I am trying to use Pronto Edit to learn IR codes and I am not having any luck, please help

Todd

Are you trying to learn codes from an original remote? If this is the case don't do it through ProntoEdit. Learn them with the Pronto and then upload the file to ProntoEdit so changes can be made.

~Andy~

Todd-

Could you be more specific...What happens when you try to learn using Prontoedit?

This is constantly discussed, (there is a pretty good thread just 5 down the list) but the general upshot of most of the posts is it's more reliable to learn IR directly to the the Pronto, then upload.

I think I'm in the minority, but I learn in Prontoedit most of the time because it's faster and I can "see" the learned IR as I go. If I have troubles, I'll revert to direct remote-to-remote learning.

Here's what happens when I try to learn codes with ProntoEdit 1.5.

A crash!

Yes I have updated my pronto sys and app software.

Frustrating

process of using pronto edit:

1. pronto is pluged in to computer
2. start pronto edit
3. make a new button and click learn ir code

barry

process of using pronto edit:

1. pronto is pluged in to computer
2. start pronto edit
3. make a new button and click learn ir code
4. press button on remote to learn from
5. nothing happens. I get a timeout error
6. I have tried different distances and 3 different remotes. it never works.
7. if I use pronto by itself it works very well

It is well known that learning from ProntoEdit directly does not always work especially with 2000/NT.

Learn directly from yuor Pronto instead.

I just installed Proedit 1.5. I'm seeing the same problem. The program also crashed any time I perform a learn and either locks up my system or dumps me back to my desktop.

I had the same problem and solved it by rebooting my Pronto. Take battery of and on, all you have to do after that is to set time again. I did all my 9 remotes succesfully but suddenly adding few forgotten ones had the problem.

Tried resetting my Pronto via removing the battery. No change with the problem. Compatibility problem with Win2K.

I find that it I press "learn" in ProntoEdit and then *wait a couple of seconds* before pressing the button on the remote control it all works a lot better.

Seems the Pronto takes a bit of time to react and start learning.

Since the Pronto isn't doing too much when you learn through the computer (plus the fact that such delays aren't needed when learning on the base remote), I think it's more of a ProntoEdit/remote timing issue rather than something with the Pronto itself.

Geek-speak analysis:
It's a "bad pointer" bug in ProntoEdit.
For some reason it's OK to read/write "unowned" memory in Win95/98, but this GPFs in Win2K (which is more protective about such things).
The bug changed between 1.3 and 1.4 (went from reading/writing a non-zero address (I *think* it was 0x14, but it's been long enough that I forget...) to reading random, writing to 0, which would indicate that they're now "zeroing" pointers, but whatever code's attempting to use this pointer is still doing so).
I would *guess* that the bug's in the "save learned IR code" rather than in the "upload via serial port" section as uploads seem OK.
I've tried to report this to Phillips (at least a year ago, don't remember the exact date) and have offered to help fix this, but haven't received any response.