Has anyone else tried using a Palm with OmniRemote to teach the MX-500? With any success?

My MX-500 is unable to learn any codes from the Palm even though the Palm can control the device directly and the MX-500 can learn the same codes directly from the original remote.

The details are in a thread in the PDA forum here.
[Link: remotecentral.com]

I decided to ask about this here as well since the PDA forum isn't nearly as active as this one and I was also hoping someone at HTM might have some insight into why this is happening.

Anyone?

This message was edited by Hutchca on 06/07/02 14:02.45.

Yes, and no.
I've searched Remote Central as well as Home Theater Spot, and the only references to MX-500 and OmniRemote together are problem descriptions.

My unconfirmed suscpicion is that OmniRemote is not really accessing the IR port directly, but is modulating the IrDA output, which is confusing the MX-500. If you are hardware inclined, you might be able to use an IR receiver/demodulator (Radio Shack has them, you can order one from DigiKey), and use that to gate a 38kHz oscillator driving an IR LED.

Personally I got tired of messing with it and just bought a Cinema7 on sale at WalMart.

-- Chris Caudle

I agree, but it's wierd that some other learning remotes are able to learn from it.


Yeah. That was my next step.
I just figured since I already own OmniRemote, wouldn't it be nice if I could use it.
I'm off to look for a JP1 compatable remote...

This message was edited by Hutchca on 06/07/02 20:35.30.