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Joe - <br>
<br>
Thanks for the heads-up on the updated CoolCommand support in lirc 0.70
- I haven't been able to get it to work yet, but I'm 90% sure it's a
Mandrake issue, not a lirc issue :)<br>
<br>
As to Universal Remotes, there's sort of two levels of functionality:<br>
<br>
Most "Universal Remotes" come with a pre-programmed list of supported
components (e.g.
Sony DVD), each with a 3-4 digit code. You find your component on the
list, enter the code into the remote, and voila, your new remote is
working. Unfortunately, I've never seen a list that includes TV-card
remotes. It's likely that one of the remotes on the list works
similarly enough that you could use it, but it would be kind of a pain
to figure out which one it was.<br>
<br>
The step-up in both functionality and usually price, is the "learning"
remote. In addition to the pre-programmed device support, the remote
includes an IR receiver - you put the remote in learning mode, hold up
the old remote to the new remote, push a button on the old remote,
select a button on the learning remote, and now that button on the new
remote does just what the button on the old remote does.<br>
<br>
I've got the second kind, so I can set it up to do pretty much whatever
I want. It's a <a
href="http://www.hometheatermaster.com/htm/mx500/index.html">Home
Theater Master MX-500 </a> - some would call it excessive (not me!).
It's very cool and I highly recommend it to anyone who doesn't find
spending $100 on a remote control obscene ;) (BTW, there are a lot of
remotes out there that cost much more!) A website I found very helpful
in picking a remote control is <a href="http://www.remotecentral.com/">Remote
Central</a>.<br>
<br>
I've also heard that it's possible to learn from some (not all) IR
keyboards. Then you could skip the LIRC thing all together...<br>
<br>
-Joel<br>
<br>
Joe Votour wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Having originally bought a WinFast TV2000 for the
remote, I find this interesting.
The duplicate buttons issue, and the extra buttons
that don't work (like the colored buttons) can be
enabled with the CVS snapshot of lirc (I used
0.70-pre2). With the configuration file that it
installed by default (something -10), every button on
the remote worked perfectly.
On the other hand, extra buttons hidden under the
casing, that would be interesting...
I'm considering getting a so-called "Universal
Remote", something that I saw at Fry's - it's an RCA
remote, that looks nice, and has the buttons mapped
out in a way that I like. I was wondering, could you
please e-mail me off the list to let me know how
you're setting up this remote you have? I'm curious
to know how something like that would work, maybe I'll
try it in the future (the remotes that come with most
of the TV cards aren't that great, well, at least I
don't think so).
Thanks,
Joe
--- Joel McKee Cooper <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:joel@mckooper.com"><joel@mckooper.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Greetings all!
I've been configuring lirc for my WinFast TV2000
CoolCommand remote
(Y0400046), and I made a small discovery that I
thought I'd pass along.
I was a little frustrated with the limited number of
buttons, especially
since so many of them are duplicates (e.g., "TV/FM"
and "Back" buttons
both send 0x05). Not only that, but if you look at
lircd.conf.tv2000
you'll notice that 5 of the 32 5-bit codes are
missing: 0x15, 0x17,
0x1a, 0x1c and 0x1d. I verified with irrecord that
none of the buttons
on the remote send those codes. Now I won't
physically be using the
CoolCommand remote - I've got a universal remote
that I'm programming to
do the job, so I figured that I should be able to
somehow get my
universal remote to send out those additional five
codes. I thought of
multiple ways of doing that, none of which really
sounded worth the time
and effort. But I'm an engineer, so for lack of a
more detailed plan I
figured I'd start by taking apart the CoolCommand :)
Luckily, my destructive nature paid off instantly -
upon removing the
case (no screws, just little plastic tabs along side
seams) 12 "hidden"
buttons were revealed. The top cover doesn't have
any holes for them,
but they do exist and are functional. Many of them
are just more
duplicates, but five of them do send the missing
codes! Since they're
only accessible with the remote taken apart, they're
not particularly
helpful if you plan on using the remote itself. But
for people like me
using a programmable remote instead, this gives
access to the full 32
buttons (yes!)
-Joel
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