Marcinko24

I do not think that you are doing anything wrong, it just seems to be the way that TR is handling cetain types of IR code. Try editing the hex code manually, getting rid of repeats, cleaning up the code etc, also changing leadin/out times can sometimes help. Otherwise it is just a matter of time until Don gets the learning fully sorted for all code types

Thanks npaisnel. That was my next thing to try. The hex code did seem a little long. I'll see what I can find. Most of the devices I have are already in other CCF's. How do you copy the IR codes from another CCF to my own?

If you use Tonto, then you can open multiple ccf files in the same instance of the program, then just cut and paste from one ccf file to the other. If using Pronto you will have to open two instances of the program, one for each ccf file, then copy and paste between the two.

Hi Npaisnel,

I need to tweak some of my IR codes.

How do I edit these manually? Can I do it directly in Total Remote or do I need to use Tonto or ProntoEdit?

Thanks,

Chris

Magnus,
Thank you for your reply. I recieved this message from Griffin Technology today, and although I realise they may well just be covering their asses, I just wanted to confirm with you that you do infact have the audio extender working (and what sort of range you get if possible) as the unit costs about $40 in the UK. If it does work, maybe Don could update his tech support guys :)

--- ATTACHED EMAIL ---

Hello,

The Audio extender is not compatible with the 4150.

Dustin

Griffin Technology
Technical Support

Hello Morak.

The extender works just fine with my 4150.
There are some problems with the software though
but that is being worked on as you can read earlier in this thread.

Chris,

No cant do it in any TR, or any of the IR apps, you need to use the ccf editing progams, all downloadable for free. Either Pronto Edit 4 or Tonto. Best to get both.

Also look in the files section of this site, under Pronto stuff and documentation, you will find a few useful documents there describing how to understand the hex code, will give yo an idea of what to do to edit it.

Neil P

Anybody using this with an Axim X5??

What sort of range are you getting? I assume that the "less than 10 feet" quoted on griffins web site is when used with their transmitter. With the built in Irda the reange is hopeless (inches).

Using the ever-hopeless Axim X5 you can expect pretty grim performance from the audio transmitter and absolutely abysmal performance from the built-in IrDA port. This is just one of those very few Pocket PCs which are really poor for Total Remote. Fortunately Dell worked with us prior to the release of the X3 (and now the X30) to insure the IrDA port was powerful enough to be used for consumer infrared control.


I might have thought that was the right answer, until a few people came forward and let me know they have no interest in becoming CCF experts just to turn their home theater system on all at once.


Realistically, no. Best Buy has expressed considerable interest in Total Remote, but that deal has yet to go through. Additionally, and this may be the single most honest comment any PDA-based remote vendor could ever make, there is just no way to insure the same level of compatibility as found in $15 universal remotes. There, I said it. The secret is out. Now the Secret Confederation Of PDA Consumer Remote Control Software will have to call for my immediate death. PDAs were not meant to work as remotes, and it is just amazing that it works as well as it does. It is a hack of the highest caliber. Now, if I am a buyer for Best Buy and I have the choice between stocking the coolest and potentially most powerful remote control software to enable Pocket PCs to be used as a remote MOST OF THE TIME, FOR MOST DEVICES, FOR MOST CUSTOMERS, or a $15 piece of Taiwanese crap with no style but also near 100% compatibility... well, you go with what works. Due to the endless complexity of Total Remote I would HATE to have it sold in a mainstream channel to where my mother/grandmother could pick it up, completely fail to grasp it, and return it for a full refund (you have NO idea how damaging product returns are to a company, when the product is not actually defective!). TR is not a mass-market app, anymore than the Pronto is a remote that will appeal to my grandmother.


COOL! NEED TO SEE IT! :)


You could not have done any better at sucking up to me. I mean, endearment to the point I might name my first-born "Nielsje". :)


Ah. It would seem the boys in tech support were having a bad day, or have lost the fear I put into them last time they were publically caught blowing off our customers.

AFAIK, it should theoretically work. Some users have had success, some have not. We have NEVER been able to get a "bad 4150" user fixed up. There seems to be some differences in the sound control panel options, so one user may report a checkbox that simply does not exist for another user! The only thing I can suggest is Total Remote ASSUMES the audio path is "pure"; no equalization/tone contol, no "AGC", no "Bass boost", no NOTHING. If you have options for things that affect the audio path, turn 'em off!


--Don, Overlord O' The IR

d'ho! I guess I'd better get crackin'...
... or is the vote for a "Rez" skin? Perhaps I'll stick with Odyssey as I'm into that Kubrick / IDEO directness.

I can totally understand the Best Buy angle. Returns must suck if you're not stamping out generic PHD ("push here dummy") remotes for "pennies on the dollar."

Hi! Am a newbie here. I have a 4150 too and I am planning to buy Total Remote. How far does the audio transmitter work for you? I'm desperate for some first hand information. Been through many forums but to no avail til here. Thanks!

Hello, I've been reading through the forums and haven't noticed anyone using TR with a Toshiba Genio e550g. Is there anyone out there with firsthand knowledge how TR works with the Genio? How about the audio transmitter?

Am I correct in what I read, in that the CF IR transmitter from Ultramote will NOT work with TR?

Thanks!

Either one sounds cool, although the idea of PULSING bands of Tron-like accents made me suddenly wish Total Remote had support for animation or color cycling. ;)



Since it is on our compatibility list, but Griffin does not own one, it came to us as a user-reported success. Considering every Tosh up to the e750 worked without any caveats I would say you are pretty safe. In many respects, given the extremely powerful IrDA of the e3xx and e740 (which we do have) and the excellent audio port that works well with our transmitter it is possible the e5xx may be one of the BETTER Pocket PCs to use for remote control.


Yup. Of course in fairness it doesn't work with Novii or VitoRemote either. Should it? If someone wants to send us CF IR devices we can use for testing we might add support for the various flavors of CF IR devices out there, but the limitation of what PPCs it can be used with (due the the utterly non-standard nature of this absolutely non-complient CF IR device) it doesn't set my world on fire, ya know?

Yo, thoughts, yo:

Is it even possible to make CCFs with VGA-resolution screens (480x640)?

Assuming Total Remote could support such a VGA-CCF, would this VGA-CCF be usable in ANY other remote, such as TVRC or the Pronto?

Wouldn't such VGA-CCFs be monstrously large, to the point of near-unusability? Consider not only the many megabytes needed, but also the considerable time needed to decode and display the images.

Please consider [Link: remotecentral.com] and give me an opinion on the MASS MARKET need for Total Remote to support these deviant devices. Also consider that one of only two vendors of such crap appears to have vanished without a trace, so there will be ever fewer of these things on the market.

Don,
I see your point: the 'canvas' for ccf in prontoedit is only 240*320: this means that if you double the size of your buttons to make them look better in vga, you will also have to deal with the fact that this means less buttons on the canvas. The file-size is no problem: memory on PPC is ever increasing. And no: you probably can't use vga ccf in pronto, but I am only interested in TR and pocket PC's. But still nice of you Don to be so considerate about other companies ;).
But: vga is the next thing on pocket pc's: Toshiba e800 is the first, the rest will follow. This might become a problem: does native TR look good on vga? Ccf will probably become unworkable on vga. Are there owners of a Toshiba e800 that use TR in vga mode?