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Using the shift (P) button on the 15-2116....
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Post 1 made on Tuesday February 11, 2003 at 14:08
Vin
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I've used the shift button on the 15-1994 for a macro that powers up my system and it worked great. I'm trying to do the same with the 2116 that I recently purchased but I'm having difficulty doing so.

Pressing P before pressing the button where I want to place the macro results in an "invalid" response from the remote. I've tried it numerous times using several different buttons. On one occasion I was successful but later decided I wanted to edit my macro so I attempted to clear the macro before starting over again. This also did not go smoothly, and resulted in an "invalid" response from the remote upon pressing shift (P) and the button where the macro was that I wanted to delete.

I've since placed my macro on a non-shifted button with no complications whatsoever.

So, is the reason I'm having a problem because: a) the 2116 doesn't allow shifted commands, b) I'm doing something wrong, or c) my remote is defective?

Thanks,
Vin
Post 2 made on Tuesday February 11, 2003 at 19:22
The Robman
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I just tried it on my 15-2116 and I was able to program a macro onto a shifted button with no problem, so I think that limits it down to options b) or c) (and my money's on it being b) :)

Rob
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Post 3 made on Tuesday February 11, 2003 at 19:32
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There are some keys like POWER, SCAN, EXIT, that you can't do anything with.
Post 4 made on Tuesday February 11, 2003 at 19:33
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A sub category of (b) is which "several different buttons" did you try?

Were they all buttons for which cannot take macros unshifted? I'm pretty sure that on the 2116, any key that needs JP1 to install a macro unshifted, also needs JP1 to install the macro unshifted.

Also, shifting digits is strange. I don't know if you can put a macro on a shifted digit without JP1.
OP | Post 5 made on Wednesday February 12, 2003 at 08:04
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I tried to use the shift function on all of the following buttons: exit, last, digits 1, 2 & 3, pip, freeze, move and enter, with the same results every time, i.e., an "invalid" response from the remote.

As I alluded to earlier, I eventually gave up and placed the macro on a non-shifted button (I chose the Enter button) with no problem at all. I also tried to use some of the other buttons that I mentioned above (without shifting) and in most cases had no problem.

I guess I can live with it the way it is but I did like the fact that when I used shifted buttons on my 15-1994 that I couldn't accidentally execute a macro.

Vin
Post 6 made on Wednesday February 12, 2003 at 19:35
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Maybe you need to spell out, exactly, how you tried to program the macro, because I can guarantee you that it does work, though it won't work on EXIT, because that button will cause you to exit the programming mode, so I'm VERY surprised to hear that you got an "Invalid" message (as opposed to just exiting the programming mode) when you tried to use EXIT.

Rob
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OP | Post 7 made on Thursday February 13, 2003 at 11:17
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On 02/12/03 19:35, The Robman said...
Maybe you need to spell out, exactly, how you
tried to program the macro, because I can guarantee
you that it does work....

Rob

Rob, I have no doubt that you are correct. If I get a chance I'll run through it again when I get home tonight and post my results.

Thanks again,
Vin


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