm Post subject:

Nils_Ekberg · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 6:33 pm Post subject:

Also, Ninja, I am happy it is working for you for obvious reasons. I did not want to release something until it had basic functionality and ran reasonably well
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ninjatech · Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 27

Nils_Ekberg · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 7:57 pm Post subject:

ninjatech · Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 27

Sounds good to me.

Is it possible the beta release has the motion sensor disabled? Thats a possible explianation of why it won't work for me unless I unload the extender.

Where are all the other 9960 lovers?!
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Nils_Ekberg · Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 8:46 pm Post subject:

ninjatech · Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 27

Hmmm, no amount of shaking, rattling, or rolling will get the sensor to turn on the backlight.

Another quirk I came across... when TV is the selected device, my backlight never turns off.

Tomorrow I am going to reload the extender totally by itself to see if I have the same issue.
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Nils_Ekberg · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 8:32 am Post subject:

Nils_Ekberg · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:31 am Post subject:

Ninja

I uploaded a file to the jp1 Diagnostics file area called "URC9960 Extender Ninja.zip" for you to try.

I just tried a different approach to testing the backlight on routine but I am at work with no way to try it. Just load it as is and see how the motion and button press timer works. If this does not work I have another idea.

By the way, it also includes the LKP protocol if you want to tinker with it.
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DaveJ · Joined: 03 Dec 2003 Posts: 4

Nils,

Thanks so much for the 9960 extender. You da man!! I have one problem however. When I opened up the macro section of IR, I noticed that there is no entry in the "key name" column for CD or PVR devices. Instead, there is "channel where the CD key name should be and "theater".HT where the PVR device should be. I use the CD device for my X-10 commands. When I tried to edit the built in macro for choosing the CD ("channel) device, the editor allowed me to select CD but the key name column still showed "channel. When I returned to the macro sheet. I need to use the X_CD command in a macro for my x-10 controls but the "CD" part of that is not the X-10 device (as previously noted, it is "channel). Is this a glitch in the extender or did I somehow load the wrong RDF or is something else going on.

Thanks again for all you've done for us lowly 9960ers.