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Extenders for 2116
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Post 1 made on Thursday March 27, 2003 at 19:33
dcurwin
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I found the recent thread about 15-1994 replacements pretty interesting. I just recently acquired a JP1 cable and it's amazing what I've got my 15-1994 to do by using the cable and a couple of John Fine's extenders.

John Fine made the comment in that thread that no extenders have been written for the 2116. I couldn't live without the extended memory for all my key moves and macros - I've finally got all the buttons I need, no learned buttons, macros on the device keys, etc.

So the question is, why aren't there any extenders for the 2116? Is it just too new? Are the JP1 guru's working on extenders for the 2116/2117's? Or should I grab an 8811 now (in case those go the way of the 1994?
Post 2 made on Thursday March 27, 2003 at 19:40
The Robman
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John Fine has been our principal extender writer and he doesn't feel like writing one for the 15-2116, the prime reason being that he doesn't own one but in addition to that, it's harder to write extenders for LCD remotes.

There are a couple more guys that have started looking into writing extenders, so all hope is not lost.

However, of all the remotes out there, the 15-2116 needs an extender the least, because it allows you to program macros, etc to the device buttons, which is one of the principal reasons that people use extenders.

As for using the learning memory for other purposes, if an extender is not available, it is still possible to use the memory you have in a sensible manner to achieve great results. For example, I'm not using an extender on my 15-1994 and I have it programmed to work 13 devices! My setup file is in the IR.exe zip and in the User Config folder.

Rob
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