[mythtv-users] extra buttons on WinFast TV2000 CoolCommand remote

[Joe Votour]

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 <joel at mckooper.com> wrote:
> 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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