I'm a newbie. I'm trying to send discrete on/off commands from my MX-850 to my old TEAC receiver. I've got what I hope are the correct hex codes saved in a text file. My next step, as I understand it, is to cut-and-paste these hex codes into ProntoEdit, create a .CCF file, and imoprt it into my MX-850 editor.

I've downloaded ProntoEdit4 and installed it. When I launch this software I'm lost. How do I cut-and-paste the hex codes?

I've looked for a FAQ or other documentation, but thought I'd ask here before I went any further. Any help you could give me, such as pointing me in the right direction, would be appreciated.

Quick/Easy way:

-Right click on the HOME icon on the left and Add a Panel
-Then right click on one of the blank buttons that's on the new panel in the main window, select properties then click Set IR
-In the window that comes up click on the View IR button near the button and a blank IR Code: entry space should appear, just paste the hex code into there and hit ok. You'll also want to rename the button to whatever the command is so you know which one is what when you open the file from the Universal Browser in the mx software.

You may want to post Pronto related questions in the Pronto forums in future, but here is a quick summary of what is required.
In ProntoEdit, Add a new device. Expand the device, right click on it and create a new panel. On the new panel, Add a new button. Double click this new button and click on the 'Set IR' button on the Action tab. This will open a new dialog box. Click on the 'View IR >>' button. The HEX codes need to be pasted in the text box that appears. Save the config as a .CCF. In the URC software, open this using the Universal browser, select the button and drag the "Learned Data" from the "Action List" to your button.
Hope this helps

NickKO's instructions are quicker - just saw them about the same time

My thanks to both of you. I used both your replies and I think it worked, but the codes were probably bad. I'll have to test it with a known good code.

Thanks again to both of you for your prompt replies.

NickKO and blakrj, thanks for your help. I followed your instructions to (finally!) successfully load a discrete Sony XBR Video-9 hex code into my MX-850. I appreciate it!

Note that the hex codes have to start with 0000 for this to work.

I am trying to do the same thing and I get the following error in ProntoEdit4 when trying to add the hex code.
"Data does not define a valid iR code"

I'm trying to add discrete codes for a Pioneer Plasma into a MX-900. I found the hex codes on Pioneer's website, now I need to find a way to get them into the MX-900.

Pioneer usually has codes in three different forms:

1) A concise hex format: usually two or four two-digit hex numbers.

2) Pronto Hex: A long string of four digit hex numbers in which the first is always "0000".

3) A CCF file.

If you found the first, look around to see if you can find one of the others. If you can't find one of the others, post some examples of the codes you found and I'll tell you how to convert to Pronto Hex using MakeHex.exe and/or I'll give you the URL of a CCF file containing the same signals.

If you found the second, but got the error you described, you did the copy/paste wrong. You need the whole long string of 4 character hex values, no more and no less.

If you had found the third, you wouldn't need ProntoEdit.

I'm using the codes I found here:
[Link: pioneerelectronics.com]
So based on that, I am trying AA1A & AA1B for power on & power off.
I tried it with and without 0000 prefix.

Quite a while ago, I got a CCF file
349506371PRO1140HD_PRONTO.ccf
I'm pretty sure I got it from the pioneer support web site. But just now I tried that site again and I can't figure out how to navigate to any IR information, not CCF nor Pronto hex nor even the form you just quoted.

So instead I just edited the URL you posted to change the file name part and leave the rest unchanged:
[Link: pioneerelectronics.com]

That works and got the same CCF file I had gotten earlier.

I know it's not the identical model, but the power On and power Off and several other commands I checked are identical. So you should be able to use that CCF file.


Adding 0000 to the front of those concise codes does not change them to Pronto Hex. I could explain how to translate via MakeHex.exe, but it involves several steps that take a lot of explaining, even though to someone experienced they are trivial to do. Since there is a CCF available, there is no point doing this a harder way.

You might want to poke around a bit more on the pioneer site to find a CCF file specifically for your model (or maybe try tweaking that URL some more), but I don't think you really need to. I think that other models uses all or nearly all the same IR signals as your model. If some from that pdf are missing or wrong in the ccf, tell me and I'll give you individual translations.

THANKS

Some of the cuurent model Pioneer/Elite models are posted as URC *.mxf files.
Navigate to the Pioneer Custom Install page (from Support/Home Electronics) and downlaod one. You then use the MX-900's Universal Browser to drag the commands you need to the 900's buttons. Pioneer models have been using the same On & Off for years. Many other commands are the same as well.

Was able to follow instructions and add discrete on / off for my Pioneer VSX-59txi to my MX-850. Pretty simple to move proto codes - thanks