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Total Remote and Dell X30
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Post 1 made on Sunday September 19, 2004 at 13:07
Floyd Chan
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I just installed Total Remote 2.1.381 in trial mode onto my Dell X30 624Mhz to see if I like it before I purchase a copy. Looks very promising ...

However, none of the preset Sony TV device codes seem to work with my Sony KV27FS100 TV. I've also tried getting Total Remote to learn my Sony TV remote, but that also failed. I've also noticed the same issue with my Sony VCR.

Does anyone know if this is a known problem? Is there a work around? Or is the problem that I'm running in trial mode and all will be fine once I purchase a license?

I've also noticed that the list of CD, Tuner and Audio System device codes seems non-existent ... again is this because I'm in trial mode?
Post 2 made on Wednesday September 22, 2004 at 14:23
Don Stratton
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On 09/19/04 17:07 ET, Floyd Chan said...
I just installed Total Remote 2.1.381 in trial
mode onto my Dell X30 624Mhz to see if I like
it before I purchase a copy. Looks very promising
...

I think so. Dell thinks so too, or they wouldn't have included Total Remote on your companion CD. :)

However, none of the preset Sony TV device codes
seem to work with my Sony KV27FS100 TV. I've also
tried getting Total Remote to learn my Sony TV
remote, but that also failed. I've also noticed
the same issue with my Sony VCR.

Yeah, we have a guy here with a Wega TV that doesn't work worth a piss using the built-in Sony codes, but he didn't have too much trouble getting learning to work. I think some of the newest Sony TVs are using, for lack of a more scientific term, "more complex" signals than they used to, and it requires Total Remote to have a high degree of timing stability.

If you cannot get it to work with the demo, it will not work any better when registered. That is the point of the demo, to prove or disprove compatibility with YOUR gear. I would suggest messing around with methods of learning from the Sony remote, such as pressing longer than you think you need to , pressing shorter than you think you need to, beaming the signal from inches away, beaming the signal from feet away, and alternately hopping on your left foot during lunar waxing while striking yourself in the abdomen with three carrots and a bunch of collared greens. Just a thought. ;) Let me know if it helps any. If not, we might try giving you the unreleased beta version and see if it fixes everything.


--Don

Does anyone know if this is a known problem? Is
there a work around? Or is the problem that I'm
running in trial mode and all will be fine once
I purchase a license?

I've also noticed that the list of CD, Tuner and
Audio System device codes seems non-existent ...
again is this because I'm in trial mode?
Post 3 made on Thursday September 23, 2004 at 06:34
barend
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Don,
Wish you made some progress on the repeating command issue.
It can be solved, as Netremote has proved with their Sep.14 beta.
Barend
Post 4 made on Friday September 24, 2004 at 17:14
Don Stratton
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On 09/23/04 10:34 ET, barend said...
Don,
Wish you made some progress on the repeating command
issue.
It can be solved, as Netremote has proved with
their Sep.14 beta.
Barend

Barend, I feel bad asking this for what I know must be the 8000th time, but if you could summarize the problem I might be able to get it fixed with the release of the v3.0 version. I _know_ we have discussed this before, but I did suffer a computer crash recently and lost several months worth of Total Remote E-mail and production notes, so I am trying to recreate the list and anything you could tell me would be helpful.

FYI, this problem is not solved in the imminent v2.2 release. It turns out this was far more complicated than it would seem, so we were forced to turn our attention to some critical updates and hold off on solving the repeating key issue until v3.0. The bulk of the problem is that virtually every aspect of the Pocket PC is temporarily shut off while we transmit, so this means it is not possible to sample a hardware or software button during transmission (this is not a real-time OS we are dealing with). The simple solution would be that after each transmission we could sample the buttons and see if the same button was held down as last time, and if so send it again. Lather, rinse, repeat. It is probably a really bad idea for me to discuss this in such detail as any competitor could adopt the same approach or improve upon it, but Total Remote is developed in almost complete isolation (we don't do market studies, we don't host user forums, we don't poke our head out of the sand) that I feel like I have to air it all in the hopes that someone has a clever idea that could help. :/


--Don, Senior Ostrich on Total Remote


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