Hi, was wondering if it would be possible to change the remote address through the MX-850 editor.
Reason is I have to receivers in the same room. I know I could change the address with the original remote and have the 850 learn from it. Problem is then I wouldnt have the discrete on and off codes anymore. Or am I missing something?

Thanks for reading

7/11,

You will have to be a little more clearer. Are you asking how to change the RF address of the 850? Or the address of the receivers? Are these surround sound receivers or satellite receivers?

If you are using RF what is the type of RF unit do you have?

Dave T.

Where did you get the discrete on and off codes for the first address?

If that was from one of the code sets in the MX-850's predefined library (as opposed to learned signals or signals brought in by Universal Browser), which predefined code set was it?

If I can look at the discrete on and off signals for the first address, I can probably tell you how to get them for other addresses via Universal Browser. My own copy of the MX-850 software is a bit out of date, but hopefully that won't be an issue.

Hi thanks for the replies.

Davet2020:
I am looking to change the RF address of the 850 to match the satellite receiver which is set to RF 7. The default setting that comes in the IR Library is 1.

johnsfine:
Yes the code I am using is from the predifined library. The receiver is a dish942.

Thanks

I think you misunderstood Dave's question and thus gave him a wrong answer.

If you didn't misunderstand my question as well, then my copy of the IR Database is too old to exactly match what you've done so far. But I probably can help anyway.

In the MX editor, I created a new device, then selected "IR Database", then selected "IR Data fom" SAT, then selected "DISH NETWORK", then selected ID #7 (which is identified as code number 187), then saved. I'll try to find time later to test the signals that generates, but I expect they are the ones you want. Dish is pretty consistent across models.

If that isn't what you wanted, please give a bit more detail on what you've done and what you want to do.

Sorry guys I am misunderstanding things here.

Johnsfine it seems to me that you know what I am trying to do. I tried your suggestion but I didnt seem to work.

I will try to reword what I am working for just to be sure we are on the same page.

I have a dish 510 receiver on remote address 1
I have a dish 942 receiver on remote address 7

I have a mx-850. When I program the mx-850 from the IR database for the 942 receiver, it is on remote address channel 1. So unless I switch the receiver to address1 it doesn't work.

I could learn commands from the original 942 remote (which is on address 7) but then I lose the discrete on/off data that comes in the IR database.

Thanks for sticking with this :)

Since my IR database is obsolete, I'll need some extra info in order to figure this out.

When you select a model number from the IR database, it shows you the "code number" used for that model. For example, when I select Dish_510, it shows Code number 122. When I select ID#7 instead of a model number, it shows code number 187.

I can't select Dish 942 in this obsolete database. But maybe the code number you get for "Dish 942" will give me the info I need to understand why ID#7 didn't work for you.

Alternately, an mxf or mxd file with LEARNED signals from the original 942 remote on address 7 would definitely tell me what I would need for helping you. My email address is in the profile. Be sure to label or explain the buttons so it will be clear which are the learned signals I should look at in your file.

One suggestion is to not turn off the Dish Network receiver. They basically stay on at all times anyways, (monitoring the data stream from the Mother Computer), so I never power mine on and off.

Then just learn all the commands from the other remote that has the correct address.

Just a thought,

Dave T.

Thank you everyone I actually have it working now. I guess I really should have followed instructions closer. with Johnsfine suggestion the first time around I didnt create a new device - I just changed it to Dishnet #7 and it didnt work. I thought I would do what he said literally, which was to create a new device and use #7 from the dishnet ir database. That worked perfectly.

Thanks!

Actually, I barely understand the MX-850 editor well enough to blunder through simple tasks myself. I was describing what I did step by step because I DON'T understand the significance of any difference between what I did and what you did, not because I do.

My expertise is in the IR signals, not in the MX-850 nor its editor. I'm glad you got it to work, but I can't explain why what you did earlier with ID#7 didn't work. I would have expected that to work.