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Post 1 made on Sunday December 22, 2013 at 20:25
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I have my programmed my MX-1200 about a year and a half ago and it's been working rock solid all this time. Today I've added additional buttons for the new Tivo Roamio and, while at it, updated CCP with the latest available update 2.9.1216.1.

All of a sudden, my variable stop functioning. Sometimes they get set, sometimes they do not and other times if conditions are in reverse. Non of that set up was changed so I'm stumped. I tend to think this latest update messes up the variables logic somehow. Have anyone seen this happen?
Post 2 made on Monday December 23, 2013 at 15:19
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I updated last night and my variables are still working OK.
Post 3 made on Thursday December 26, 2013 at 23:57
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Great. I thought it was just me. I configured my MX-890 6 months back and everything was working fine until some update recently.

Looks like the remote no longer remembers variables. All functions are working fine except where the remote needs to look at the variable and execute the function.

I tested using the simulator and it looks good. It only does not work, when I save it to the remote I have an issue.

Now, even if I try to go to an older backup version of CCP, it does not work. Hope there is an update soon.

URC is very bad at fixing bugs. But since this is critical they act soon.
OP | Post 4 made on Friday December 27, 2013 at 14:06
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I'm glad I'm not crazy. Although I'm surprised that reverting to an older version doesn't work. I guess it overwrites something in the remote.

I have SOME variables working but not all of it. I normally have macro triggered in one place, variable checked in another macro and set in third macro. I something might fail between the macros. But if I just set the var in the triggering macro and check in the other one, without trying to reset it, it seems to work. So for now I've forced all my macros to always send the command, regardless of the state. Annoying but will work until they release the fix.

BTW, how do you access the simulator? I didn't even know there was one.
Post 5 made on Friday December 27, 2013 at 19:41
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In "Macros" window, you will see an button which looks like "Play" button.
When the remote is connected and PLAY button is pressed in the computer, the entire macro will be executed.

This is how I figured out that the remote control is having bugs. Simulation works fine and the same software loaded to remote works different.

I believe firmware is updated in the remote and due to that, even if I go back to an older version of software, the bug still remains.

Hopefully someone takes this issue to URC to get it fixed soon. Looks like only some remotes might be affected. What is your remote. Mine is MX-890.
Post 6 made on Friday December 27, 2013 at 20:13
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This is a known issue. It was brought up by URC over in the URC dealer forum.
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Post 7 made on Monday December 30, 2013 at 12:44
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On December 27, 2013 at 20:13, Duct Tape said...
This is a known issue. It was brought up by URC over in the URC dealer forum.

Duct Tape, can you tell us which models of CCP remotes are affected by this? It seems to be some, but not all of the models. Thank you very much for the help.
Post 8 made on Monday December 30, 2013 at 12:49
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On December 30, 2013 at 12:44, remotivate said...
Duct Tape, can you tell us which models of CCP remotes are affected by this? It seems to be some, but not all of the models. Thank you very much for the help.

the MX890 and the MXiOS app are both affected by it.  I have confirmed those myself.

I have also heard that the MX1200 (from this post) and MX980 are affected, but I haven't confirmed those.

The simple fix is to use the integer based variables.  Just pretend that 0 is false, and 1 is true.

the issue with that, is that if you are using true/false variables to change the graphical state of a button, you won't be able to use the fix there.  but if you are using true/false variables to track the power state of a piece of equipment, you won't notice a difference.
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Post 9 made on Monday December 30, 2013 at 14:59
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fyi,

i just tested the mx5000 and the mx980 and had no issues with the variables on those remotes.
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OP | Post 10 made on Monday December 30, 2013 at 15:04
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Duct Tape, thank you very much for the info.

Great to know this could be worked around by using int variables. I didn't know that. Will give it a shot. A bit of work but better than having forced commands all the time.
Post 11 made on Monday December 30, 2013 at 16:27
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Great. I will also use Integer instead of "TRUE/FALSE" in the meanwhile.

DuctTape mentioned another comment "the issue with that, is that if you are using true/false variables to change the graphical state of a button, you won't be able to use the fix there."

Does it mean, a remote button text can be changed based on a state of a variable? (E.g: if tv is ON for an activity, show text as "TV is ON") and (If tv is off is second activity, the text shows "TV is OFF")
Post 12 made on Monday December 30, 2013 at 16:47
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On December 30, 2013 at 16:27, tinsnow said...
Great. I will also use Integer instead of "TRUE/FALSE" in the meanwhile.

DuctTape mentioned another comment "the issue with that, is that if you are using true/false variables to change the graphical state of a button, you won't be able to use the fix there."

Does it mean, a remote button text can be changed based on a state of a variable? (E.g: if tv is ON for an activity, show text as "TV is ON") and (If tv is off is second activity, the text shows "TV is OFF")

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Post 13 made on Tuesday December 31, 2013 at 04:30
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Hi DuctTape,

This is going off topic, but can you let me know how to do that.

When I select a button, the properties I see are "Text", "Pressed Text" which I understand. Other things I see are "Variable" , "Button ID" and "IR ID" which I do not know what they mean.
Post 14 made on Wednesday January 8, 2014 at 01:21
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Wow. I spent nearly two hours pulling my hair out at a customers house today over this issue on an MX-890. I am glad to see that it so no not just me and that I'm not crazy. There are a lot of variables in action on that particular setup and it was driving me absolutely nuts that they didn't seem to be doing a damned thing.
Post 15 made on Wednesday January 8, 2014 at 20:56
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There problem occurs on the 1200 as well. Tried programming today and couldn't get the current activity macro to work with true false, just used integer vars and worked great. 0/1 instead of true false

Last edited by JoeMann789 on January 14, 2014 23:17.
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