I rebuilt the bootable CD image with a function to automatically detect all ReplayTV units,...b;ah, blah blah

Once things are working, restore the ReplayTV network configuration to your
previous settings. You can also safely remove the "install" photo directory
from your ReplayTV(s). This folder was automatically created during the
install process.

I was succesfull in perforing procedure with linux bootable cd;,except;

1.How do I "clean up" the new fact that the clock is left toggled on after each guide update? Deleting the install folder inside the photo folder didn't do that..

2. Why is it that even with correct postioning. the 4 digit IR codes being sent to my Pansat 3500S result in the reciever's on screen menu being left on?

Thanks in advance for anyone that knows!!

1. 243 RZ 3 & 4

Many thanks to FlipFlop and all who helped understand and create the bootable dvd to fix the IR problems. It brought to life my DirectV D11 receiver. It was the simplest patch I've ever had to install.
Scott

Hello Y'all:
I was wondering if there was a guide on how to get a ReplayTV to work with a coolsat 5k? I tried creating a boot disk described by flip flop but my laptop did not recognize it as a boot disk? Is there some setup or adjustment i must do to get it to work? I pressed f12 and chose cd drive but nothing, windows starts normally. I also downloaded winimage but no results. I was hoping there was a guide for newbies (or a guide for dummies) to get me started on the right path? I have searched but have not found any. Kind of a manual with step by step instructions. Sorry for sounding ignorant but I'm new to this field. Thanks. :confused:

Hi FlipFlop, Thanks for you quick and easy instructions to upgrade the IR Codes. I do have one some problem, I followed your messge and was able to copy the code to my replaytv but I don't see the codes when I try to added them. I do see the install folder with the files under the Photo folder but when I try to add the ir codes I don't see them. Help! Thanks in advance.

After browsing other threads and trying without success their various recommendations, I did used flipflops utility from THIS POST (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=6297395&&#post6297395) .

this may work for other samsung tuners.

BTW, someone should post flipflops posts 106 and 107 in this thread to the FIRST POST in this thread, so they are easily found. The Robman, I'm talking to you!


thanks for youre great utils, flipflop.

Oh, and I wasn't able to add the code to the list, even when modifying 'ircodes' to add it. Possibly ircodesRaw and irfilelist are important? I ended up just replacing the 0001 codes using DVArchive (http://www.dvarchive.org/) to upload the file (create the folder 'install' in photos and put it in there) and the shell commands (using WiRNS (http://www.wirns.com/) (getshellcommand plugin) or the serial shell (http://members.cox.net/seanriddle/replayshell.html) (115200 bps for 5xxx replays)):

cdsys
cd Platform/Plymouth/IRBlaster
rm C0001fi.rid
cp /name/storage/Photo/install/C0001fi.rid C0001fi.rid

that code will work whether you're running in sys1 or sys2.

Quote:
Originally Posted by FlipFlop
I rebuilt the bootable CD image with a function to automatically detect all ReplayTV units,...b;ah, blah blah

Once things are working, restore the ReplayTV network configuration to your
previous settings. You can also safely remove the "install" photo directory
from your ReplayTV(s). This folder was automatically created during the
install process.



I was succesfull in perforing procedure with linux bootable cd;,except;

1.How do I "clean up" the new fact that the clock is left toggled on after each guide update? Deleting the install folder inside the photo folder didn't do that..

2. Why is it that even with correct postioning. the 4 digit IR codes being sent to my Pansat 3500S result in the reciever's on screen menu being left on?

Thanks in advance for anyone that knows!!

1.How do I "clean up" the new fact that the clock is left toggled on after each guide update? Deleting the install folder inside the photo folder didn't do that..

Change your ReplayTV network configuration back to automatic, so that it goes back to getting the updates directly from the ReplayTV servers.

Hello to all –
I am trying to get my new D11 Directv receiver and 5040 ReplayTV to talk so the Replay will change channels. I’ve read through the thread (what I understood, anyway), d/l’ed FlipFlop’s ISO (post 207), and tried it. I got the computer to boot fine, but the computer never saw the Replay. I am connected to the Replay with an Ethernet cable, just like I would for DVarchive.
Let’s start with the fact that I am a total Noob at all this. :eek:
First off, am I trying to solve the problem the right way? It sounds like it.
I’m confused about a few of the instructions with the bootable CD. “Switch the network Connection to static”. How? At the moment, the Replay is set to Modem with no IP addresses listed. I remember messing with them, but never got that to work.
I think my computer IP address was 0.0.0.0 in the readout from the bootable CD. Can this be right??
Next, “select Menu Setup. Connect to ReplayTv service”. I don’t see this anywhere.
Would it be easier to try the Wirns setup? If so, can someone direct to a step-by step for it? The CD sounds like the way to go, but I’m stumbling.
And lastly, what is the best way to get OUT of the bootable CD? I typed in “reboot”. Is there a key that will take me out?
Apologies for dragging the thread down to the most basic levels, but this is the best info I’ve found so far and my only hope of not having to trash the Replay.
Many thanks.

Makoti

I’m confused about a few of the instructions with the bootable CD. “Switch the network Connection to static”. How? At the moment, the Replay is set to Modem with no IP addresses listed. I remember messing with them, but never got that to work.
I think my computer IP address was 0.0.0.0 in the readout from the bootable CD. Can this be right??
The bootable CD requires that you have a router on your network, with a DHCP server running. If your ReplayTV is using the modem, then I would guess that you don't have a broadband connection, and therefore don't have a router?

If you do have a router, then the PC should get an IP address from it, and report what it is. On the replayTV you go to the setup menu, select "network and input connections" to switch from modem to ethernet with a static IP.

Flipflop, thanks for the fast response.

I do have broadband, but only got it recently & the Replay is not in a room with a computer other than a laptop. I have a wireless network, but never got the Replay to work with that.

I could take the Replay to the desktop, as long as I don’t need the D11 hooked up to load the codes. Would that work? Plug the Replay into the router, boot the desktop, hook up a small TV so I can see what’s going on, and work from there?

Thanks again.

I could take the Replay to the desktop, as long as I don’t need the D11 hooked up to load the codes. Would that work? Plug the Replay into the router, boot the desktop, hook up a small TV so I can see what’s going on, and work from there?
Yes, this would work. For that boot CD to work you need the PC and ReplayTV connected to a router, and the router connected to the internet. You need the internet connection because the files are transferred through the "net connect" function, which would fail without an internet connection.

Once you get the files installed on the ReplayTV, then you can move it back to the other room and select the desired IR blaster code.

Flipflop,

If no one has suggested sainthood for that ISO, let me. It worked like a charm once I got it all hooked up right. The Replay can control my D11 and I am a happy boy!
Many, many thanks!

Makoti

IM A n00b RIGHT OFF THE BACK!!!!

I am trying to hook my Tristar 700 Pro up with the ReplayTV and I know i am going to need an IR code. I saw that you guys got a Pamsat and some others. Would that update work with the Tristar you think or would you guys need to remake another image with the correct IR code? If anyone could help me out that would be awsome. I am going to try all the codes anyways tonight just to see. But if you do know the codes and could help me out i would really appreciate that.

Thank You in advance!!!!!!!

Is there anyway to tune channels for Bell ExpressVu on the viewsat via ReplayTV and see them in the guide? I can't figure there would be, as ExpressVu isn't a listed provider... perhaps I can only do it via a manual record?

Hello,
I have a replay 5508 w/ a viewsat extreme receiver. I successfully was able to boot with the iso that flipflop created and also loaded it on the Replaytv. I also verified to see if all the files were there through dvarchive.

But, i'm still having a problem using the IR code to get my viewsat to work w/ the replay!! I tried all codes 2000-2012. Do any of those codes work w/ the Viewsat extreme? I thought it would have been either 2001, 2002, or 2012 as noted in flipflops instructions. Maybe i'm outta luck? Can anyone help??

I made the boot cd, but it starts to boot then I get a black screen. I get no info on changing my DNS #s. Any help would be appreciated

Hi,

I have a LG LST-4600a and thought I'd try FlipFlop's CD using the LST-3xxx code. It didn't work, so it seems my only course is to create my own file.

I have a Logitech Harmony learning remote...can I somehow use this to get at the IR code or have to get a JP1 remote?

Thanks.

Tyring to locate this file or an updated version of it. Wanting to add the viewsat extreme codes to a 5508 unit. It appears as though 'forums.al7bar.tk' is still off line.



----- cut and past -------------------------

And, you will need the codes: (courtesy of cj2, this guy is a genius!)
ReplayTV IR Blaster v1.4.1 hxxp://forums.al7bar.tk/forumdisplay.php?f=77

----- cut and past -------------------------


thanks,

I've successfully uploaded the files to the Replay using DVArchive. I setup and do a net connect to my WIRNS server (temp for this purpose only).

Unfortunately, once the net connect is done, I can't change the device. There is no list that pops up for me to change to. There is only a message that states "If your service provider is not listed, contact ReplayTV for assistance."

Is it possible that my ircodes or ircodesRaw files are incorrect, or got copied to the wrong path?

Is it possible to add codes for RF connection?

I have a Sony SAT HD-100 that is supposedly compatible but I haven't had any luck getting this off the ground.

I've heard that the ReplayTV is unable to send the "dash" or "dot" in digital channel listing unless it's tricked into sending the "dash" by replacing an unused digit in your local channel lineup. Have I got this right?

If you send the SAT HD-100 a two digit channel request (i.e. 58) it will tune to an analog station not default to 58-1 like other ALL-digital tuners.

Any ideas out there?

Thanks
TIM

Hi, I have been trying to follow flipflops directions, but I am a little lost.

I've gotten a KM file for my box, and now I need to feed it into RIDGen, but I can't figure out what he means by protocol. I tired entering any and all of the information on the screen, only to get a unknown protocol from RIDGen.

The website wont let me post links due to my new-ness. I'm using the i3-micro km file from the hifi-remote website

Flipflop,

If no one has suggested sainthood for that ISO, let me. It worked like a charm once I got it all hooked up right. The Replay can control my D11 and I am a happy boy!
Many, many thanks!

Makoti


---

FlipFlop,

Ditto's first and foremost, that ISO made ALL the difference between paperweight and delight beyond compare combining my Pansat3500 with the RTV5080 w/2 380Gig (thanks i8er's) networked to PC with 3/4 terabyte raid-0 raptors.... slobbering am I with delight and stuff!

Thank you thank you thank you..!

This seems to be the most popular thread so as to dominate this corner of AVS for soooo many people, noobs and techs alike and could readily use editing and organization to create many "sticky" sub headings thanks to you.

As no good deed goes unpunished, yet another relevant question;
I just aquired a Neosat iPro 1000...and that makes me wonder (having not tested all other codes yet)

Can you - OR - How can I incorperate a new RID for said reciever (or any given one) to your ISO... Is there a "template" or "format" that would allow future additions to your work OR is it simply not that simple oh modest one?

Thanks in advance & as always

I feel obliged to pitch the new usb-serial cable from pattersontech.com I've just received.
It was well worth the $40 for the cable and $100 for a new D* H20 so that I could finally ditch the IR blaster. The cable automatically remaps my local OTA subchannels so that the Replay tunes them properly. The other obvious benefit is that tuning via the AGP is much faster than the blaster.

I feel obliged to pitch the new usb-serial cable from pattersontech.com I've just received.
It was well worth the $40 for the cable and $100 for a new D* H20 so that I could finally ditch the IR blaster. The cable automatically remaps my local OTA subchannels so that the Replay tunes them properly. The other obvious benefit is that tuning via the AGP is much faster than the blaster.

Correct Link . . .
http://www.patersontech.com/Translator/TransMain.aspx

I may have to pick up one of these myself.

Is it possible to add codes for RF connection?

I have a Sony SAT HD-100 that is supposedly compatible but I haven't had any luck getting this off the ground.

I've heard that the ReplayTV is unable to send the "dash" or "dot" in digital channel listing unless it's tricked into sending the "dash" by replacing an unused digit in your local channel lineup. Have I got this right?

If you send the SAT HD-100 a two digit channel request (i.e. 58) it will tune to an analog station not default to 58-1 like other ALL-digital tuners.

Any ideas out there?

Thanks
TIM

Use the serial connection, works fine.

er sorry, kelliot--no it doesn't

Do you use it for OTA HD or just DirecTV?

TIM

Followed the instructions with perfect satisfaction.
Tried to hook the RTV to my computer with a crossover cable and that failed.
Put the RTV on my router, didn't work. I had to reboot the RTV (power off at plug).
Then the download worked, and the install worked, and the setting of the IRB to 2007 worked. Very much satisfied with this solution. Keep up the good work.

I have searched my brains out and haven't found this yet. Sorry if it has already been answered. Has anyone gotten the D10-200 to work? I have a 5XXX series. I get the code on to my replaytv (using the C1000fi rid, ircodes and ircodeRaw files) fine but, it doesn't work.

Thanks for any help

are you sure you have right 'codes' for d10-200; if they are right; then you may want to try to reboot unit; in my case i made rid file for digital stream 3150; and it just would not work; finally i put on a fresh factory image on the drive; uploaded the very same file and it worked; don't know if that will help you or not; but if you are sure you have the right file there; try a reboot to start with..

I have searched my brains out and haven't found this yet. Sorry if it has already been answered. Has anyone gotten the D10-200 to work? I have a 5XXX series. I get the code on to my replaytv (using the C1000fi rid, ircodes and ircodeRaw files) fine but, it doesn't work.

Thanks for any help

I got it now. I made a typo on the shell commands.

Thanks

FlipFlip, it's been a long time since I posted in this thread, but I just want to say thanks again. Ever since I used your ISO boot CD, I've been enjoying HDTV (480p of course...) using my Accurian STB. Thanks again for all your knowledge and willingness to share with others!

er sorry, kelliot--no it doesn't

Do you use it for OTA HD or just DirecTV?

TIM

FWIW, I had both the SAT-HD100 and HD300, and both worked with my ReplayTV via the serial cable connection and the APG setting.

I have searched my brains out and haven't found this yet. Sorry if it has already been answered. Has anyone gotten the D10-200 to work? I have a 5XXX series. I get the code on to my replaytv (using the C1000fi rid, ircodes and ircodeRaw files) fine but, it doesn't work.

Thanks for any help

Have you tried using FlipFlop's Linux Boot CD? It's works perfect for updating to the D10 IR codes, especially for the H20 and HR20.

FWIW, I had both the SAT-HD100 and HD300, and both worked with my ReplayTV via the serial cable connection and the APG setting.


The SAT-HD100 does work with a ReplayTV for DirectTV

but it does not work with Over-the-Air Digital Television

The tuner requires you to send a "dot" as part of the channel to select an OTA digital channel--as in "two" "eight" "dot" "one"

How do you send "dot"?

TIM

The SAT-HD100 does work with a ReplayTV for DirectTV

but it does not work with Over-the-Air Digital Television

The tuner requires you to send a "dot" as part of the channel to select an OTA digital channel--as in "two" "eight" "dot" "one"

How do you send "dot"?

TIM

Sorry 'bout that. :o

Yes, you are correct. The Replay could not tune the SAT-HDx00's sub-channels.

In my particular case, I got around this limitation by using D*'s East and West Coast HD feeds. At the time, I was able to get both the East Coast and West Coast HD feeds. So, I merely used the Replay's Guide to tune to channels 80-89.

If I wanted to record a OTA HD channel, I'd set the SAT-HDx00 and/or D* H20 to autotune the specific sub-channel (i.e. 5-1) and then set the Replay to record the "main" channel (5) one minute ahead. That way, I'd get the Replay's Guide information.

Hope this clarifies things. :)

Please check out my other posting (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=9276038&&#post9276038).

FlipFlop, you out there...?

I have an Extremexiew xv3300 that I would like my 5k to operate it. So far I have found a .xls and a .rmdu file of commands for the extremeview. I'm at a loss as to how to convert one of these files into a .rid I've tried km, rm and ridgen. tia

I "upgraded" to a H10 a couple of months ago, and was seriously considering giving it back because of the inability of my ReplayTV to change channels on it.

I have been haunting AVS Forum and other sites looking for a solution and had been steeling myself to take the plunge with WIRNS. And then ..... I stumbled upon FlipFlop's post. I followed the directions exactly and now have a "working" set-up.

My biggest problems (and why I am up till 3:00) had nothing to do with the directions, but rather with my strange inability to burn a bootable CD on the first 5 tries, and with a bad IR balster wire.

Thanks for the precise directions FlipFlop.
(I was never able to figure out how to toggle the clock and CPU displays off so I just rebooted the ReplayTV).

My combinations now are:

RTV 5040 and H10 combination (with IR Blaster Code 1000 by FlipFlop)
RTV 5504 and DRD435RH combination (with Serial control because of bad IR blaster cable)

Thanks for saving me the $40 I was going to pay for the TV Translator (which according to the FAQ might or might not have worked for the H10).

Vineet.


I have the H10 which ir codes did you use ? the d10 ? doesn't seem to work.


Thanks.

Ok got it working....

Followed this http://webpages.charter.net/mamvc/main.htm

MUCH better image quality than the previous box.

I have the H10 which ir codes did you use ? the d10 ? doesn't seem to work.


I recommend the H20-100 and dos-man's USB TV translator. Works off of replay's serial port and in the H20 USB port.

-mk

I can't seem to find an answer to one of the other postings regarding how to load the updates from FlipFlop without having a photo partition on your replaytv. I have three 5040s - all with new larger HDs. One has a photo partition and the updates worked great. The other two do not have a photo partition and the updates didn't work. Is there anyway I can copy the updates from the one replaytv that does work to the other two or do something else short of a factory reset? I am trying to control the H20 and need the 2007 remote codes on all three replaytvs.

I can't seem to find an answer to one of the other postings regarding how to load the updates from FlipFlop without having a photo partition on your replaytv. I have three 5040s - all with new larger HDs. One has a photo partition and the updates worked great. The other two do not have a photo partition and the updates didn't work. Is there anyway I can copy the updates from the one replaytv that does work to the other two or do something else short of a factory reset? I am trying to control the H20 and need the 2007 remote codes on all three replaytvs.You need a photo partition for the boot cd to transfer files.

You can always pull the drives and use RTVPatch to carefully create a small photo partition, without resetting the mgeg partition. The biggest risk with that is may be having XP hose your replay drive. Unlikely if you know what you are doing. Using RTVPatch from the linux boot floppy (or perhaps the boot CD) is extremely low risk provided you don't reset the mpeg partition. Creating a new photo partition at the end of the drive may hose one of the mpeg files. You could always try it, and then before writing anything to the photo partition, scan (FF) through all shows to see if they play to the end. If you find one missing or one that won't play to the end, you can possibly repatch back to no photo partition, offload that show, and then redo the photo partition.

No easy way to tell (without trying) if any shows are stored on the end of the drive. Under most circumstances only the live buffer will end up there. Another approach might be to upgrade to a larger drive (keeping the mpeg partition) and create the photo partition when you patch the new drive.

Has anyone found an IR code file for the new Entone Hydra settop box?

It is the equivelant of the GI DCT1134 (Tivo code 10021).

You need a photo partition for the boot cd to transfer files.

You can always pull the drives and use RTVPatch to carefully create a small photo partition, without resetting the mgeg partition. The biggest risk with that is may be having XP hose your replay drive. Unlikely if you know what you are doing. Using RTVPatch from the linux boot floppy (or perhaps the boot CD) is extremely low risk provided you don't reset the mpeg partition. Creating a new photo partition at the end of the drive may hose one of the mpeg files. You could always try it, and then before writing anything to the photo partition, scan (FF) through all shows to see if they play to the end. If you find one missing or one that won't play to the end, you can possibly repatch back to no photo partition, offload that show, and then redo the photo partition.

No easy way to tell (without trying) if any shows are stored on the end of the drive. Under most circumstances only the live buffer will end up there. Another approach might be to upgrade to a larger drive (keeping the mpeg partition) and create the photo partition when you patch the new drive.

KenL - thanks for the reply. I'll try and add a photo partition to them this weekend.

The one ReplayTV that did have a photo partition was updated and so I attached the Directv H20-100 receiver to it. I used the IR blaster with the new 2007 codes as discussed in this forum. "Most" of the time, it works well and changes the channels as expected. However some times, including the recording of a news show every morning, the ReplayTV doesn't change the channels on the H20 - it is as if it ignores it. ReplayTV thinks it is recording channel 2, for example, and yet the H20 is still on the last channel viewed, which might be different. Has anyone ran into this issue and if so, what can I do to correct it to where it consistently changes the channels on the H20???

Does anybody have the IR Blaster code for the Sonicview receiver? The wife is bugging me ever since I switched from a Viewsat. :p

Thanks,

John

You need a photo partition for the boot cd to transfer files.

You can always pull the drives and use RTVPatch to carefully create a small photo partition, without resetting the mgeg partition. The biggest risk with that is may be having XP hose your replay drive. Unlikely if you know what you are doing. Using RTVPatch from the linux boot floppy (or perhaps the boot CD) is extremely low risk provided you don't reset the mpeg partition. Creating a new photo partition at the end of the drive may hose one of the mpeg files. You could always try it, and then before writing anything to the photo partition, scan (FF) through all shows to see if they play to the end. If you find one missing or one that won't play to the end, you can possibly repatch back to no photo partition, offload that show, and then redo the photo partition.

No easy way to tell (without trying) if any shows are stored on the end of the drive. Under most circumstances only the live buffer will end up there. Another approach might be to upgrade to a larger drive (keeping the mpeg partition) and create the photo partition when you patch the new drive.

I tried to use RTVPatch to create a 500MB photo partition on one of the Replays and the other I copied the old drive to a new drive and told it to create a 1GB photo partition. In both cases, the logs from RTVPatch state that it has created a photo partition at the size requested in each case. But when I pop the drive back into Replaytv, no such luck. :( There is still no photo partition. Any ideas on why both cases wouldn't have worked? I have used RTVPatch at least 8-9 times in the past increasing the drive sizes and never had it state it was doing something and yet it didn't do it. Any help or ideas would be appreciated!! Thanks in advance.

BTW - the previously recorded shows on each ReplayTV are still there, so it seems some of the updates did work OK with no issues - just not the photo partition creation. I am using RTVPatch 2.5.3 for Windows.

...Any ideas on why both cases wouldn't have worked? I have used RTVPatch at least 8-9 times in the past increasing the drive sizes and never had it state it was doing something and yet it didn't do it. Any help or ideas would be appreciated!! Thanks in advance...Now that I think back to (4xxx) RTVPatch testing (when the photo partition was first introduced) seems like the Replay does need some registry entry to be aware of p3, in addition to the actual formatting.

It's trivial to *resize* an existing photo partition and I've done that various times. But since beta testing 4xxx upgrading (when I believe I encountered that condition) I've always set up the minimal photo partition on all new units or factory resets. Haven't been without p3 even if it was patched to only 100 megs... sorry I didn't think of that sooner. :o

FlipFlop might be able to comment on the situation. Or a WiRNS expert might know how to set the Replay registry for a photo partition. Otherwise it's likely back to "offload content" first and then factory reset (w/photo partition) to get those blaster codes loaded.

You might check if DVArchive can "see" the new photo partition even if the Replay can't. Another option might be to overwrite a workable set of associated blaster files directly to p1 using extract_rtv. I personally wouldn't want to attempt that without assistance from FlipFlop or Henry, but you could always test such a maneuver on a duplicated system partition with little risk.

Of course it might be easier to just go with a factory reset, if there isn't some quicker way to make a unit aware of the new photo partition.

Now that I think back to (4xxx) RTVPatch testing (when the photo partition was first introduced) seems like the Replay does need some registry entry to be aware of p3, in addition to the actual formatting.

It's trivial to *resize* an existing photo partition and I've done that various times. But since beta testing 4xxx upgrading (when I believe I encountered that condition) I've always set up the minimal photo partition on all new units or factory resets. Haven't been without p3 even if it was patched to only 100 megs... sorry I didn't think of that sooner. :o

FlipFlop might be able to comment on the situation. Or a WiRNS expert might know how to set the Replay registry for a photo partition. Otherwise it's likely back to "offload content" first and then factory reset (w/photo partition) to get those blaster codes loaded.

You might check if DVArchive can "see" the new photo partition even if the Replay can't. Another option might be to overwrite a workable set of associated blaster files directly to p1 using extract_rtv. I personally wouldn't want to attempt that without assistance from FlipFlop or Henry, but you could always test such a maneuver on a duplicated system partition with little risk.

Of course it might be easier to just go with a factory reset, if there isn't some quicker way to make a unit aware of the new photo partition.

I checked DVArchive - no such luck with seeing photo partitions. I would really like to know if someone knows how to modify the drives to force ReplayTV to see the new photo partition. I can understand why the patch of the existing drive might not have worked, however, when I upgraded and copied from one Replay drive to another and explicitly told it to create a 1GB photo partition, why I can't see that one on the new drive?

If FlipFlop or anyone else can help me modify the drives to recognize the photo partition without me having to lose all data and reset, I would greatly appreciate it.

If this can't be done, is there anyway I can offload my existing recordings (somewhere), reset the drive to factory settings, and then reload my recordings back to the drive afterwards so I don't lose anything??

Thanks in advance!

To all ...
Search Key words: Pansat 3500 IR blaster Control Code LRM-519 Microsoft Program Guide
PVR Satellite Receiver

This is regarding all the question regarding on how to Control Pansat 3500S, 3500SD using IR Blaster.
I have a LG LRM-519 and I used Hughes instead of Pansat as Manufacturer (Brand) of my satellite and it worked like a charm.
Good Luck to all...
PK

Has anyone been able to get the Viewsat code working on any Viewsat box? I hooked up another IR Blaster that acutally blinks when it sends commands. It blinks for the Pansat and the Directv 10 when I set it's code, but both Viewsat commands doesn't seem to work. No lights so I don't think any command is being sent out.

I successfully loaded all the codes. I did get 2000 and 2001 in my IR blaster of Replay TV. It sitll does not work with Viewsat Ultra. Can some one give me the IR blaster code for Viewsat 2000 ultra. Or point me to where I can get it from?

The Viewsat code works fine for the Viewsat Extreme and the Ultra. I have been using it for awhile now. I have since switched over to a SonicView which I cannot locate the IR code for. :(

Just FYI, I have split off the Showstopper / 2k / 3k posts to a seperate thread...
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=862213

I just got a Captive Works CW-600S FTA Satellite Receiver to try out and I can't find any reference to anyone using a RePlayTV with it. Does anyone have any experience with this unit?

I'd like to know what IR code I should enter to get the IR Blaster to work OR it has a serial control input too so maybe I should go that route.

I have searched before posting so I apologize in advance if I missed a thread that has my answer!

Here's the JP1 file for this device...
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=2899

Thanks Robman! I've learned a lot about the process but I haven't got it "Done" yet. I was able to make a rid file from this file and send it to the ReplayTV, I got the CPU meter and clock toggled on from the shellcmds but the new code is still not appearing in the list.

I'm gonna keep at it though and I appreciate all the info in this thread (and a couple others!)

One of the probs I ran into was that I was trying to create a new code number (6000) but didn't add it to the ircodes files. I went back and changed everything to make it create a new code for the existing number 1000 and the process seemed to complete but I still can't change channels :(

...the adventure continues...

For future reference, was I correct in posting to this thread or should I have started a new one for my issue?

One of the probs I ran into was that I was trying to create a new code number (6000) but didn't add it to the ircodes files. I went back and changed everything to make it create a new code for the existing number 1000 and the process seemed to complete but I still can't change channels

...the adventure continues...Personally I'd rather send in an unused code number, since overwriting didn't consistently work. Plus you always need to reboot the Replay to flush the old code. So instead perhaps keep it 6000, and edit (both) ircodes and ircodesRaw (as FlipFlop notes use TextPad (http://www.textpad.com/download/index.html), not wordpad or notepad) to include 6000 in the appropriate format in each file.

Once you get your code(s) going in and showing up, then you can work on the rid file itself. For me it usually takes several tries for a new rid. I send in a "new" file each time e.g. 6000, 6001, 6002. You could even add those to ircodes and ircodesRaw in advance, then all you'd need to change for each new attempt is shellcmds to load the current rid incarnation.

If after all that you still aren't getting there, you might put that jp1 file in a remote and confirm it controls the device. If you can obtain or capture working ir for your device, it's not overly difficult to make 4k/5k replay control it using steps in this thread. Sounds like you're almost there. :)

(as FlipFlop notes use TextPad (http://www.textpad.com/download/index.html), not wordpad or notepad) to include 6000 in the appropriate format in each file.I missed this little gem of info, thanks for pointing it out!

I WAS able to add the code numbers to both ircodes files and have made several attempts at writing a good RID file. The script is completing because I get both meters showing up after the Net Connect but so far no joy in changing the channels. :(

You surely must be getting close.

One thing I did to troubleshoot an particularly tricky (unknown) protocol was capture the replay blaster output with a learning jp1 remote (after loading my attempted rid file) and compare that to the output from the original remote. If ridgen (and you) did everything correctly those two should be identical.

If all else fails, you can use the earlier ridgen feature (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=6256479&&#post6256479) of using the HEX button to paste in lines from known working pronto code for your device. That *should* be foolproof. If those pronto buttons do control the device, that will be exactly what the replay blasts. Fewer additional conversions or translations for user or software to muck up.

Closer maybe, but still haven't got it done. I'm wondering if I did everything correctly... do you enter the SubDevice number into RIDgen before you save the RID? Should anything be in the "Final Bits" field? Mine are all empty.

I also learned that the CW-600S Premium (what I have) may have different codes than the CW-600S. So I may be using an incompatible JP1 file to start with :(

A user emailed me that the codes 749,1749,7471, and 7500 all work to some degree. They all change channels on the Captive Works CW-600S but they send two or three multiple digits (i.e. send channel 107 and it sends "111000777").

I was able to extract 7500 and load it into RIDgen but I couldn't really understand what to look for...

I don't have a learning remote right now but maybe one is coming in my near future. I'll read up on "Pronto codes" and see if that opens any new doors for me :)

I really appreciate the help!

The remote for the CW-600S Premium is different than the CW-600S. I'm also looking for the same solution as I have the premium.

Closer maybe, but still haven't got it done. I'm wondering if I did everything correctly... do you enter the SubDevice number into RIDgen before you save the RID? Should anything be in the "Final Bits" field? Mine are all empty...Protocol, Device, and SubDevice will all need to be correct. If the working jp1 file doesn't have SubDevice then you should be able to leave that blank. I've seen both with and without.

The other problem is there's apparently a bug with the way ridgen interacts with with some versions of MakeHex for some protocols, which was the case for my Samsung box. First time I ever saw that after making many successful rid files. I had to use the latest version of MakeHex (standalone) to create a pronto file for the Samsung 260, and then paste those lines into ridgen using the HEX button. That was the only way it would work.

Don't need a pronto, just read up on how to make the file, or perhaps find one already created.

As for what the "bits" look like, I've seen a lot of variation, with different fields used or empty.

I have tried it both ways with SubDevice blank and filled in and that didn't make a difference. I am convinced now, with xboxing also confirming, that the JP1 file I was using is not going to ever control this box.

Am I correct to assume that until I obtain a good capture of the IR codes, I can't do anything else?

I still haven't got it working. There are some partially working codes though,

749, 1749, & 7500 will send two digits to the CW-600SP instead of one (ie it sends 110077 when you try to change to channel 107)

7471 sends two digits and seems to send a "0" (zero) or two? at the beginning.

I was also told that the Hughes HIRD B2 remote is compatible with the CW600SP so if anyone has a file for that remote, maybe I could make it work.

thanks!

I've made several attempts at making a RID file from the Hughes HIRD B2 CCF files that are online at remotecentral.

Every one of those has a slight difference in the hex code but they all act the same. They send two digits of each number PLUS two "enter". The extra enter is a huge deal because it brings up a quick-skip "channel picking" screen on the CW-600SP that will never go away until you hit exit on the CW remote.

This is exactly the same response that native RTV code 7471 has. The other codes I mentioned before seem to only send one "enter".

Anyway, I can disable the sending of "enter" after sending the channel (in the Replay's IR tweak menu) so that is not a huge issue but the double digits thing is HUGE :eek: ...

Since the file is so small I'll attach a zip with the RIDs I made and maybe someone in the know could take a look... I'm still working on it :confused: What about changing the duty cycle (I tried 33 & 30 and they seem to react the same) or the frequency? Any other little tweaks anyone can think of?

Did u try these ones?
http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin/files/rcfiles.cgi?area=pronto&db=devices&br=hughes&dv=dssreceiver

I wonder if it's a replaytv issue and not the code itself. I actually called them up yesterday about adding the captive works code and also about the double/triple hit on the button issue and they told me they don't really support it anymore. I know exactly what u are talking about.

Yes, I tried all of those. I guess I'll try some of the other Hughes boxes and see what those codes do. Surely there is a way to cut one digit out of the sending code!

I know this is rather old, but I wanted to comment that this works with VMWare Workstation if you don't want to use a regular PC.

I am trying to load IR codes for the Motorola VIP1200 (ATT U-verse). I created (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=6311995#post6311995) the .rid file and uploaded (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=6677629&post6677629) the file to my 5040 RTV (network and date/time meter appear....woohoo! Thanks FlipFlop for your bootable CD). However, the IR code doesn't seem to work.

One thing that caught my attention was that in the step where RIDgen is supposed to fill out the "Initial bits", it didn't. It only filled out the "Repeated bits." See below:
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/7351/ridfile1rr9.th.jpg (http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ridfile1rr9.jpg)

I got the device file from Robman's post (http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=4043) (Robman, you noted that it's untested...maybe that's why it isn't working for me? How can I create this file myself? I have JP1 serial cable but unfortunately the Motorola VIP1200 remote doesn't seem to have JP1 connection...at least not easily accessible).

What am I doing wrong that is causing the "Initial bits" not to generate? Or is it normal that there aren't any "Initial bits"? Here is what I see in RM:
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/5980/rm1jg3.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rm1jg3.jpg) http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/4858/rm2zd5.th.jpg (http://img442.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rm2zd5.jpg)

I found the IR codes (upgrade file) to the Conaxsat on hifi-remotes and created a RID file for it. I created it because I thought I was going to buy one, but I bought a Pansat 250SM, instead. Anyway, I'd like to post the RID, but I have no way of testing it.

Is it appropriate to post it without testing? If so, is this a good place for it?

...... It is indeed possible to set up all 3 remotes to use IR -- this is why this thread gave me hope.

Good News:
As it turns out, the ReplayTV already knows the IR codes for TV2 and TV3! .......

Sorry to dig up an old post but.....

Yaright, were you able to set more than one remote to IR and control different streams? I'm actually looking at this from a Home Control perspective, and need to have both a DVR and Crestron system control the rg2200 using IR.

If Replay has the codes for tv2 and tv3 already, does anyone have them in JP1 or Pronto format? I can't find any particulars on the Intarweb.


thanks

I have a conaxsat duo and a replay 4000 and 5000 seiries. I despretly need IR blaster codes for my replay. I just need to change channels and thats it.
I someone has one I will be happy to test.

I have a conaxsat duo and a replay 4000 and 5000 seiries. I despretly need IR blaster codes for my replay. I just need to change channels and thats it.
I someone has one I will be happy to test.

Give this a try and reply back to let everyone know if it works.

Anybody have any suggestions for my post (#321)? I'm trying to add IR codes for the Motorola VIP1200 (AT&T U-verse). I also started a thread at hifi-remote (http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8742).

Anybody have any suggestions for my post (#321)? I'm trying to add IR codes for the Motorola VIP1200 (AT&T U-verse). I also started a thread at hifi-remote (http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8742).

ImageShack sucks, I hate pop-ups.

To your question, it looks like you didn't fill out the protocol, device, or subdevice fields in RID file editor. You should make sure that the Nokia32 protocol file is in the rid file editor folder. Also, RID file editor puts the codes into the repeadted bits, but you can cut and paste them to the initial bits to fix that. I had to do that on mine to stop it from getting repeated numbers once in a while.
Verify if you can that the frequency you have there (36kHz) is right for the VIP1200.

hope that helps.

The screenshot for the RID File Editor (RIDgen) shows a file that I had saved. Doing so does not display the protocol (Nokia32), device (37), subdevice (0) fields but I did type them in. The Nokia32.rid is in the same dir.

So since there were no "initial bits" but there were some "repeated bits" you suggest I cut the info from the "repeated bits" column and paste them to the "initial bits" columns?

How can I verify the VIP1200 is using 36kHz?

I'll try your suggestion once I get home (at work right now).

Thanks!

Also, RID file editor puts the codes into the repeadted bits, but you can cut and paste them to the initial bits to fix that. I had to do that on mine to stop it from getting repeated numbers once in a while.

This is interesting... I wonder if I can use this info to fix my problem (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=10904346#post10904346) with my ReplayTV sending repeated digits to my Captive Works 600S Premium? I think it only filled the repeated bits field also. I'll gived it a shot when I am back home again.

So since there were no "initial bits" but there were some "repeated bits" you suggest I cut the info from the "repeated bits" column and paste them to the "initial bits" columns?


well this didn't work.

This is interesting... I wonder if I can use this info to fix my problem (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=10904346#post10904346) with my ReplayTV sending repeated digits to my Captive Works 600S Premium? I think it only filled the repeated bits field also. I'll gived it a shot when I am back home again.

Yeah, I'll bet that's your problem. No matter what fine tuning I changed, it always repeated once in a while, till I did that.

majik, If I were you, I'd get a JP1 remote and verify that the code file you have works, before trying to debug the replaytv translator.

Give this a try and reply back to let everyone know if it works.
I finally got the rid file loaded on my 5532 but it doesn't seem to work at all.

I finally got the rid file loaded on my 5532 but it doesn't seem to work at all.

i too (like jimmy74720) have conaxsat fta reciever. i loaded the s2013.rid and it did not work either. i went back to test if the codes were correct, loaded the upgrade to my jp1 controller and it did work. then i went to try to create my own rid file from the working upgrade file and that too did not work. maybe someone else can with more expertise can give it a shot.

Hi,

I have a bunch of the 4000x-5000x remotes that I've reprogrammed via JP1. However, they only control a single device (the ReplayTV) along with the volume/power to the TV. My question is: can these remotes switch "modes" like other universal remotes so I can control the menu system on my TV? Pressing the TV button turns off the TV power, so I assume I'd have to reprogram that button, right? But I don't want to lose the ability to power on/off the TV...

Thanks in advance for any help,
grimholtz

yes, I use that all the time. you want to install the replaytv remote 'extender' and then the top left botton becomes select and you press a number that corresponds to a device. the top right button becomes power for the selected device.

hmm, you've asked this before..
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=9525315#post9525315

hmm, you've asked this before..
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=9525315#post9525315

Do you work for google? I did end up reprogramming my 5000x remotes but only for the ReplayTV (i.e., one device again). Now it's time to do 2 devices. Thanks, drlava!

Hello all

I have a Replay TV 5320 and a 5040. I just purchased a conaxsat CNX Duo FTA Receiver. JP1 site has the remote coeds for the CNX duo/Tro and they are reported to with a JP1 remote. I, and others, have converted the file to a Replay Tv RID file but we are unable to make it work. I can Use the RM program with ridgen and makehex to convert the files, and I have no problem uploading them to the replay. My problem is, I don't have a clue what to try next. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Buy a Harmony 890 (http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/remotes/universal_remotes/devices/374&cl=us,en) and say goodbye to JP1. :)

Hello all

I have a Replay TV 5320 and a 5040. I just purchased a conaxsat CNX Duo FTA Receiver. JP1 site has the remote coeds for the CNX duo/Tro and they are reported to with a JP1 remote. I, and others, have converted the file to a Replay Tv RID file but we are unable to make it work. I can Use the RM program with ridgen and makehex to convert the files, and I have no problem uploading them to the replay. My problem is, I don't have a clue what to try next. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Buy a Harmony 890 (http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/remotes/universal_remotes/devices/374&cl=us,en) and say goodbye to JP1. :)

Buy a Harmony 890 (http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/remotes/universal_remotes/devices/374&cl=us,en) and say goodbye to JP1. :)
I hope you write better than you read. I don't own a JP1 remote and my harmony is an 880.

majik, If I were you, I'd get a JP1 remote and verify that the code file you have works, before trying to debug the replaytv translator.

The "code file" would be the "device file (http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=4043)", correct? So I just use the JP1 app and a cable to load the data to a JP1 remote?

Well I imported the protocol to a JP1 remote and confirmed that the device file (http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=4043) works (Robman, you can remove the "untested" notice...I tested it with the VIP1200 and VIP1216). I now suspect that it may be the IR blaster/cable. I'll need to dig out my 2nd one.

OK so...

The "device file" definitely works. I tested it by loading the protocol to a JP1 remote.
The shellcmds script works (the clock and a CPU meter pop up on the screen).
I tried two different sets of IR blasters and tried both ends of each set.
Since the "device file" works I should not have had any issues creating the RID file that I uploaded to the RTV.
I did use the IR Blaster method about 3 or 4 years ago so things were working back then.



What else can it be? I am getting a bit frustrated with this. I wish I could go back to TW. :confused:

...What else can it be? I am getting a bit frustrated with this. I wish I could go back to TW. :confused:I'd guess the odds are pretty good ridgen doesn't properly support that protocol.

I'm kind of surprised none of the Moto blaster codes work at all.

Perhaps the only way around that is to import pronto strings for each digit using the original "copy and paste to clipboard" function in ridgen. You can read about it earlier in this thread. Just need to convert or find a working pronto file for your remote.

Thanks for the suggestion KenL. I'll look into that.

In the meantime, does anybody know of a solution similar to this one (http://www.patersontech.com/) where somebody was able to make a usb/serial cable to control DirecTV's? Something like that would be good if it could control the Motorola box for AT&T's U-verse.

majik:
Do you have a remote that will let you see the code that the IRBlaster is sending out? Like using a Harmony in RAW mode.

If you do, have the Harmony record the original remote code, then have the IRBlaster try the same code and note any differences.

Back when I made my original RID file I was using a palm pilot's IR port to verify that the code was coming out of the IRBlaster with the correct codes to match what the original remote was doing, and had to tweak slightly from calculated values to make it work 100%.

Unless the device is using some frequency that the IRBlaster can't replicate you should be able to generate a proper RID file.

no my remote doesn't have that :(

I have what I hope is a simple question related to this thread. I have read and searched through this thread and did not see an answer so if I missed it I apologize in advance.

I have an accurian OTA HD tuner and have gone through the process of adding the IR codes using the CD process (thanks MUCH for setting this up, very easy). When I try to select the device in order to get the 2005 device code I tried selecting "other" and am not given an opportunity to then select a device code. Under the cable options (analog and digital) I only saw specific manufacturers and didn't notice the new options. I ended up selecting "dish local" and that gives me the primary local channels (along with a bazillion extra satellite channels that I then have to delete) but not the sub-channels. This does work for controlling the device (again for the main local channels).

So my questions are:

Did I select the best device to get the best available quide representation for the device or is there a way to get the sub-channels in the guide and not all the extra satellite channels (without WIRNS)?

If I setup WIRNS to create a custom guide that includes sub-channels would the replay be able to tune to the sub-channels? I have not seen any indication that the device (accurian) even has a mechanism for tuning directly to the subs.

For the WIRNS users is it worth the effort to setup a custom guide just to get the subs? Could you quantify the amount of effort required for initial setup and testing? I have just begun reading about WIRNS but have seen some references to the sources available for guides are not as good as they once were.

Is there a way to control which duplicate channels have the 1000 added to them? Currently replay has my OTA HD channels set to "2,4, etc" and the internal replay tuner to "1002, 1004, etc". My preference would be to reverse these.

Thanks much in advance for any help, guidance, personla experiences!!

Im @ a loss here.
I reset my replay 5040 to factory, ran the update and now get the codes.
I have removed the face plate and put the IR directly in front of my Viewsat Ultra.. nothing using any of the codes including 2002.

I put the IR in front of a camcorder (shows the invisible light), tested, all codes transmit except 2002 & 2003.

Any ideas?!

I miss my TV!

anyone know if the directv d12-300 can work with the ir blaster or do i need to buy the patterson serial device? ive been using replay for about 5 years but have always had cable...this is my first venture into satellite.

i tried following the procedure here: http://www.replaytvupgrade.com/add_ir_codes.html
but no luck.

any other tips before i get the adapter?

Has anyone been sucessful getting one of flipflops codes to work with the viewsat 9000? I have tried 2001-2012 and no success yet. Ive moved the sensor all over as im not even sure where it goes....


any help would be aprecieated.

Blade

I have two questions that I know have been asked earlier in this thread in on shape or another. Unfortunately I am unclear of the answers, so I apologize in advance for the retread of these questions.

1. Will the d10 code work with the D*tv H20s and HR20s?

2. After the codes are installed (I understand that part), under the IR Blaster section which vendor and code number does one select?

Thanks in advance for the help.

Trying to download the D10.zip file, but can't what do I need to do?

How do I set it to RAW mode? I have the 890.

anyone know if the directv d12-300 can work with the ir blaster or do i need to buy the patterson serial device? ive been using replay for about 5 years but have always had cable...this is my first venture into satellite.

any other tips before i get the adapter?

My D12-300 works with IR blaster after using the directions in this thread to load the IR file for the D10 from JP1 (see first post in this thread). The wirns program didn't seem to want to work with my Vista based PC, but I got it working on my laptop running XP.

I have used the flipflop boot cdrom to add the new codes into my replaytv and it still doesn't respond from my viewsat vs2000 extreme box. I have tried every code from 2000-2012 none will power on the box. any other ideas? I'm about to do a factory reset on my replaytv after i grab all my recordings tonight

Not sure about FlipFlops' boot CD method, as I used the whole Wirns/Darchive method for getting the codes in my 5080, but the code for the VS Extreme should be 2001 as it is what I have my Ultra set for and was running my VS Platinum prior to that.

It will not power on the receiver, but will change the channel correctly. Just means you have to leave the FTA powered up

Also if memory serves me, you may have to tweak the replay if it sends the enter "pulse" after the channel number. Can't remember if it was for the Viewsat or Coolsat that I had to finetune the replay settings, but one of my receivers didn't like the enter key, as it bought up the channel list on screen.

I just moved, and am now using a pair of SkyView RX-600's (an FTA satellite box). I haven't gone through EVERY code presented in the Replay's selection, but from what I'm reading here, it probably is NOT covered by any of the stock Replay IR codes. Does anyone have a code set or .rid files for this receiver?

Thanks,
G

Has anyone made a successfull RID for the Uverse VIP1200? These punks wont let you have more than one of their DVR units and my 45XX wont work with their box.

thanks in advance.

Here's a question: I've updated my IR codes so that I can now use my blaster on my FTA box. Yippee!! :)

However, now I find that I can no longer connect to the replay server to get updates. In fact, my channel guide has been blank for more than a week.

Does updating the IR codes imply that I can no longer connect to the replay guide server, and thus am forced to use WIRNS ??? :eek:

help!!! :eek:

That doesn't seem right... Are you sure you switched the network settings back away from the WiRNS IP & Gateway & picked a non-WiRNS guide in the input menu?

Realize that when you switch off of WiRNS and pick the non-WiRNS lineup, you will have to go through and reselect the new IR code you loaded and re-tweak it if you had to do that.

I've read and re-read, and re-read this thread trying to figure out what exactly I need to do to get my replay 5060 to work with my new box. The manual of the DTX9900 lists the IR codes and I'm stuck on how to get those codes put into the RID file editor correctly (If that's even the first step I should take?).

Any help?

Thanks

I have one of those new OTA STB's and trying to load codes into the Replay.
I am using WIRNS just to do this, but it's really over my head....too many options, and the install didn't follow the README file. Never got the opportunity to enter my SD Login and Pasword. So, I guess I'm not even sure if WIRNS is setup correct or not.

Steps I followed:

-I used DVArchive to make an install folder in the Replay's Photo folder.
-Copied the 4 files from the Modified zenith RID from KenL. (avs forums)
(ircodes, ircodesRaw, S2900fi.rid, shellcmds)
-Installed WIRNS (not sure if done correctly)
-Changed the Replay's DNS setting to point to the PC's IP address.
-Told the Replay to do a service connection....seemed to work although no
new code was added to the Replay's "other" choices.
-Switched the Replay's DNS back to the original settings.

Did notice that there was a new "WiRNS:Antenna (over The Air)" provider.
Am I correct to assume I only choose that if I want to use WIRNS for data?

Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

HUNCH
A section from the WIRNS log reads:

[3/20/2008 16:00:53] [PLUGIN] GetShellCommands using shellcmds from: C:\WiRNS\shellcmds

Do I need to edit (copy/paste) WIRNS's shellcmds with the data from the ReplayTV\Photo\install\shellcmds file, that I placed there using DVArchive?


WIRNS Log: See attachment

Thanks For Any help,

I have one of those new OTA STB's and trying to load codes into the Replay.
I am using WIRNS just to do this, but it's really over my head....too many options, and the install didn't follow the README file. Never got the opportunity to enter my SD Login and Pasword. So, I guess I'm not even sure if WIRNS is setup correct or not...

Don't feel too bad I never got that part to work either. ;)

Fortunately you shouldn't have to *mess* with WiRNS as long as your network card/chipset is supported by FlipFlop's boot CD. I do run WiRNS for other features but I don't want to mess it up, so I load my custom rids using the boot CD.

You'll still need DVArchive if you want to load rids that aren't already on the CD. Just burn FlipFlops ISO as a bootable CD and boot up from a box on the network. It should find all networked replays, create the install photo folder, and place FlipFlop's package of rids.

But since you want different rid(s) in this case, as soon as the CD is done booting/reports the onscreen IP address, then browse to the target Replay using DVA. Delete everything you find in the photo partition "install" folder and replace with the 4 Zenith files instead. Then (from the replay; using network and input settings) change both manual DNS to the IP reported by the boot CD. Save settings, do a manual net connect. When done the clock and cpu meter should pop up and (with any luck) the new code(s) should be loaded/ready for setup. After you confirm it blasts properly then put the Replay network settings back how they were. Should be good to go.

BTW if you need to DVA from the same server you boot the CD, you can always shut down the CD after it creates the photo install folder. Then use DVA to swap out files. And (temporarily) pull the network cable on the particular replay while (re)booting the CD. Once it is finished booting/loading files/reporting the IP, then you can put the target Replay back on the network, point it at the CD IP, and do the manual netconnect. You just need the CD (re)booted and waiting when you are ready for the netconnect, which calls the current shellcmds in the photo install folder.

I have an earlier revision of the the boot CD that doesn't (auto) load rids, so I don't have to worry about it replacing files when I boot. But if you manually place the rids (and supporting files) in the photo install folder then you can pull the Replay from the network during CD bootup so the CD doesn't overwrite your files. It only does that at the beginning so by avoiding that you can still use/load custom rids, with only the slight work around.

Of course you always need to use a complete set of corresponding install files each time you load rids since shellcmds and the other files reference the rid(s) you are currently loading.

Don't feel too bad I never got that part to work either. ;)

Fortunately you shouldn't have to *mess* with WiRNS as long as your network card/chipset is supported by FlipFlop's boot CD. .....

Is there a list of supported network cards and chipsets?

I tried the boot CD before WIRNS, but it failed to find the Replay.

I got this error:

send() returned -1, errno=101 no replaytv devices found

Any ideas?
Thanks

Don't know but it works with many desktops at least a few years old or more. Less so with some laptops. It's all about the Linux package he used at that time. Can you swap in some old network card? And I think it wants DHCP on as well. Did it ever report an IP address?

BTW I do think you are close using the manual WiRNS method and you would need to put the Zenith shellcmds where WiRNS expects it... but like I said (many moons ago different version of WiRNS) I never got that to work. Lots of *configuration* options for WiRNS.

That's why I like the boot CD since it's usually a fool proof time saver. Auto WiRNS ready to roll then gone in a single reset.

Of course when you get ready to tweak your OTA listings you'll probably want WiRNS for that but of course it's a whole nother adventure. If this if your first time with WiRNS you probably want to stop by PlanetReplay for that part of it should you still need help or if you can't get the boot CD to work.

Don't know but it works with many desktops at least a few years old or more. Less so with some laptops. It's all about the Linux package he used at that time. Can you swap in some old network card? And I think it wants DHCP on as well. Did it ever report an IP address?

If it did, I didn't see it.....the screen moves by too fast to read everything.
The mother board is an ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe, P4 socket 487, Intel 865PE chipset with built-in Marvell Gigabit LAN. I'm running through a Gigabit switch hooked to a Linksys 100Mb router with DHCP on.

BTW I do think you are close using the manual WiRNS method and you would need to put the Zenith shellcmds where WiRNS expects it... but like I said (many moons ago different version of WiRNS) I never got that to work. Lots of *configuration* options for WiRNS.

I might try that before I give up :)

Thanks For Responding,

Sounds like it's likely not finding the network especially if it says no replay found even with the Replay actually on the network. Could well be lack of a Marvell Gigabit driver. Bummer. When it works you get a big notice several minutes later with the IP address as well as some on screen instruction.

It finds the onboard Broadcom Gigabit on the one I boot just fine. Of course a driver could be added but that would be more work than just running WiRNS proper.

Hopefully someone with experience/success with the manual WiRNS method will chime in here. WiRNS will need to complete the normal transaction, run shellcmds, even successfully reach DNNA for the rid load to complete. And whatever guide update you attempt will need to complete successfully as well, so you are really running full blown WiRNS.

Which of course you'll want to do eventually anyway. So it's certainly worth pursuing.

Well...I got WIRNS to load the RID files, I added the RID's shellcmds data into the C:\WIRNS\shellcmds file. Did the thing with the Replay connect....bingo 2900 is now available to choose.
BUUUUUT....I had to pick a cable provider to get to the point where I could pick 2900. Trouble is, the channel guide for my local cable co doesn't map with most of the OTA channels that the Zenith box receives.... I can get channels 4, 6, 8, no subs, the rest are all different on the cable line-up.

Is there a way to re-map channels?

Thanks

Congrats home free now! :)

If you still have the energy to play WiRNS there are numerous options to configure the listings.

If your important channels are all from a single DMA the quickest fix is perhaps to put off the WiRNS tinkering for a new day?

Instead you could switch the Replay DNS back to DNNA and pick a "local" Sat. lineup. Either should work. Make sure to use a zipcode in that market. In such case all the analog OTA would end up below 100 on the anchor channels the Zenith needs to see and still correspond to the digital .1 HD programming in most every case.

Then just need to page through everything above your highest channel and add/remove 700 or more unused sat channels on the replay. They will all be in order over 100 -- should easy enough to get rid of by holding down the select button as it scrolls down add/remove.

In configuring the fake Sat. box (on the input of your choice) choose blaster code 2900. It's really that easy. Don't need to use cable listings. Should get you up and going fast.

You can use the same trick in WiRNS once you figure it all out, or you can shift the actual analog OTA to Sat (or cable if you really want) or numerous other combinations. Just depends on what the channels are you use and what listings you'd like for them. You can even configure an exact custom lineup consisting of any ATSC subchannels from any market and/or provider listed by tribune. Should include guide for most all digitals by now. In other words blend together channels from any combo of DMA/zipcode the Zenith can actually receive. Really sky is the limit once you master some of the advanced features of WiRNS.

Congrats home free now! :)

If you still have the energy to play WiRNS there are numerous options to configure the listings.

If your important channels are all from a single DMA the quickest fix is perhaps to put off the WiRNS tinkering for a new day?

Instead you could switch the Replay DNS back to DNNA and pick a "local" Sat. lineup. Either should work. Make sure to use a zip code in that market. In such case all the analog OTA would end up below 100 on the anchor channels the Zenith needs to see and still correspond to the digital .1 HD programming in most every case.

I finally got the Replay to take a Sat line-up, had to change the zip code. Kept getting "unexpected error ......" until I did.

Then just need to page through everything above your highest channel and add/remove 700 or more unused sat channels on the replay. They will all be in order over 100 -- should easy enough to get rid of by holding down the select button as it scrolls down add/remove.

In configuring the fake Sat. box (on the input of your choice) choose blaster code 2900. It's really that easy. Don't need to use cable listings. Should get you up and going fast.

Using Sat instead of Cable, all my locals but one are in the low range, as they need to be. I have 8 zip codes in my area. As I recall, the line-up varies slightly by zip code....might try some others to see if that will give me the one I'm missing.......without loosing any of the others.
Either way, I feel I'm getting closer. :)

You can use the same trick in WiRNS once you figure it all out, or you can shift the actual analog OTA to Sat (or cable if you really want) or numerous other combinations. Just depends on what the channels are you use and what listings you'd like for them. You can even configure an exact custom lineup consisting of any ATSC subchannels from any market and/or provider listed by tribune. Should include guide for most all digitals by now. In other words blend together channels from any combo of DMA/zip code the Zenith can actually receive. Really sky is the limit once you master some of the advanced features of WiRNS.

Sounds like subchannels are what I need to work on next.

Can you point me to any Documentation, "Program Help Files" on WiRNS?

If I do use WiRNS, do I need to keep the Replay's DNS pointed to the WiRNS PC?
Does the Replay need to phone home, or will WiRNS take care of that?

Thanks For All The Help,

...Can you point me to any Documentation, "Program Help Files" on WiRNS?

Nope, none that I'm aware of on such topics.

But looks like you are off to a good start on Planet Replay. That's the only way I know of to do it is to get your hands dirty. And consult with Henry when you get stumped and/or need to check some code. :)

Nope, none that I'm aware of on such topics.

But looks like you are off to a good start on Planet Replay. That's the only way I know of to do it is to get your hands dirty. And consult with Henry when you get stumped and/or need to check some code. :)

There's some documentation on http://www.wirns.com, but it's fairly out of date...

The good thing is it sounds like it's working pretty good, now...

Henry

Nope, none that I'm aware of on such topics.

But looks like you are off to a good start on Planet Replay. That's the only way I know of to do it is to get your hands dirty. And consult with Henry when you get stumped and/or need to check some code. :)

Yea, Lot of smart people out there. Henry helped me out on channel mapping, although I'm still having an issue with my local ch. 6.1 & 6.2.

Well, that's another day.......

After using WiRNS channel mapping, I had to go back to the unmodified RID file.....getting too many "1" 's inserted.

Later, I'm sure, :D

Edit: FYI - With the help from KenL....Fixed!
Had to go to the IR Blaster page (where you choose the code) and push 243 Zones and change the "minimum digits to send" from "1" to "3". Then using WiRNS channel mapping, add 1's 2's 3's (SUBS) to the channel numbers.

I've done the IR code updates on my ReplayTV before, but I'd like to save some time, trial-and-error... can anyone send me their VIP1200 ".rid" file so I can just push it up to my 4500 boxes? I'm really feeling lazy today :)

Thanks!

avscrds

I've read and re-read, and re-read this thread trying to figure out what exactly I need to do to get my replay 5060 to work with my new box. The manual of the DTX9900 lists the IR codes and I'm stuck on how to get those codes put into the RID file editor correctly (If that's even the first step I should take?).

Any help?

Thanks

I would pay someone to help me get this setup, if possible. If you are interested PM me.

So I suspect nobody really knows how to do this... I've gotten no "good answer." Anyone?!?!?!

Thanks!

avscrds

I tried the d10 using the iso boot (which worked perfectly!!), but I tried the 2007 (and all the others, but none of them turned on the box) and 2007 didn't change the channels. :-(

-Bill

Hi all,

i have uploaded codes in replaytv to manage viewsat(FTA) i was able to control it initially but now it has stopped working. It doens't respond to any command. Can some one please help me.

thanks

Hi all,

i have uploaded codes in replaytv to manage viewsat(FTA) i was able to control it initially but now it has stopped working. It doens't respond to any command. Can some one please help me.

thanks

Can I ask which viewsat you have and which codes you used?
I can try it on mine to see if it works and report back.
I have a Viewsat Pro, but the original codes on FlipFlop's CD don't appear to work for this. I did find a Viewsat 7000 PVR.rmdu file on the JP1 remote site(which I have heard uses the same remote.) hxxp://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=4083
I was hoping to be able to figure out to convert that for use, but I can't seem to figure out if/how this can be converted from RemoteMaster to IR.exe to RidGen to create a code...
I have tried, but have been unable to get it to work. If anyone out there could help with this and point me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate it.

anyone know if the directv d12-300 can work with the ir blaster or do i need to buy the patterson serial device? ive been using replay for about 5 years but have always had cable...this is my first venture into satellite.

i tried following the procedure here: http://www.replaytvupgrade.com/add_ir_codes.html
but no luck.

any other tips before i get the adapter?

I used FlipFlop's Boot CD to update two 5040s and a 5080 without any problems. Did you get any error messages?

I have two questions that I know have been asked earlier in this thread in on shape or another. Unfortunately I am unclear of the answers, so I apologize in advance for the retread of these questions.

1. Will the d10 code work with the D*tv H20s and HR20s?

2. After the codes are installed (I understand that part), under the IR Blaster section which vendor and code number does one select?

Thanks in advance for the help.

Yes, the D10 code work with the HR20-700, H20-600, and H20-100. As I have all three working without any problems.

Simply select D* and then 2007.

Hope this helps.

I am guessing they changed something on the H21-100 as the 2007 choice did nothing for me, I ordered a patersontech cable as they said it worked. I hope so as I am doing double duty till it arrives. -Bill

I have viewsat ultra and was able to use ir code 2000 and it was working fine and now suddenly it has stopped responding. Don't know what to do...
please help.


it is not ultra 2 though.

thanks.

I got my patersontech.com cable yesterday and its working flawlessly so far changing the channels from my 5000 to a H21-100.

-Bill

I have viewsat ultra and was able to use ir code 2000 and it was working fine and now suddenly it has stopped responding. Don't know what to do...
please help.


it is not ultra 2 though.

thanks.

I tried the 2000 code, but it doesn't work on the VSPro. Good luck to you on getting this to work for you.

onto my troubles...
I'm going to continue to see if there is a way to use the Pvr 7000.rmdu file from the JP1 site to convert to .rid for use on my replay. If anyone has suggestions or the best way to accomplish this, I welcome the input.
TIA

As a follow up, I was able to create my own VSPro rid file from the Viewsat 7000 rmdu file using the instructions from post #98. Thanks FlipFlop. Here's the link to the Viewsat VSPro rid file on the JP1 site.
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=5536

I just upgraded my Motorola set top box to a DCH3200 to get HDMI capability (Replay still hooked up via S Video....) but the ReplayTV IR blaster code (0476) that worked well for my old Motorola STB is very flaky with the new STB....Anyone found another code that works with this new STB? Many thanks in advance.

I tried version "D" and it would not boot up on two PC's. It did boot up on a few older PC's I have on the network. The install went fine, however the script would only show the clock and not complete.

The RTV made a mother ship connection and now I have the latest version on a 5504. :mad: Now I have to either hack it to the last version or pull it apart and reimage. :mad:

I burned version "C" and it performed as all others have stated with NO connection to the mothership. The script completed and I have the new codes!

Try version "C" before "D" ...

I was curious as to whether there might be any potential risk factors during the process of downloading new IR codes to the 5000 series units?

I have a unit with many shows recorded on it. I was concerned as to whether or not I would be taking a risk by attempting to upgrade the IR codes. I would not be using WiRNS to do this.
I need to be able to control a Zenith DTT-900/901 converter box.

I don't want to take any chances by doing this (these shows are important).
The last thing I need is to crash the hard drive!

Any thoughts? :confused:

Thank you!!

I am very frustrated and seem to be the only one with this problem as I have searched till my fingers have cramped...

I used this to setup my replay to control an nfusion box:
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Last time used bootable linux cd by flipflop at avsforums to patch my ReplayTV for coolsat. We will use the same method this time for nfusion.

1. Download the original ISO from sourceforge net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=17245&package_id=13712
2. Open this ISO using MagicISO.
3. Replace all files with files from nfusionforum com/forum/showthread.php?t=3425
4. Burn the ISO on a disk.

Follow the rest of the instructions at replaytvupgrade add_ir_codes using this new bookable CD.

I just patched my replaytv successfully. I hope it works for you.

new code for nFusion is 1013. Also replaytv doesn't turn on the set during the test but it will still change the channel.

Best of luck.
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But when I use a digital camera to check this code 1013 I don't see anything. Other codes I can see...

I am completely helpless and frustrated any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Ok, so anyone have a working code for "Viewsat Ultra"?
I've been searching for 2 days, no dice.
I found for 2000 and PVR, none of which work on the Ultra.

any help is appreciated.

I was curious as to whether there might be any potential risk factors during the process of downloading new IR codes to the 5000 series units?

I have a unit with many shows recorded on it. I was concerned as to whether or not I would be taking a risk by attempting to upgrade the IR codes. I would not be using WiRNS to do this.
I need to be able to control a Zenith DTT-900/901 converter box.

I don't want to take any chances by doing this (these shows are important).
The last thing I need is to crash the hard drive!

Any thoughts? :confused:

Thank you!!

And just about half a dozen months later....

Yes, get DVArchive and pull the shows to your PC for safer keeping. Later, run DVArchive on your PC and it will appear as another Replaytv box on your network. Your original (real) Replaytv will not know the difference and play the shows directly off your PC onto your TV.

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OTOH, I don't believe upgrading the remote code will change the recorded programming. However, I have not been able to successfully upgrade the remote codes on my Replaytv.

Ok, was wondering how people arrived upon the remote code number used in the Replaytv setup screens?

I'm asking mainly because I can't get my Replay 5040 to work w/a LuckyGoldstar / Zenith DTT901.

I used the DTT901 codes at JP1 (aka hifi-remote.com). Someone was kind enough to already do the conversion and produced the necessary files to be copied to the ReplayTV unit. In the text of the download page there was a note that the remote code was 2900. However, in all the howto's I've read (most all of them were by flip-flop) the remote code of choice was 1000. So I was wondering where to look to verify which was correct.

Also, does the DTT901 change channels when watching live TV? That's what I was expecting. This is what I'm trying to do right now. Or does the ReplayTV only control the DTT901 when recording pre scheduled shows?

...thanks

Ok, was wondering how people arrived upon the remote code number used in the Replaytv setup screens?

I'm asking mainly because I can't get my Replay 5040 to work w/a LuckyGoldstar / Zenith DTT901.

I used the DTT901 codes at JP1 (aka hifi-remote.com). Someone was kind enough to already do the conversion and produced the necessary files to be copied to the ReplayTV unit. In the text of the download page there was a note that the remote code was 2900. However, in all the howto's I've read (most all of them were by flip-flop) the remote code of choice was 1000. So I was wondering where to look to verify which was correct...I just used 2900 because it was an unused number -- with 900 for DTT900. If you aren't seeing 2900 on the Replay (under other codes) then the rid likely didn't load correctly.

You need to use the 4 files (in that zip) together or follow FlipFlops instructions to make it any unused code you like, but you need to edit/process all four files for that to work, as per FlipFlops instructions.

For those who simply can't load rid files the CM box is probably the best alternative, but if you can load the blaster code I still prefer the Zenith/Insignia boxes.

I'm hoping someone might be able to help me.

I have had my Replay for over 5 years, and I love it. Last week it started stuttering quite a bit and locked up on me. I have been wanting to upgrade the hard drive, and thought it would be worth a shot doing it now.

The upgrade went perfectly, and I have 160 hours recording time compared to my old 60 hours. It works perfectly, except for one thing.

I have ALWAYS had a problem with my IR Blaster, it just won't change channels. I've tried the default for my cable box, fine tuned the settings based on suggestions here, and nothing. Every so often I try it again, and sometimes it will send a signal, sending the number three times, so I try fine tuning it, but then nothing.

Eventually it will "snap back" and then will work perfectly, until something I do stops it from responding. What, I'm not sure, but it doesn't work. I've gotten it to work again in the past by unplugging the IR Blaster in the back, then plugging it in again, then rebooting. Usually that works, but not this time. I can't get it to budge. The channel numbers will show on my tv, and it will go through the motions of changing channels, but it will not send a signal to my cable box.

I have two other IR Blasters from old vcr's. I tried them, and still nothing. I opened the box again, just to see if I loosened anything while replacing the hard drive, and there's really nothing that I could see. I've pulled the IR Blaster out, and ran my fingers over it to see if perhaps the wires were kinked, but again, nothing. It appears the signal is getting TO the Replay, but nothing FROM the Replay to the cable box.

Anyone else run into this type of situation? Is there anything further I can do? Here I have 160 hours available and nothing I can do with it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks!

The blaster is pretty much tied to the Motherboard, which you could replace (www.replaytvparts.com). A little bit out of pocket, but worth it if you think it's hardware, and not your cable box.

I'm hoping someone might be able to help me.

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I have ALWAYS had a problem with my IR Blaster, it just won't change channels. I've tried the default for my cable box, fine tuned the settings based on suggestions here, and nothing. Every so often I try it again, and sometimes it will send a signal, sending the number three times, so I try fine tuning it, but then nothing.

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Thanks!

John...

Just to see if the blaster works. These devices send out inferred radiation. This can easily be seen using a digital camera w/a CCD image sensor. AFAIK, this is still the most common (if not only) type of sensor used. You don't need (or want) to actually take a picture. All that is needed is to view the IR blaster in action using the electronic camera display.

To verify you are actually doing this, try an ordinary remote control first to see if you can see it transmitting when you press a button.

I've been using this technique to debug my ReplayTV unit and can say "it isn't sending out a thing!!". So, for me at least, back to the drawing board. (i.e. Upgrade of remote control codes failed? Wrong IR blaster?)

BTW, replacing the mother board on a ReplayTV5000 box will probably change (I'm almost certain of this) the ReplayTV's identification. If you bought the life time subscription for the machine you now have, you may need to subscribe again ($$$) after replacing the mother board. To avoid this I would assume you would have to either physically move or copy the chip which contains the ReplayTV's identification to the new board.

Added later...
Oh, the (www.replaytvparts.com) web site is Mike's. I've never bought anything from him, but he more or less told me most of what I know w.r.t. ReplayTVs. He should know all about the identification issue (i.e. so you don't have to).

...I've been using this technique to debug my ReplayTV unit and can say "it isn't sending out a thing!!". So, for me at least, back to the drawing board. (i.e. Upgrade of remote control codes failed? Wrong IR blaster?)Did you check to see if it is still dead if you select some other original blaster code?

Or are you able to choose 2900 and only that one is dead?

BTW I believe Mikeyboy can usually move the ID to the new MOBO as long as the rom isn't fried.

Thank you for the replies to my cry for help!

st5000, the use of my digital camera was a great idea. I can see the IR Blaster actually working through the lcd screen. At least now I know the signal is actually going through the Replay and it's the cable box that's not responding. That's encouraging.

IR Code 4476 has always worked for this cable box. I have a Motorola 6200 HD box. I enter the IR code set, and 4476 will occasionally turn the box on and off. I enter 243 Zones to fine tune the setting, turning off "Send Enter" and minimum digits to "1", select DONE, Save all Settings. I'm back to my picture, and nothing, the box isn't responding at all.

KenL, I don't have a 2900 code to use.

This has been the most frustrating part of owning my Replay TV. I can't imagine "less technically" inclined users trying to figure all this out.

I used FlipFlop boot cd years ago and it worked just fine. I had to reinstall the os for the replaytv and went to use flipflop cd and got. #define ENETUNREACH 101 /* Network is unreachable */

My pc and network card are all the same from years a go. The only thing that has changed is my router. I went from a zyxel x550 router to a d-link dir-655 I looked at the router and it shows its dhcp server is on. Does anyone know if there is any settings in the dir-655 that i need to change to get the boot cd to detect the network????????????

I used FlipFlop boot cd years ago and it worked just fine. I had to reinstall the os for the replaytv and went to use flipflop cd and got. #define ENETUNREACH 101 /* Network is unreachable */

My pc and network card are all the same from years a go. The only thing that has changed is my router. I went from a zyxel x550 router to a d-link dir-655 I looked at the router and it shows its dhcp server is on. Does anyone know if there is any settings in the dir-655 that i need to change to get the boot cd to detect the network????????????

A number of onboard LAN chips don't play nice with the boot CD.
Mine was one of them. I could never get Linux to find my network.
I had to relearn WiRNS and do it "the old fashioned way," since I'll need to use WiRNS to remap guide data anyway.

So I spent a day working on upgrading my ReplayTV for use with my DTT-901. I modified Flip Flops CD for the new IRD files. I finally got everything working and now I hear that the transition has been postponed. I would be happy to share my ISO image if someone has a place that I can put it.

So I spent a day working on upgrading my ReplayTV for use with my DTT-901. I modified Flip Flops CD for the new IRD files. I finally got everything working and now I hear that the transition has been postponed. I would be happy to share my ISO image if someone has a place that I can put it.

Thanks for sharing... By the way, I am assuming it would be the same procedure documented here:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=6677629#post6677629

But based on the above, what is the procedure to use your CD? Removal of steps 1 and 2?

I have read what seems like hundreds of posts about getting ReplayTV to control non-standard satellite boxes. and i thought i understood what to do.
But, of course, it doesn't work for me.

I dug out a DirectTV D-11 that i would like to hook up and control with my RTV 50xx remote.
i currently use an IR blaster on an older sat box.

I have recently learned how to network (ethernet plug in) my DTV to my computer and use DVArchive. it's neat.

So, i read what i could find about controlling the D-11, and it looks like Flip Flop solved the problem. everybody says so.

So i followed the directions as best i could, but no go.

I am running XP. I got the linux 2.5.5c.iso file and burned a start up CD.
then i shut my computer off and made it boot from the CD. it did.
But it says it doesn't see a ReplayTV unit, and to set my DNS to force a connection. now i hadn't turned my DSL off, or disconnected my Ethernet cable from the ReplayTV, or turned the ReplayTV off, but it didn't see it.

This puts me in the position of having to face the dreaded "what the heck is all this DNS, IP Address stuff" question.

As i understand it, an IP address is a path or guide to a given network capable device. My westell 327w router is using one (i know it's current IP address) which i guess is how people get in touch with me. Also my ReplayTV has one, which i typed in to make DVArchive work.

But trying to follow the instructions in this forum has stumped me.
why can't the CD see my ReplayTV ? what do i change on my ReplayTV to "force" the connection ?

I went into Network & Inputs - Change Network - and set it at Manual.
then i got a page of addresses i could change (none of which was anything like what i read in the forum), so i put in my computers (i mean my routers) IP address in the top boxes, said continue, and after 2 minutes it said it didn't see anything at this address, and went back to it's original number.

Would someone tell me what i am doing wrong ?

pat

in re-reading some other posts, it may be that i am making an erroneous assumption. when i booted from the CD i got DOS text and assummed that that was what i was supposed to get.

but in reading post #365 from KenL, i get the impression that i should be seeing a graphic display, like windows.

When Flip Flop's "c" .iso CD boots, is it in text or graphical display ?

pat

cripe, it finally worked.
i tried using the "d".iso version and it saw the replay TV.
it gave me the IP to use for the DNS's, and they took.

what i wish is that someone would have mentioned (and maybe someone did) to then save the changes, and then have ReplayTV connect to the internet.

I know it said to set the DNS's to this IP address and "force" a "net" connection, but i thought the net connection it was talking about was between the ReplayTV and the Computer (and as near as i could tell that was already connected).
anyway, when it finally dawned on me that net connection meant using the network connection option in the menu, i got the pop up clock and cpu meter.

i stared at that cpu meter for 15 minutes thinking it was a download completion bar (it wouldn't go past 12%), re-read the FlipFlop post#164, pressed exit, the 243 zones and toggled them off.

then went into input, ir blaster, other, and sure enough, there was 1000 (and it hadn't been there before). now i can have directTV turn that sat box on and see if it all works.

i hope my blundering around the last few days, and my posts, will help someone in the future.

once i selected "other" and "2007", things worked nicely.

So,,, Reading this thread I'm completly confused

Code please (Just did the "D" cd, and am having fun trying to get it to work)

I just checked "Replay Drive Images" at ftp. The image is from 2004. We have so many new codes now, why not make a new image including new codes? Am I the only lazy one?

I have recently learned how to network (ethernet plug in) my DTV to my computer and use DVArchive. it's neat.


Are you saying that you are accessing your DirecTV receiver via DVArchive? How so?

Thanks,

A

JohnInLA:
I know this is late, but your "sending the number 3 times" thing happened to me a few years ago, and this info from replaytv.com fixed it for me:
http://www.digitalnetworksna.com/support/replaytv/document.asp?docID=228

So I spent a day working on upgrading my ReplayTV for use with my DTT-901. I modified Flip Flops CD for the new IRD files. I finally got everything working and now I hear that the transition has been postponed. I would be happy to share my ISO image if someone has a place that I can put it.

If you're interested, I've got unused space on my MobileMe account that can be made accessable.

Thanks a lot Flip Flop!! I used your bootable CD method and was able to add the IR code 2007 to control the DirecTV receiver box model D12-700.

Hi
Has anyone created a new IR blaster code for the Pace DC50X DTA?
I thought I could "reverse engineer" one from a thread on JP1 (sorry, no URL until I post more messages), but my lack of understanding of how all this works left me unsuccessful.
mike

Hey guys, I have had my replay 5080 for over 4 years now, and have moved back to Florida where I got Att Uverse service. I cannot for the life of me get the Replay to change the channels on the IP330HD box. I really loved using my replay and do not want to part ways with it. The customer service rep at replay told me that they don't have those codes nor will they be updating the current codes. I'm stuck, I have Googled several solutions on trying to input codes into my system but thus far nothing has worked. Does anyone have any suggestions or feedback?

You will need to add a RID file to control your Cisco/Scientific Atlanta IPN330HD

The RID files are here (http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=5854)

Install instructions here (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=6677629&post6677629)

"RID and associated files to update ReplayTV so it can control the AT&T Uverse set top boxes:
Cisco/Scientific Atlanta IPN330HD
Cisco/Scientific Atlanta IPN430MC
Motorola VIP1200 (untested)
Motorola VIP1216 (untested)"

Anyone know which U-verse boxes can /can not yet be made to work with ReplayTV 5000 series?

Does anybody have the IR Blaster code for the Sonicview receiver? The wife is bugging me ever since I switched from a Viewsat. :p

Thanks,

John


John,

I know this is an old post, but did you ever find a RID file for your sonicview?

Regards,

I have been trying to find the Iso disk by flipflop to enable me to upload D10 IR codes to my replaytv. I have not been able to download as the link is dead. If someone could post that would be appreciated.

I have been trying to find the Iso disk by flipflop to enable me to upload D10 IR codes to my replaytv. I have not been able to download as the link is dead. If someone could post that would be appreciated.

[How-Do-I] Control My NEW OTA / CABLE Digital STB With My OLD ReplayTV? (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=13422417#post13422417) - FAQ #42

The LINK from 12/07/05 is still valid. (Where is the 'broken' LINK?)

People looking for RidGen which is used to create RID files might want to note that it has moved to a slightly different location here: http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=category&cat_id=106 (as of early 2010).

Details for using it are provided earlier on this thread.

I'm having trouble adding a code to my 4k for the Comcast RNG200 or is that RNG-200? more details in this other post (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=18145104#post18145104)

I have a working JP1 upgrade for my remotes, but the protocol and device upgrade uses different subdevice codes for each digit. (obc efc stays the same). Bizarre.

I just went through the process of adding the IR Blaster codes for the new Comcast Thomson DCI1011 DTA boxes. Here is an updated readme.txt file that is in the root directory of the Linux CD image. Hopefully, it will help others avoid some problems I encountered.

* * * * *

============================================================ ====================
Original readme.txt. See update below
============================================================ ====================
This bootable CD image is from
<sorry, AVS forum won't allow me to upload URLs as a first-time poster>

To install a RID file on the ReplayTV, use the following procedure.

1) Boot your computer using this CD image
- after booting it should automatically detect your ReplayTV(s)
and automatically copy the necessary files to the Photo partition
2) On your ReplayTV, switch the network configuration to manual, and set both
DNS server settings on your ReplayTV to match the IP address reported on
your computer after booting it with this CD
(be sure to note what your previous settings were, so you can restore them)
4) On your ReplayTV, select Menu..Setup..Connect to ReplayTV Service Now to
force it to connect through your PC.

If all goes well, you should get a clock and a CPU meter pop up on the screen
during the net connect. These are done at the beginning and end of the script
just so you can see that the script began and completed. If you get ONLY the
clock, then the script did not complete, and the codes were not properly
installed!

Press Exit-Exit then 2-4-3-Zones to access the debug menus and toggle the
clock and CPU meter back off.

Now you should be able to set your device up with one of the following codes

2000 all pansats
2001 all viewsats V1
2002 all viewsats V2
2003 all dreambox
2004 all coolsats
2005 Accurian
2006 3500S
2007 DirecTV D10
2008 LG LST-3xxx
2009 PanSat2500
2010 Sylvania SRZ3000
2011 USDTV Receiver
2012 Viewsat

Once things are working, restore the ReplayTV network configuration to your
previous settings. You can also safely remove the "install" photo directory
from your ReplayTV(s). This folder was automatically created during the
install process.

============================================================ ====================
Update 03/04/2010 -- Lynn Clark
============================================================ ====================

You can create your own custom boot image. First, mount the FlipFlop iso image
and then copy it's entire contents to a directory on your local hard drive.
Then add/update/modify ircodes, ircodesRaw, *.rid files and the shellcmds
script that you will find in the RID-Install directory.

Modify the shellcmds script as appropriate to handle backing-up and copying the
files you need to update on the target ReplayTV device.

Important points:

- Paths in the shellcmds script are very important!

- The source path of the new ircodes, ircodesRaw and *.rid files must be
/name/storage/Photo/install. This is because the CD that they will
end up on will copy them to that directory on the ReplayTV(s) it finds
when you boot the PC with the CD.

- The destination path of the new ircodes, ircodesRaw and *.rid files
must be:

- ircodes* files:

/name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irbdata

- *.rid files:

/name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irCodeset

Here are some example shellcmds files:

This one backs up all three files. If you end up running this again, you
should change "Backup01" to "Backup02" (and to "Backup03" if you run it
again, ...).

AppShell ToggleClock
mkdir -p /name/storage/Photo/Backup01
AppShell ToggleMemMeter
cp -f /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irbdata/ircodes /name/storage/Photo/Backup01/ircodes
cp -f /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irbdata/ircodesRaw /name/storage/Photo/Backup01/ircodesRaw
cp -f /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irCodeset/C0237fi.rid /name/storage/Photo/Backup01/C0237fi.rid
AppShell ToggleNetworkMeter
cp -f /name/storage/Photo/install/ircodes /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irbdata/ircodes
cp -f /name/storage/Photo/install/ircodesRaw /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irbdata/ircodesRaw
cp -f /name/storage/Photo/install/C0237fi.rid /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irCodeset/C0237fi.rid
AppShell ToggleCpuMeter

This one backs up just the ircode* files.

AppShell ToggleClock
mkdir -p /name/storage/Photo/Backup01
AppShell ToggleMemMeter
cp -f /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irbdata/ircodes /name/storage/Photo/Backup01/ircodes
cp -f /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irbdata/ircodesRaw /name/storage/Photo/Backup01/ircodesRaw
AppShell ToggleNetworkMeter
cp -f /name/storage/Photo/install/ircodes /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irbdata/ircodes
cp -f /name/storage/Photo/install/ircodesRaw /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irbdata/ircodesRaw
cp -f /name/storage/Photo/install/C0237fi.rid /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irCodeset/C0237fi.rid
AppShell ToggleCpuMeter

This one copies just the .rid file without making a backup first. This
works if the 0237 RID codes are already in the ircodes* files on your
ReplayTV.

AppShell ToggleClock
cp -f /name/storage/Photo/install/C0237fi.rid /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irCodeset/C0237fi.rid
AppShell ToggleCpuMeter


- It seems that you must update the ircodes and ircodesRaw files at least once.
It seems like the ReplayTV software does some kind of sanity check to make
sure that any new *.rid file you copy to the ReplayTV is listed in the
ircodes* file(s).

- If you use the first several lines in the included shellcmds.* files to make
backup copies of the current files on your ReplayTV(s), make sure the files
already exist on the ReplayTV. If you try to copy a file that doesn't exist,
the shellcmds script will error out and you will have to modify the shellcmds
script, burn a new CD and repeat the process.

- You can use any of five "AppShell Toggle*" commands in the shellcmds script to
act as "debug print" statements to give you an idea of how far the shellcmds
script gets to when it runs on the target ReplayTV when it does a network
connection. Those five commands are:

AppShell ToggleClock
AppShell ToggleCpuMeter
AppShell ToggleMemMeter
AppShell ToggleNetworkMeter
AppShell TogglePositionMeter

When those commands run, they turn on the specified meter display on the
ReplayTV screen. If the shellcmds script aborts before it gets to one of
those commands, it won't display. Once you have determined which of those
commands executed, and which ones didn't, you need to go to live TV on the
ReplayTV and press "2-4-3-zones" on the ReplayTV remote. That will display a
debug screen where you can turn the displayed meters off. On my 5000-series
ReplayTV (software version 530511440), I have to press "Select/OK" on the
remote three times to get it to toggle the display.

- All of the files and directories in this directory (where this readme.txt file
is) need to be at the root-directory of the boot CD. So, for example, if you
use xcdroast on Linux to burn the CD, you need to make sure that you select
the "Master Tracks" option to remove the full path to this directory when you
select files and directoryes to put on the disk image (the actual path will
depend on where you've put this directory on your machine).

- To make the CD bootable in xcdroast, you must specify the following on the
"Master Tracks->Boot options" tab:

- Make CD bootable? Select "El Torito (Standard PC)"
- Boot image: <this directory>/boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin
- Select "No disk emulation boot"
- Check "No emul load size" and set it to 4
- Check "Modify boot info-table"

If you use other CD-burning software, you should be able to set similar
options.

- When you boot the PC with the CD you burn based on these instructions, it will
do several things, more or less in this order:

- Search for any ReplayTV devices on your network.

- Copy the entire contents of the RID-Install directory to the
/name/storage/Photo/Install directory on the ReplayTV devices that it
finds.

At the PC command prompt you can find those files in the
/mnt/cdrom/RID-Install directory. Also in the PC directory structure
you will find the /var/www/rns/scripts/shellcmds file. That file has
a single line that points to the /mnt/cdrom/RID-Install/shellcmds
script.

If at any point you reset a ReplayTV to the factory defaults
("3-8-2-zones" on the ReplayTV remote while it's on live TV), you need
to reboot the PC so that it can re-copy the files. When you reset to
factory defaults, the /name/storage/Photo directory on the ReplayTV is
wiped clean.

- Instruct you to change the network settings on your ReplayTV(s) to
point the DNS1 and DNS2 settings at the IP address of the PC. The
easiest way to do that (assuming your ReplayTV(s) are using DHCP to
get their network settings) is to change the settings from "automatic"
to "manual", then just modify the two DNS* settings.

You can write down the original values for reference later when you
restore the settings after you've successfully installed/upgraded the
ircodes* and *.rid files on the target ReplayTV(s), but I found that
simply switching the ReplayTV network settings back to "automatic"
does the trick (this assumes you're using DHCP to let the ReplayTV(s)
get their network settings automatically).

- Instruct you to force a network connection on the ReplayTV(s).
Because you pointed the DNS* settings on your ReplayTV(s) at the PC,
the ReplayTV(s) will connect to the PC instead of to the remote
ReplayTV server. The last step of the network connection process runs
the /var/www/rns/scripts/shellcmds script, which copies the files
from the /name/Storage/Photo/install directory to the
/name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/* directories on the
ReplayTV box.

- You can use httpfs (part of the replaypc package) to check the /name/storage
directoy contents from any Mac or PC that you can run httpfs on. Binaries are
available for Linux, Windows and Mac (PPC only). Source code is available for
the replaypc package if you're so inclined to build it from scratch. Run
httpfs without any command-line arguments for a brief usage screen. httpfs
is already on the CD image. A Google search will help you find the replaypc
package if you don't have it on the PC or Mac that you're working on.

- Note that the httpfs cp, create, fstat, ls, mv, mkdir, rm and volinfo
commands only work on files on the target ReplayTV machine. IOW, you
can't use the httpfs cp command to copy a file to or from a ReplayTV
and your local PC or Mac. For that you need to use the httpfs
readfile and writefile commands, paying close attention to the
command-line arguments.

- Handy httpfs commands are:

- Display the /name/storage directory:

httpfs -a <replaytv_ipaddress> ls -l

- Display the /name/storage/Photo directory:

httpfs -a <replaytv_ipaddress> ls -l Photo

- Display the /name/storage/Photo/install directory:

httpfs -a <replaytv_ipaddress> ls -l Photo/install

- Copy a file from a ReplayTV to your local hard drive:

httpfs -a <replaytv_ipaddress> readfile -f <dst> <name>

where <dst> is the path and file name on your
local drive and <name> is the full path to the
file on the ReplayTV.

- Copy a file from your local hard drive to a ReplayTV:

httpfs -a <replaytv_ipaddress> writefile -f <src> <name>

where <src> is the path and file name on your
local drive and <name> is the full path to the
file on the ReplayTV.

If you get an error when you run any of the above commands, it is
probably an indication that something went wrong when the shellcmds
script ran when the ReplayTV did a network connection.

If the RTV4K_ADDRESS environment variable points to the ReplayTV IP
address, you don't need the "-a <replaytv_ipaddress>" option on the
httpfs command lines.

============================================================ ====================
End of update 03/04/2010 -- Lynn Clark
============================================================ ====================

Uploading my previous message screwed up the formatting in my updated readme.txt file. I'm attaching/uploading it now to see if that will preserve the formatting.

I'm hoping someone here can help me out. I have a Digital Stream DTX9950 digital to analog converter box. I'm currently using built-in code 7470 (s7470.rid) to

successfully control the box. The problem is that I want to be able to tune sub-channels so I'm trying to build my own RID to replace the code for '0' to the code for '.'

I've learned all the codes into the Pronto and confirmed they work correctly. Both RIDGen and HEX2RID will not work with these HEX codes. HEX2RID complains

that they are not learned Pronto codes. Here are the codes from the Pronto:
0 900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 10EF
1 900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 11EE
2 900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 12ED
3 900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 13EC
4 900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 14EB
5 900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 15EA
6 900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 16E9
7 900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 17E8
8 900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 18E7
9 900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 19E6
OK 900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 01FE
Power 900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 00FF
. 900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 1AE5

Note that the last four digits match the IR codes published in the manual and the second to last for digits (1234) match the vendor ID published in the manual.

Please help! I'm officially out of my league at this point. I've already got WiRNS up and running and have my lineup remapped using the "0" in place of "." so this is the

last step.

Thanks!

BTW, here is the output from HEX2RID:
C:\HEX2RID>hex2rid dtx9950.txt

HEX2RID: convert Pronto hex-codes to & from RID eslave[2009]
DecodeIR.dll loaded. (Thanks to Daniel Arnold and FlipFlop for the code.)

Reading datafile... Target identity: Cable code #1000 ( C1000fi.rid )

HexCode (file-entry) #1, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0000:
900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 10EF

HexCode (file-entry) #2, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0001:
900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 11EE

HexCode (file-entry) #3, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0002:
900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 12ED

HexCode (file-entry) #4, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0003:
900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 13EC

HexCode (file-entry) #5, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0004:
900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 14EB

HexCode (file-entry) #6, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0005:
900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 15EA

HexCode (file-entry) #7, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0006:
900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 16E9

HexCode (file-entry) #8, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0007:
900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 17E8

HexCode (file-entry) #9, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0008:
900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 18E7

HexCode (file-entry) #10, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0009:
900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 19E6

HexCode (file-entry) #11, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x000d:
900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 01FE

HexCode (file-entry) #12, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x00ca:
900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 00FF

HexCode (file-entry) #13, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x00c9:
900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 00FF


Parsing Pronto hex-codes into RID format...
Creating "C1000fi.rid" with 13 button-codes:
Buttoncode table entry 1, Error: not a 'learned' Pronto code.
900A 006D 0000 0001 1234 10EF


C:\HEX2RID>

I don't believe the RTV will pass buttonID 0xc9 ('discrete power on') in-sequence with a numeric channel change entry (as depicted in your previous post). I have never tested power codes with the RTV, but I rather doubt they get passed through. This means you will need to substitute a number button for your DTX-9950's DOT (decimal point) button.

Were you really able to remove ALL the zeros from your lineup? You will never need to key in channels like: x0.y, x0y.0z, xy0.z0, etc? Are you really going to keep WiRNS running 24/7 to keep your RTV happy? Are 4 digits really enough to completely describe your new channel map with 0 acting as a DOT (decimal point)? Well, I guess that should leave about 9^4 channels to map.

Your 'learned' codes are actually in a special short format and do not begin with '0000' (raw oscillated code). I don't know if there is a way to coax your Pronto remote or its software into working in raw mode. More excruciating details can be found here:
http://www.hifi-remote.com/infrared/prontoirformats.pdf
http://www.remotecentral.com/tsu3000/pngfaq-b5.htm
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3258
First word in IR code - wFmtID - identifies IR format, so that its value explains how to use all other words in code. Currently
the following formats are used:
0000 - raw oscillated code
0100 - raw unmodulated code
5000 - RC5
5001 - RC5x
6000 - RC6 Mode 0
7000 - predefined code of variable length
8000 - index to UDB
9000, 900A, 900B, 900C, 900D, 900E - NEC
9001 - basic mode YAMAHA NEC code

The first 2 pages of another thread (http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin/mboard/rc-discrete/thread.cgi?4930)yielded more useful information:
Vendor 0x1234 = Device 18.52
1'st byte is the device number.
2'nd byte is one of two different things, depending on how that manufacturer uses NEC protocol. It may be a subdevice number or it may be a check byte on the device number. If the 1'st and second bytes add up to FF then the second was a check byte and there is no subdevice.
3'rd byte is the function number.
4'th byte is a check byte. 3'rd byte plus 4'th byte add up to FF.

I initially dumped S7470fi.rid with both HEX2RID and irCodeSet and found that its device/vendor code (NEC1):12.251 does not truly match your DTX-9950's declared vendor ID. Others report that C0899 also works (http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9574&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=9950&&start=75), but its device code (NEC1):33.156 also does not match. I'm not really a remote protocol expert so I am uncertain exactly how close those magic numbers actually need to be.

I think the easiest path at this point would be to build your codes from scratch rather than trying to convert those short format pronto codes or discover some way of correlating the RID dumped hex codes with the actual function values of your DTX-9950's remote buttons.


Get MakeHex (http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin/files/dl.cgi?file=utilities/makehex.zip&area=pronto) and extract it.
Copy nec1.irp to DTX9950.irp and change the 'vendor code' on line 1 to read: "Device=18.52"
Device=18.52
Function=0..255

Protocol=NEC
Frequency=38000
Time Base=564
One=1,-3
Zero=1,-1
Prefix=16,-8
Suffix=1,-78
R-Prefix=16,-4
R-Suffix=1,-174
Default S=~D
Form=*,D:8,S:8,F:8,~F:8,_;*,_

Run: makehex -B DTX9950.irp
(The -B is to output both HEX and DECIMAL function values. Use -H to have the function values output in HEX only.)


Lookup your functions (I used the values found in this image (http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload.php?action=file&file_id=5630)) and map the relevant hex-strings onto the RTV button-code IDs. In your case take the first 2 digits of a HEX function number (only the first 2 digits, ignore its checksum/complement) and find that HEX function value in your makehex output (DTX9950.hex)
For example the DTX-9950's remote buttons 1-10 (HEX functions 10-19) should be listed in your makehex output as HEX functions 10-19 (or decimal 16-25 if you forgot to use the -H or -B option with makehex). Map those long hex-strings onto RTV button-code IDs 1-10 (with the exception of your DOT button replacing button 0).


I believe this should be the hex-string for your DTX-9950's DOT button (to replace RTV button ID 0).
Device Code: 18.52 (0x12.0x34) Function: 26 (0x1A)
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94

BTW, cable code 1000 will not show-up unless you've already loaded FlipFlop's ircodes and ircodesRaw files (http://72.9.159.100/avs-vb/showthread.php&p=6387988#post6387988). You also have the option of replacing (overwriting) a pre-existing RID file if you prefer.

Since I've come this far already here's a complete HEX2RID datafile (buttons 0, 1-9, OK):
C1000 Digital Stream DTX9950 (NEC1 18.52) - eslave[2010]
0 50 Unknowns copied from S7470fi.rid "DirecTV GAEB0A"
0
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94
1
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94
2
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94
3
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94
4
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94
5
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94
6
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94
7
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94
8
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94
9
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94
d
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94

For your setup remember to replace the hexstring for button 0 with the hexstring for DOT (decimal point).

HEX2RID: convert Pronto hex-codes to & from RID eslave[2009]
DecodeIR.dll loaded. (Thanks to Daniel Arnold and FlipFlop for the code.)

Reading datafile... Target identity: Cable code #1000 ( C1000fi.rid )

HexCode (file-entry) #1, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0000:
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94


HexCode (file-entry) #2, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0001:
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94


HexCode (file-entry) #3, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0002:
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94


HexCode (file-entry) #4, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0003:
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94


HexCode (file-entry) #5, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0004:
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94


HexCode (file-entry) #6, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0005:
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94


HexCode (file-entry) #7, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0006:
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94


HexCode (file-entry) #8, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0007:
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94


HexCode (file-entry) #9, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0008:
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94


HexCode (file-entry) #10, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0009:
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94


HexCode (file-entry) #11, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x000d:
0000 006D 0022 0002 0157 00AC 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0016 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0041 0015 0689 0157 0056 0015 0E94



Parsing Pronto hex-codes into RID format...
Creating "C1000fi.rid" with 11 button-codes:
Buttoncode table entry 1, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0000:
Freq= 109 (38.0289 kHz) BurstPair-Sequence Lengths: Initial= 34 Repeat= 2
8157 00AC 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0689*8157 0056 8015 0E94*
DecodeIR: (NEC1):18.52:16 EFC=117

Buttoncode table entry 2, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0001:
Freq= 109 (38.0289 kHz) BurstPair-Sequence Lengths: Initial= 34 Repeat= 2
8157 00AC 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0689*8157 0056 8015 0E94*
DecodeIR: (NEC1):18.52:17 EFC=121

Buttoncode table entry 3, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0002:
Freq= 109 (38.0289 kHz) BurstPair-Sequence Lengths: Initial= 34 Repeat= 2
8157 00AC 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0689*8157 0056 8015 0E94*
DecodeIR: (NEC1):18.52:18 EFC=119

Buttoncode table entry 4, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0003:
Freq= 109 (38.0289 kHz) BurstPair-Sequence Lengths: Initial= 34 Repeat= 2
8157 00AC 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0689*8157 0056 8015 0E94*
DecodeIR: (NEC1):18.52:19 EFC=123

Buttoncode table entry 5, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0004:
Freq= 109 (38.0289 kHz) BurstPair-Sequence Lengths: Initial= 34 Repeat= 2
8157 00AC 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0689*8157 0056 8015 0E94*
DecodeIR: (NEC1):18.52:20 EFC=116

Buttoncode table entry 6, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0005:
Freq= 109 (38.0289 kHz) BurstPair-Sequence Lengths: Initial= 34 Repeat= 2
8157 00AC 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0689*8157 0056 8015 0E94*
DecodeIR: (NEC1):18.52:21 EFC=120

Buttoncode table entry 7, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0006:
Freq= 109 (38.0289 kHz) BurstPair-Sequence Lengths: Initial= 34 Repeat= 2
8157 00AC 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0689*8157 0056 8015 0E94*
DecodeIR: (NEC1):18.52:22 EFC=118

Buttoncode table entry 8, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0007:
Freq= 109 (38.0289 kHz) BurstPair-Sequence Lengths: Initial= 34 Repeat= 2
8157 00AC 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0689*8157 0056 8015 0E94*
DecodeIR: (NEC1):18.52:23 EFC=122

Buttoncode table entry 9, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0008:
Freq= 109 (38.0289 kHz) BurstPair-Sequence Lengths: Initial= 34 Repeat= 2
8157 00AC 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0689*8157 0056 8015 0E94*
DecodeIR: (NEC1):18.52:24 EFC=245

Buttoncode table entry 10, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x0009:
Freq= 109 (38.0289 kHz) BurstPair-Sequence Lengths: Initial= 34 Repeat= 2
8157 00AC 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0689*8157 0056 8015 0E94*
DecodeIR: (NEC1):18.52:25 EFC=249

Buttoncode table entry 11, RTVbuttoncodeID 0x000d:
Freq= 109 (38.0289 kHz) BurstPair-Sequence Lengths: Initial= 34 Repeat= 2
8157 00AC 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0016 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0041 8015 0689*8157 0056 8015 0E94*
DecodeIR: (NEC1):18.52:1 EFC=185

Adding comment: Digital Stream DTX9950 (NEC1 18.52) - eslave[2010]

Writing "C1000fi.rid" (1940 bytes) with 11 button-code entries
for ReplayTV IR-blaster CABLE identity #1000 (C1000fi.rid).

-eslave

I've just hooked up one of them cheap Centronics / Digiwave clearQAM tuners to my 5040 and it works great!
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1136626
But of course the RTV can't tune it so I was wondering if anybody has a RID file for that? Unfortunately the forums over at hifi-remote are down :(. My Harmony remote works fine with it. The RTV code 0244 does turn it on and off but won't change the channel :(.

This tuner seems compatible with the channel guide as it doesn't need the "dot" part of the channel number entered to get to the dot one channels which correspond to the channel guide channels. That is, on this tuner I can just punch in "5" "6" "select" to get the channel 56 listed in the guide (actual channel on the tuner is 56.1). All the channels I'm interested in recording work that way so I shouldn't need a custom channel guide :).

Sorry 'bout that. :o

Yes, you are correct. The Replay could not tune the SAT-HDx00's sub-channels.

In my particular case, I got around this limitation by using D*'s East and West Coast HD feeds. At the time, I was able to get both the East Coast and West Coast HD feeds. So, I merely used the Replay's Guide to tune to channels 80-89.

If I wanted to record a OTA HD channel, I'd set the SAT-HDx00 and/or D* H20 to autotune the specific sub-channel (i.e. 5-1) and then set the Replay to record the "main" channel (5) one minute ahead. That way, I'd get the Replay's Guide information.

Hope this clarifies things. :)
I have been cruising this and other sites to see if anyone ever figured out a way to put a dash in the Replay 5**** series command so they could run a Sony HD100. Couldn't the enter button be changed to a dash? Has anybody tried this?

I am trying to get my old Replay to operate an HD100 in the bedroom. I can set up the HD100 to go to a particular station at a particular time and then set up the Replay to go to that source and start recording. This is better than nothing, but I will have to get a UPS as the Sony HD100 loses it's clock if power goes off. It is also rather convoluted.

Any help appreciated. Lew

Couldn't the enter button be changed to a dash?

While I'm no expert on IR blasting, I think this in particular couldn't work because the only way to get the RTV to send an "enter" is to set the advanced setting to send enter, and then the RTV would add an "enter" to the end of the tuning command. So, the best you could do this way is to get a dash on the end, which wouldn't help for tuning subchannels. You can see the logic that the enter button is the end of a tuning sequence (even if you are manually tuning a channel, you press "enter" when you are done), so how would you ever get the subchannel after the enter?

Henry

Beats me. I have just read enough to be dangerous. I thought maybe code sent when you hit enter could be changed through software. Too bad there isn't a workaround. In searching threads it was cool to see that I could get the program guide for my local OTA stations via HD100 through input 1. It would be great to ba able to hit select and have the Replay change the station on the HD100. I guess I will have to find a small UPS, though my experience is that the batteries fail pretty quickly.

Thanks for the response. Lew

PS The HD100 works with the serial port, but I guess the problem is the same.

I guess I would try out the HD100 remote and see if there's any way around the dash requirement. Like, if you enter "00121" on the remote, for example, and assuming that it's four digit channels, does it tune to channel 12-1? If you can find some way to tune to subchannels without using the dash on the remote (I don't know if the remote has an enter key, but maybe something like 121 "enter" tunes to 12-1), then you should be able to program the RTV to do the same thing. You just have to figure out what you can do with your remote to make it work, and then you can program the RTV the same way (which would require something like WiRNS to change your channel numbering)...

Henry

Thanks Henry, I will play with that. I have read a bit about WiRNS, but don't fully understand it and how to implement it. I will play with the HD100 remote and see what happens. Lew

Can any help with my shellcmds error - I am banging my head against my computer and replaytv trying to get my replays to take the new ir codes.

Firstly, I have been using WiRNS and DVArchive for quite some time and have DVArchive 3.1 and WiRNS 2.0
I have 3 replay units (2x4504 & 1x4160) all three have new 320gig HD.

I just replaced my HD on the unit which I am trying to upload the RID file to.



1) Using DVA created the "install' directory under 'Photos'
2) Copied these files to above directory.
"ircodes"
"ircodesRaw"
"shellcmds" <- should this be copied on the ReplayTv as well?
"S1007fi.rid"
"S1009fi.rid"
"S1010fi.rid"
"S1011fi.rid"
"S1012fi.rid"
"S1014fi.rid"
"C2000fi.rid"
3) Inserted these lines into 'shellcmds' in my 'C:\WIRNS' directory.
AppShell ToggleClock
cp -f /name/storage/Photo/install/ircodes /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irbdata/ircodes
cp -f /name/storage/Photo/install/ircodesRaw /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irbdata/ircodesRaw
cp -f /name/storage/Photo/install/S1007fi.rid /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irCodeset/S1007fi.rid
cp -f /name/storage/Photo/install/S1009fi.rid /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irCodeset/S1009fi.rid
cp -f /name/storage/Photo/install/S1010fi.rid /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irCodeset/S1010fi.rid
cp -f /name/storage/Photo/install/S1011fi.rid /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irCodeset/S1011fi.rid
cp -f /name/storage/Photo/install/S1012fi.rid /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irCodeset/S1012fi.rid
cp -f /name/storage/Photo/install/S1014fi.rid /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irCodeset/S1014fi.rid
cp -f /name/storage/Photo/install/C2000fi.rid /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irCodeset/C2000fi.rid
AppShell ToggleCpuMeter
4) Performed a 'Connect To Replay TV Service' from my Replay TV unit
5) I get the Clock, but NO CPU Meter

6) I've tested the shellcmds with only the:
AppShell ToggleClock
AppShell ToggleCpuMeter

And I get BOTH the Clock and CPU Meter.

7) To narrow down the problem, I modified the the shellcmds to:
AppShell ToggleClock
cp -f /name/storage/Photo/install/ircodes /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irbdata/ircodes
cp -f /name/storage/Photo/install/ircodesRaw /name/system/user/mirror/sys-setup-gaea/data/irbdata/ircodesRaw
AppShell ToggleCpuMeter

And I only get the clock, so some how I can't get the scipt to load the files

Any advice?

I've attached the files I've been working with.... HELP!!!

Is it WIRNS or my script?

Does anyone know if FlipFlop's bootable CD solution work for the Comcast DTA DCI105COM1?

I believe I successfully installed the codes following FlipFlop's instructions. However, I'm not sure how/which IR code to choose for my DTA?

There is a post that addresses the thomson DCI1011COM. I'm not sure if will work with my DCI105COM1. Plus, it requires you to removing the replaytv hard drive and connecting it to you PC which is not possible for me.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=18768072&highlight=#post18768072"]http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=18768072&highlight=#post18768072

Update:
I have the 5K RTV.

Does anyone know if FlipFlop's bootable CD solution work for the Comcast DTA DCI105COM1?

I believe I successfully installed the codes following FlipFlop's instructions. However, I'm not sure how/which IR code to choose for my DTA?

There is a post that addresses the thomson DCI1011COM. I'm not sure if will work with my DCI105COM1. Plus, it requires you to removing the replaytv hard drive and connecting it to you PC which is not possible for me.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=18768072#post18768072

I would start out by pointing you at this (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=17158205#post17158205) post of someone modifying FlipFlop's bootable CD solution to get the newer Comcast IR codes on it...

By the way, those instructions that you refer to are for installing the codes in a Showstopper, not a modern 4K or 5K RTV. Since you didn't mention which model RTV you are trying to add IR codes to, it isn't clear that would be the way you'd want to go. For a pre-4K unit, the only way to use the CD or any other external method is to add a phone line simulator and phone line router to even be able to externally change the IR codes without opening the unit. For a 4K or 5K unit, it is quite easy to change the IR codes without opening the unit, and I will refer you to this (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=18988008#post18988008) post that I wrote yesterday detailing all the differnet posts with instructions for changing the IR codes externally...

Henry

milesprower's post finally did the trick. The link is in the previous post (I can't add links yet).

The only difference I noticed is when I selected PACE, code 2009 was not immediately visible. I had to go under OTHER and then select 2009.

Also if it's not obvious he uses two pc's (One, to keep FlipFlop's ISO cd running. The other to run DVArchive for deleting/adding the appropriate files). If you don't do this you either have to rebuild the ISO or figure out another way.

I tried using WiRNS without any luck (my RTV would never connect).

Anyway works now. Thanks for pointing me in a right direction.

I've just hooked up one of them cheap Centronics / Digiwave clearQAM tuners to my 5040 and it works great!
But of course the RTV can't tune it so I was wondering if anybody has a RID file for that? Unfortunately the forums over at hifi-remote are down :(. My Harmony remote works fine with it. The RTV code 0244 does turn it on and off but won't change the channel :(.

This tuner seems compatible with the channel guide as it doesn't need the "dot" part of the channel number entered to get to the dot one channels which correspond to the channel guide channels. That is, on this tuner I can just punch in "5" "6" "select" to get the channel 56 listed in the guide (actual channel on the tuner is 56.1). All the channels I'm interested in recording work that way so I shouldn't need a custom channel guide :).

I've got the same issue. Does any one know if there is a RID file out there that will work with a Centronics ZAT502?

Thanks...

I know this is rather old, but I wanted to comment that this works with VMWare Workstation if you don't want to use a regular PC.

Ditto, but adding that the freebie VMware Player works darn well, too, for booting FlipFlop's CD -- especially if you're playing around with multiple codes and don't want to create a stack of coasters.

See here (http://www.ehow.com/how_5804155_test-iso-boot-image.html) for tips on leveraging VMware Player for testing ISO boot images.

The only hitch was needing to set the network interfaces in the VM to "bridge" via the host interfaces, rather than use NAT. (Hiding behind NAT, absent any additional routing modifications, prevents communications with the Replays. Using bridging puts the VM onto the same LAN as the Replays, and things go smoothly.)

Just to see if the blaster works. These devices send out inferred radiation. This can easily be seen using a digital camera w/a CCD image sensor. AFAIK, this is still the most common (if not only) type of sensor used. You don't need (or want) to actually take a picture. All that is needed is to view the IR blaster in action using the electronic camera display.

To verify you are actually doing this, try an ordinary remote control first to see if you can see it transmitting when you press a button.

I've been using this technique to debug my ReplayTV unit and can say "it isn't sending out a thing!!".

Just relating my experience with this method of testing... Via my digital camera's LCD screen (on an old Kodak DC290), I can see the IR flashes coming from all my remotes, as grayish flashes on the LCD; however, even though my ReplayTV is successfully communicating with my DTA via IR blaster, I'm NOT able to see the IR flashes from the IR blaster via the camera's LCD. This is true for both my Replays w/ IR blasters, one talking to a Motorola digital set-top box and the other a Pace DC50Xu.

'gist: This camera test is not fool proof, and inability to see the IR flashes coming from the ReplayTV IR blaster via the camera does NOT necessarily indicate a bad blaster or that IR signals aren't being sent.

I would start out by pointing you at this (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=17158205#post17158205) post of someone modifying FlipFlop's bootable CD solution to get the newer Comcast IR codes on it...

To be clear, the linked post (authored by milesprower), doesn't modify FlipFlop's bootable CD. Rather, he cleverly uses FlipFlop's boot CD as-is, but then, immediately after the CD transfers its files to the Replay, he uses DVArchive to replace the CD-transferred files on the ReplayTV w/ just those needed for his specific IR mod -- and then resumes FlipFlop's process in order to initiate the NetConnect (which executes the modified 'shellcmds' file).

This is a great process for someone with an existing DVArchive instance and not wanting to load anything more than the necessary IR modifications for a given set-top box.

milesprower's post finally did the trick. ...

Also if it's not obvious he uses two pc's (One, to keep FlipFlop's ISO cd running. The other to run DVArchive for deleting/adding the appropriate files). If you don't do this you either have to rebuild the ISO or figure out another way.

If milesprower's solution (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=17158205#post17158205) is what you want to attempt but have only one PC at your disposal, as mentioned just above, booting the ISO within VMware Player (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=19182868&postcount=440) is one way of making it happen.

I have been trying to find the Iso disk by flipflop to enable me to upload D10 IR codes to my replaytv. I have not been able to download as the link is dead. If someone could post that would be appreciated.

[How-Do-I] Control My NEW OTA / CABLE Digital STB With My OLD ReplayTV? (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=13422417#post13422417) - FAQ #42

The LINK from 12/07/05 is still valid. (Where is the 'broken' LINK?)

What's broken is how Sourceforge is interpreting the links. The link to the ISO CD provided in FlipFlop's post (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=6677629&post6677629), as well as on the replaytvupgrade page (http://www.replaytvupgrade.com/add_ir_codes.html), results in the following "not found" error from Sourceforge...The "/RTVPatch" file could not be found or is not available. Please select another file.... and you're dropped at the root of the 'ReplayTV Upgrade Patch' files listing. One needs to know to look under RTVPatch / linux-cd-image to find the 2.5.5d CD image download link.

p.s. FYI... The direct link for the 2.5.5d CD image download (http://sourceforge.net/projects/rtvpatch/files/RTVPatch/linux-cd-image/linux-cd-image-2.5.5d.iso/download) doesn't get misinterpreted by Sourceforge (as of 13Sep2010).

Well it has been quite some time since I last posted (just goes to say how good my ReplayTV has been acting up until now). The reason I came to this thread was to see if the 2 very cheap CECB devices I got (only cost me shipping with the coupons) could be made to work. The one I choose (before checking in with the fine folks on this board) was the Philco TB100HH9. This one seemed to do everything I wanted it to do (including the RF pass-through) and was given some good reviews elsewhere.

Since their arrival they have simply been sitting in their boxes with only one even seeing any use (we went camping and they did not have cable). Then Comcast here in GA started moving all but the very basic of channels (cannot complain too much as basic cable is all I'm paying them for mind you) to digital only which is causing me to rethink my setup. If AT&T U-Verse ever comes knocking, I'm there, but I know that with it you only get 4 concurrent TV choices and as I quite often record 2 to 3 shows at a time, that could be a problem for the 2 teenage kids in the house.

My plan is to use the 2 CECB units with my 2 ReplayTV boxes (the overflow is a Windows 7 computer with it's own ATSC tuner) since most of my recording is on the local network channels. That way if (or should I say when) U-Verse is available the 4 threads will all be free. Trouble is I've found no one who has reported my box as being usable with ReplayTV. So I read a little here and there, checked in with the folks from JP1, dusted off my old copy of WIRNS and get ready to roll up my sleeves. That is when Flipflops' bootable CD popped up in my Google search.

I actually started making my own RID file (did actually make it but it did not work) by using the one I found for a Magnavox TB100MW9 (simply cause the model number looked to close to mine not to have simply been a re-do from Funai with a different label on it). While my RID file did not work I (quite by accident) discovered that one Flipflop included in his CD DID work. The one designed for a Sylvania SRZ3000 (code 2010) named C2010fi.rid worked right out of the box. So if you are like me (cheap I guess) and find yourself trying to make your Philco converter work with ReplayTV, then I hope Google lands you on this posting.

...The one I choose (before checking in with the fine folks on this board) was the Philco TB100HH9. This one seemed to do everything I wanted it to do (including the RF pass-through) and was given some good reviews elsewhere...

...While my RID file did not work I (quite by accident) discovered that one Flipflop included in his CD DID work. The one designed for a Sylvania SRZ3000 (code 2010) named C2010fi.rid worked right out of the box...Added a Title to help those SEARCHing for this information in the future...http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/images/icons/icon3.gif

Well, Comcast has struck me with the mandatory Pace DC50X conversion, and I have been trying to follow this thread to add the required IR blaster code to my two lifetime and one paid 55xx and 50xx units.

I have kept these units going over the years with the bountiful help from members of this forum, but I admit trying to follow THIS thread is taxing my ability......

I found this site.... http://blog.katharsys.com/?p=733

with step by step instructions for adding the blaster code.

Is this a valid, workable solution????? Anything that needs to be added?

Thanks, in advance, for advice on this and also for all the past support!

dd