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Short walkthrough tutorial desired
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Post 1 made on Tuesday March 13, 2001 at 10:18
Rob Wright
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I have been spending lots of time perusing the documents I downloaded from RC. I've looked through the Pronto owner's manual, the ProntoEdit manual, and the Pronto FAQ guide. Read it all, understand about half. Guess you need to actually attempt programming to learn to program, as funny as that sounds. Even after completely reading the three documents I mentioned, I am still longing for someone to write a short step by step "tutorial" for creating an ultra-simple CCF for the purpose of seeing how it's done. Even an overview of how the Pronto utilizes the CCF would be helpful. Trying the emulator with various CCF's I've downloaded from RC produces unexpected (to me) results. Sometimes a CCF will come up on the home panel, while others start at a different panel (apparently without a "jump" to that panel). Gonna take a while to get it down. Saw one post that did request this, but the response was a link to the FAQ. The FAQ will help once you get a grasp on how to program, but when you're just getting started it's hard to know where to begin. Design guidelines and tips for laying out a useful user interface would be very welcome to Newbies. If nobody has a chance to create a short walkthrough tutorial, maybe I'll take a stab at it when I figure out the program. May take quite a while, however. Yours, Rob.
OP | Post 2 made on Tuesday March 13, 2001 at 10:34
Lee Gillihan
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If the home panel is write protected the ccf will open at the home panel. If not it will open at the first device from the home panel.
OP | Post 3 made on Tuesday March 13, 2001 at 12:17
Dan
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As most people say, the only way to really learn something is to do it.

I have to agree with the advice everybody else always gives in other threads. Download lots of CCFs, see what you like, how it works, and copy it to your CCF. In many cases, what could be simpler--all you have to do is copy the work somebody else did.

I guess if you want a tutorial of some sort, study the default CCF before studying more advanced CCFs.
OP | Post 4 made on Tuesday March 13, 2001 at 12:17
Rob Wright
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Thanks for the tip, Lee. Your two sentences have probably saved several hours of "trial & error" fumbling. Info like this is very helpful. Any other neat tips? If we could compile a list of information like this, it would make getting up the learing curve easier! Thanks, Rob.
OP | Post 5 made on Tuesday March 13, 2001 at 14:52
MrKlaatu
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If you've read the manuals and the FAQs, then the next step is to use the SEARCH function for more specific information. The Forum Search here is very versatile and thourough. It's helped me greatly.


MIKE


"If you give a man a fish, he eats for one day. If your teach him how to fish, he eats forever".

OP | Post 6 made on Thursday March 15, 2001 at 06:30
steve
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could someone please explan to me how to save and later access ir data in the data base section of the rc5000 remote
OP | Post 7 made on Thursday March 15, 2001 at 23:38
Peter Dewildt
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The RC5000 does not have an inbuilt database.

RC5000 Setup does have a Microsoft Access database with it that has some Philips codes in it. Adding to it is not supported and the use of the database was withdrawn in ProntoEdit V2.0. Some people have figured out how to put stuff in it, but is is flakey and not worth the trouble.
OP | Post 8 made on Friday March 16, 2001 at 13:51
Anthony
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Steve: I just wanted to confirm what Peter said. The database will reside only on your PC, when you use it to add a code to a button the whole code is going to be transcribed. And therefore it has no value.
OP | Post 9 made on Friday March 16, 2001 at 13:58
Allan
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I totaly agree with Rob. I bought my 5000i over 4 weeks ago and although I have played about with it I realy havent got to grips with the programing side of things. Its all well and good pointing someone to the FAQ and manual but if someone has written a "Get started by doing this" file it would kick off most newbies and encourage them to start tinkering further. Maybe then a "Newbie" would be able to answer some of the more frequent questions.
Good post Rob..
OP | Post 10 made on Friday March 16, 2001 at 15:44
Rob Wright
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Allan... I'm planning on doing just that. I'll write a quick explanation of how the whole Pronto environment works, then a quickie tutorial. I'll include screenshots and step-by-step instructions. I know it would've helped me. As it was, it really hasn't been that difficult so far... I think some people read posts here then get psyched out by thinking that programming the Pronto is more difficult than it really is. The mechanics of writing CCF's looks straightforward. What I'm struggling with is the creative aspect of programming. Trying to balance ease of use with functionality is the tough part.

Unfortunately, I'll end up putting this tutorial together in MS Word. I don't have the capability to make it into a PDF file, which I admit would be much more portable.

Daniel must see this forum like a Drill Instructor (nothing derogatory intended) might see boot camp. New recruits (Newbies) arrive not knowing one end of the program from the other, and over the next few weeks, start turning into program masters, being able in turn to help the new recruits. I've looked through the complete CCF file area, and I see some genuine geniuses at work! Later... Rob.
OP | Post 11 made on Friday March 16, 2001 at 16:38
James
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Let's hear it for Rob!!!
I'm excited to see what you come up with. I am one Pronto newbie who could really benefit from your tutorial and I will most definitely be using it when it is posted.
Thank you a million times for what you are planning to do.
OP | Post 12 made on Friday March 16, 2001 at 17:58
Allan
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Rob.
Thanks for your response and I look forward to seeing the finished article. My company sells software so if you need anything to make your file easier to read, post, compile or whatever, just let me know and if I can; it's yours.
Post 13 made on Friday June 26, 2009 at 14:09
rdalbright
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was this tutorial every posted somewhere?
thanks
Post 14 made on Friday June 26, 2009 at 17:43
Lyndel McGee
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No. You should have a look at the Files section and download the ProntoEdit 4 user's guide and have a read through that as well as the FAQ (link at bottom of this page).
Lyndel McGee
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Post 15 made on Friday June 26, 2009 at 22:07
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You might also try the Ultimate Pronto Guide (from prontowizard.com). It's written for the newer NG series of remotes, but the process is pretty much the same.
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