Hmm. As far as I can tell the CCF as saved from Tonto is completely corrupt, which is probably what's happening in ProntoEdit.

never mind. already been answered.

Assuming that the remote is still working fine, I would suspect the cable or the PC/serial port is corrupting the download, or possibly there's something up within the remote.

I had to order a new cable from Philips. As I recall, the original cable had 4 segments on the tip, but the replacement only has 3 segments. Can this be correct? The remote appears to be functioning properly except that I can't recover the file that's installed on it. I haven't tried to d/l yet because I don't want to lose the current setup.

I could be wrong, but I thought the TS1000 did not have a data bank of codes.

They added that for the TSU2000 ("U" is for universal)

Both should work fine

Anybody know any specifics on port settings? I'm using a USB serial port (Prolific driver). It was set to 115200, but I just tried changing it to 9600 with no difference in results. 8-N-1 is correct, isn't it? I guess I should try the built in port tomorrow. LMK

Thanks,

-KP

The cable used to be 4-connector, but the remote only actually uses 3 (TX/RX/Ground).

USB serial port. Ahhh. That could be the cause of a LOT of your problems. It seems that half of the ones on the market don't actually work right when it comes to *real* serial compatibility.

Yes: 115200, 8 data, 1 stop, no flow is correct.

OK, I finally got PE installed on a different machine and U/L'd the TS-1000 into PE. When I went to save I got the exact same 1115% too big error.

I used a laptop with a real serial port. Any fresh ideas?

-kp

did you make the program on the remote or with the software?

A combination of both as I recall. Does that make a big difference?

It might. If you store codes under every button the memory will get used up faster. The TS1000 has the smallest memory of the Pronto family.

The best way is to alias codes with the software. Make a hiddel panel full of codes and have all your buttons look to the code page.

Before getting rid of the Pronto, Try downloading a config from this site and see if it works. Then start from scratch with the software and alias everything.

Since it is completely impossible for a remote with 380kb of usable memory to hold a CCF file that's 1mb or higher (you even mentioned in an email that you once ended up with a 4mb file) and, since the remote itself will not operate with a corrupted CCF, then something is obviously happening to the file during download.

And, as you have tried multiple PCs including a real serial port, I have to assume at this point that the file is being corrupted either by a bad serial cable (unlikely since you got a new one), a bad port on the remote (ie gunk inside or a cold solder joint), or something is messed up in the RS232 curcuitry causing it to spew volumes of corrupted information.

If you no longer care about the configuration on the remote, you could try uploading a file to it and see what happens. However if the upload becomes as corrupted as the downloads currently are, your remote will be rendered useless.

Or, try using a terminal program and connect manually to the remote - just to see if anything seems odd or garbled. Instructions are in the FAQ for how to connect. For example, a normal Pronto boot screen would look something like:

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Booting...
BOOT,400000[00],UDB V3.0 AMD S2 ,08/21/2000,14:03:39,CRC OK
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PSOS,404000[02],V1.0 ,09/20/2000,17:24:10,CRC OK
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_SYS,410000[08],UDB V4.6 ,09/20/2000,17:24:47,CRC OK
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_APP,440000[11],UDB V5.1 ,09/20/2000,17:28:26,CRC OK
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_CCF,4b1000[18],N/A ,08/19/200
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LZO real-time data compression library (v1.04, Mar 15 1998).
Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer

using embedded fonts
font 0 = Pronto 8
font 1 = pronto10
font 2 = Pronto 12
font 3 = Pronto 14
font 4 = Pronto 16
font 5 = Pronto 18

_CCF,D.Tonks CL v1.5 [08/19/2003 02:07]
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Otherwise, there's little else I can suggest beyond that it may be time for a new remote...

Just an addendum to this post, I took a look at your downloaded file with a hex editor, and only the first 219kb of the file contains any sort of information, while the rest is just blank. And even in that 219kb there are many other blank sections (ff) that aren't valid when comparing your file to any other CCF.

I don't know how much of a problem that could be for the average program. Early on in my programming career, I did a TS1000 for a client with thirteen sources, and a command on every button; it only came to 320K.