Has anyone with a URC-200 or 300 tried IRClone with those remotes and see if ANY part of it works?

There may not need to be hundreds of more hours spent on IRClone for the URC remotes.

To mike@irclone,

I echo Dundas words above. I do have a RS remote to put in the discretes, which works great but would not be without the IRClone. The ease of changing things and to me the most important feature, the backup capability, are worth every cent the IRClone cost me.

Thanks, Mike.......

Hi G,

I've tried it with a URC-200 a few times and got nothing. I've tried both uploading and downloading, as well as with no programming and some programming. Unfortunately, it's apparently a different memory setup.

Hmmmmmmmm.... too bad.

Doesn't mean it won't work with some changes Greg. Maybe I'll have to get a 200 and see what I can see. Where's the best place to buy one?

Mike

Mike C:

Check your email.

I'm in the same boat. I have a URC-200 and a few devices that have discrete codes that are unavailable on the remotes that came with them (i.e. my Sony VPL-HS10 projector). One idea I had was to get a pronto emulator for my Pocket PC, and download the ccfs to that, then learn 'em onto the URC-200. A solution like IR-Clone would be more elegant, but that might be my best bet.

Since Mike and Dave (from IrClone) are concerned about return on investment for work performed to make IrClone work with the URC line, maybe we should start a poll as to who would buy the new program/programmer ?

I myself would galdly pay for the ability to program my URC-200, even if only to back it up and move the buttons configurations around (although discrete code support would definitely be a plus).

I am not familiar with this forum, so perhaps someone less n00b than me can set up a more formal/official poll ?

Just my thoughts on the topic :)

I would pay. The Pronto has it's place in many systems, but a remote like the Osiris is a much better choice for secondary areas like bedrooms. I also like it's form much better than the Omega / 500/600/700 series.

To be able to program the Osiris from a PC would place it very high in my list of recomended remote controls.

I would love to see the IR Clone for the Omega /Osiris series. Our company has 2 IR clones right now for MX-500/600s. These remotes offer a nice price point if they have some type of PC programmability. Otherwise we will drop these remotes from our sevices. Not worth the time to do manually, especially if something changes in the customer's system or cable rearranges their channels again. Just my .02

Bob

I've got a couple pieces of Sony ES line (DA 777 for one) that I can't get any of the table codes that came w/ my URC-200 to work correct. Powers on/off but no other functions work w/ some of the codes.

Are there other codes I can use. I tried "learning" the remote, but that isn't working effectively either.

Any suggestions?

I know this is likely a long dead subject, but has any way of interfacing the URC line with a PC been developed?

I'm a long-time MX-700 user and love the PC programability. I recently purchased a URC-200 as a secondary remote and would love to be able to program it with a PC as well.

At a minimum, the ability to backup and restore a configuration, even without PC-based editing, would be very reassuring.

If not, I may have to buy a second URC-200 just to backup the first, but I'd rather not :)

I don't think the URC line is "protected" as much as it's just distributed differently. The R5 and R7 seem to simply be more successful, due to their price points. If you look at the price points of the URC line, they are much higher. I also think the margins were lower for the URC products. When you try to put a $149 remote next to the $29 remotes in big box stores with low margins and mainstream customer segment - that's a tall order.

As far as creating PC programmable remotes, it was great for the MX-500, but now the MX-700/800/850 are a good bit less than before ($500 for an MX-700 back then, now $249). Anyone can just get one of those with native programming capabilities for $249. If you have a $149 URC remote and then need to spend $100 to make it PC programmable, that just doesn't make sense. I can understand why they don't want to put the resources into developing a new version of IRClone. I am very happy for the success they had, but I can understand their current position. There's just more risk to develop a new version.



Thank you,
Damon DG
= = = = =
http://www.ProRemotes.com - Authorized Dealer & Remote Programming Services