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Post 1 made on Monday February 6, 2012 at 06:29
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Is there no way to search by device or model number in CCP?
Any way to export names or download release notes/PDF/whatever that would be search-able?
Post 2 made on Monday February 6, 2012 at 13:30
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None that I've heard of.

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Post 3 made on Monday February 6, 2012 at 16:33
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Other than going into the IR/232 DB and filtering by device type, brand, model...not that I'm aware of. Also note that many DB files will work across multiple models for a brand; i.e. if you can't find a code set for an avr-3312? Use the one for 3311, for instance. Also, at the bottom of each model's command set there are vague model references; i.e. Sony 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. The higher the number, the newer the code set. So you can try those as well as mix and match from multiple code sets to get the job done. Plus, if you can't locate a code set, you have the ability to import a device file or pronto hex and obviously learn them the old fashioned way.
OP | Post 4 made on Tuesday February 7, 2012 at 02:49
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On February 6, 2012 at 16:33, tweeterguy said...
Other than going into the IR/232 DB and filtering by device type, brand, model...not that I'm aware of. Also note that many DB files will work across multiple models for a brand; i.e. if you can't find a code set for an avr-3312? Use the one for 3311, for instance. Also, at the bottom of each model's command set there are vague model references; i.e. Sony 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. The higher the number, the newer the code set. So you can try those as well as mix and match from multiple code sets to get the job done. Plus, if you can't locate a code set, you have the ability to import a device file or pronto hex and obviously learn them the old fashioned way.

Speaking of 3312 and '11 models; every video tutorial I've seen shows importing all the codes. Do you guys normally do that, or do you just select the few buttons you'll end up using on the remote?

Also, do you end up cleaning the project file and deleting the pages that you won't use, or just hide them?
Not sure there is any performance benefit in deleting pages.
I remember in the Pronto days the file would get pretty large, sometimes exceeding memory space. Also keeping several versions with 10-20Meg files for each client was eating into HDD space on the laptop or cloud limits on the Dropbox.
Post 5 made on Tuesday February 7, 2012 at 16:54
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On February 7, 2012 at 02:49, Mario said...
Speaking of 3312 and '11 models; every video tutorial I've seen shows importing all the codes. Do you guys normally do that, or do you just select the few buttons you'll end up using on the remote?

I use whatever code set I need. So if I have an AVR-3312 in a kids playroom running 5.1 and using the AVR for zone2 to her bathroom I'll likely have 3 devices/codesets (hidden on main page 2) called Zone1, Zone2 and Audio to control the first zone, second zone and audio parameters (if not present in the zone 1 codeset). You don't need to hide the individual codesets if the devices they relate to are hidden on Main page 2, 3, etc. Same with TV or projector codesets, hidden on a Main page 2,3, etc.


Also, do you end up cleaning the project file and deleting the pages that you won't use, or just hide them?

I do this. Not because it's necessarily needed but because I like my device tree clean with only what I need. Many code sets have multiple pages that are either blank or have commands I will never need, those get deleted; it makes my brain happy but isn't needed.

Not sure there is any performance benefit in deleting pages.

I've never run out of room on a URC control. I have one client that has every device known to man, including 3 different variations of VCRs...and I'm not even close to filling up the memory. You will run out of inputs on your av switch before you run out of memory on the remote IMO.
Post 6 made on Tuesday February 7, 2012 at 17:16
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In addition to what tweeterguy said, I sometimes use the IR database navigator in cases where I only need a few commands for a device. That way you can set up a minor device without having to move commands around and delete or hide pages.

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OP | Post 7 made on Wednesday February 8, 2012 at 00:15
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OK, here is another question for your guys.
In the video tutorials the instructor talked about a shortcut where if you know the code-set, you can just type that.
So if I know that I should use code-set 0123 (I just made this up) and it's suppose to be an AVR code-set, will CPP know to give me all the proper functions?
I would think that the code-sets overlap by device types, and therefore I would need to know the device type in order for CCP to know what commands to push into the device tree. Than again I'm so new that I may be way, way off on this one.
Post 8 made on Wednesday February 8, 2012 at 17:59
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You need to enter the device type (IR data from) to get the commands to appear when you type in the device code numbers, so there's no overlap.

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