This is really aimed at Don, the man from Griffin. :)

I seem to recall a I read something about the IR implementation with the Griffin dongle, but can not be bothered to read the that BIG thread again. :$

Here is the problem.....
My cable box (in the UK) is a Pace DI4001N, supplied by NTL.
I have taught it the buttons.
Here is the odd thing.
If I then use the dongle as the transmitter, most times, 85%, the button will not work.
If I use the in built IR port (on an IPAQ 3630) the button works everytime.

The same is true whether I use CCF mode or the native mode.

Any ideas??

Many thanks in advance

Sean

It wouldn't be the first time someone has taken aim at me on these forums. ;)


NO REFUNDS! Oh, wait, that wasn't the question... ;)


Yep. I have seen a serious problem in the recent past controlling Scientific Altanta cable boxes, and this has theoretically been addressed and fixed in v2.2.577. I would not be at all surprised if you are experiencing a related problem, so go get the v2.2.577 build, install it over top what you have now, and try again.

This may also be one of those cases where a signal is so "fast" that it is technically impossible to reproduce the signal via the relatively-slow audio port. That is insurmountable. :/


--Don

I have an unrelated although conceptually similar inquiry re Total Remote.

I just downloaded TR2.2 for evaluation. Looks impressive so far. Why only a 3 day trial - I really doubt I'm going to get to know the features/benefits of this package in 3 days, especially given complexities of Bluetooth thrown in. How about a week or two? Anyway, hence my inquiry... ;) :

Will TR link via Bluetooth to my HTPC to control the various IRs programmed into the skins?

Can TR emulate keystrokes ilo IR learning to execute commands for each programmed button? I had a quiz through the v2.2 user guide but couldn't see this directly - perhaps through ccf files?

Secondly, getting a 'dongle' (frequency doubled antenna) is $30US shipping on the TR website to Australia - I can't imagine why that is so expensive. That's more than the software! Do you have an Australian agent? I can control DTV, CD, DVD etc from the HTPC anyway so I may not need this, but it would be nice to turn on the Philips TV for instance via TR and control my normal standalone CD transport which are normal IR devices.

I have an Ipaq 1940 which has the IR widget on the side of the device, so I doubt this will suffice (although the couch is only about 10ft from the HTPC). No CIR port unfortunately.

Appreciate any advice on the matter.

Cheers, Kendrick

One word: marketroids. Some of our people think a lengthy trial period will more likely translate to a loss of interest therefore a lost sale. Of course, the inverse is that a overly-short trial period may not give a person a fair chance to evaulate it, especially if they are going to try to cram a few minutes of usage here and there into a busy life. The marketroid's theory is that the 3-day trial will force a user to get serious about evaluating the software and not piddle with it just to see what the menus do.

I guess its a good thing I'm an engineer and not a marketroid. I might not be wired to think like that. ;)


No, just CIR control.


I don't quite understand the question. :/


The product we have on our web site is the full "retail" package which includes both software and hardware. We do not list an option for purchasing just the transmitter on our web site, so you may have gotten confused. I am pretty sure we do not even have the transmitter in our ordering system as a seperate option, nor do I know what it would cost. Perhaps you should send an E-mail to [email protected] and ask them how you would buy JUST the transmitter part.


Not that I am aware of, sorry.


Even more to the point, using a 1900 series iPaq, it will be absolutely impossible to use the IrDA port for ANYTHING. Due to differences in the way things are handled on the TI OMAP CPU there is no CIR app on the market that works with the IrDA port, so you cannot use it for either output or learning. I have a 1910, and Total Remote does run in every other way, so I tested our audio transmitter and found it worked very well! One of the problems is that the 1900 series uses a 2.5mm connector, while virtually all other PPCs (and the Total Remote transmitter) use a 3.5mm connector, so you would have to use an adapter, which makes for an annoyingly-long assembly.


--Don