I'm glad (well,maybe I should say relieved) to see that others are having trouble using the Dishplayer power function in macros. It has been driving me crazy.I almost gave up.
I have a Radio Shack 15-1994 and it displayed this same behavior. The learned key would work by itself but not in a macro.
I tried reordering it in sequence with no effect. As others have said it did work occasionally but for no apparent reason and 99% of the time would not work at all.
Thanks to all on this thread for their suggestions. I tried them all but nothing was successful for me. Not even Wayne's 'pecking' fix.
Then an obvious solution struck me that I had not considered before. I would learn the power off function from the wireless keyboard. It worked!!!
I had to try a number of times and in the end had to hold the remote about 8" away to get the 2 confirmation flashes. Perservance prevailed!
Now it works perfectly in my power sequence. So, on to the next challenge.

You know, it never occurred to me that I had the keyboard as another source of IR signals. I really wasted a lot of time on that macro problem probably un necessarily. Duh!
Thanks for the post.

Isn't this a great forum?

Don't feel bad Wayne. It took me several minutes of hair-pulling frustration to come across this scheme. Actually, I was typing on the keyboard desperately searching this forum for answers when it hit me. Funny how we get stuck thinking in a box. A million monkeys on a million wireless keyboards.....:)

Now to the next challenge.

Ingenious. Your idea intrigues me. You think the Cinema7/RS 15-1994 can be fooled into accepting advanced codes for the Dishplayer? How? By finding a native device code that is very similiar to the Dishplayer's IR?
I believe the codes for the Dishplayer are published and upgradeable for the Cinema7 but not so for the RS 15-1994. (right?) There is however that six pin port on the 1994 that I'm dying to get a crack at. I've written UEI and asked them if they would upgrade the 1994 for me but haven't heard back. There is that rumour that our esteemed Daniel Tonks witnessed the device that does this.
Anyway, tell me more about how one would fool the Cinema7 into accepting advanced codes.
And the solar cell. Would one use a solar cell like the one say in the Radio Shack Solar Exploration kit? If you will explicitly tell me how I will hook it up and give you the sample.
Intruiging. I want to see if it can be done.

I must be missing something. I had to learn all of the buttons from my Dishplayer's original remote - it ate up most of the memory. However, I learned the power on/off button and have virtually no problems with it. I also have one of the macro buttons programmed to turn on my tv (Hitachi), my Dishplayer, then my a/v receiver (Pioneer), then back to Dishplayer mode (so I can change channels via the Dishplayer). I say 'virtually no problems' because sometimes the Dishplayer does not turn on - it always turns off when I shut everything down. I've found that if I point the remote from a 45 degree angle (or further past head on) it usually turns on everything. Even if it doesn't turn on the Dishplayer, all I have to do is press the power button (since the last macro command turns on Dishplayer controls) and the Dishplayer comes on instantly. I'm obviously no techie and wish I knew how to free up some memory for other commands. But for now, most everything works pretty good. I use my Cinema 7 to control everything (TV, VCR, Dishplayer, A/V Receiver, Tape Deck - for what that's worth, & CD Player) I can access all of the features of the Dishplayer's original remote, all features of my TV, and the important extra features of my VCR.

Tell me, have I wasted precious memory by learning all the codes from the original remote - is there an easier way?

What I haven't figured out is how to get my receiver to switch from Satellite mode to DVD/TV mode (So I can hear the VCR signal) without pressing TV/VCR about 7 times to cycle through all the modes. I know if I push 3 while in Receiver mode it switches to Satellite mode but I haven't found a button that makes it switch to DVD/TV mode with a single button. And I really haven't figured out how to make the advanced codes work.

Troy

Troy,

If you don't need any more memory, and have used up most of the memory available, then you're doing great. The worst thing to do is NOT use memory you've paid for.

Do you not know how to USE advanced codes, or just not how to FIND advanced codes? Basically you can TRY the numbers between 000 and 255 in the following sequence...

Turn ON your receiver.
Press SETUP.
Enter the 3 digit number.

If anything happens on the receiver, MAKE A NOTE OF IT! You'll need the number you just entered later.

Once you've got a number you want to program permanently into a key, then use the following sequence...

Press the DEVICE KEY you want the advanced code programmed into.
Press and HOLD SETUP until the LED blinks twice.
Enter 994. You should again get two blinks.
Press SETUP.
Enter the 3 digit advanced code.
Press the BUTTON ON THE REMOTE that you want the code programmed into. You should then get two blinks.


If you get a single long flash of the LED instead of the expected two blinks, then your sequence has failed, and you'll need to try again. If successful, the button should now call the programmed function when you push it in that device mode.

Good luck,

Dave