I have both a Psyclone PSC47 HDMI switcher and the PSC01 for my component video hookups. Unfortunately, the HDMI model is not working properly so I can't figure this out for myself. It is not responding to the remote control at all, although the remote that came with it does control my PSC01, so I know that the problem is with the unit itself, not the remote. It does work fine otherwise, I just have to switch the input manually on the front panel.

What I want to know before I decide whether to replace it or just get a refund is this: The remote that came with the PSC01 has buttons labeled 1, 2, 3 and 4 that let you select the source directly, instead of using the + and - buttons to cycle through them. The remote that came with my HDMI model only has the + and - buttons, but I'm wondering if the numbered buttons on the PSC01's remote would operate the HDMI unit in the same way.

I'm planning on setting these up in my Harmony 880 and I'll need to be able to select the input directly because the remote (even if I weren't using the Harmony) will change the input on both switchers. (Well, I assume it will because both of the remotes control the component switcher). Only one of them will be displayed on my projector at a time, so it won't really matter which input the other one is on, so I'm going to set it up in the Harmony as if there's only one of them. But I don't think it would be able to keep track of them separately if it had to cycle through the input, since it can't control just one or the other.

Long story short, I'm just hoping someone has one of these that works and has a remote with the numbers on it and can tell me if the number buttons set it to the corresponding input.

Not to threadjack, but I'm having a similar problem with the same piece of hardware, except that with my Harmony remote (though it has the codes and will control the PSC01 if I select it directly) doesn't seem to have any setup options for including the PSC01 in an activity to get it to turn on and set up the right input.

Not to threadjack, but I'm having a similar problem with the same piece of hardware, except that with my Harmony remote (though it has the codes and will control the PSC01 if I select it directly) doesn't seem to have any setup options for including the PSC01 in an activity to get it to turn on and set up the right input.
Well, it sounds like I would have come across that problem soon enough, so thanks. I guess if it doesn't include it in the activity settings, then the cycling vs. selecting directly won't really be an issue.

doesn't mean there's not a way to do it, just that I haven't figured it out yet.

There are times like these that I wish the Harmony was more directly configurable rather than so script driven.

Ah. Well, I know you can have it send additional codes when it's done setting up the activity. But your choices might be limited to the components that are included in the activity.

I had no problem whatsoever adding my Psyclones to my activities. They didn't get added to them automatically, but it was easy to add them (one or the other) on the "Additional Devices" screen.

However, I'm still having the problem with the HDMI unit not responding. I contacted the manufacturer and they're going to send me a new remote, just to verify that the problem is with the unit itself. They acknowledged in the email that the remote controlled my other Psyclone, but I guess they want to be sure in their own minds. It's not a huge deal for now; I have to put in a DVD manually anyway, so I'm already there to change the input on the front panel. It's going to get old at some point, but I have a pretty good amount of patience.

Just to update, I figured out the problem I was having was that the wrong remote was included with my Psyclone. It was listed on ebay as "new but opened" but the remote had obviously been replaced with one for the Psyclone PSC-01 model and I wrongly concluded that the remotes were interchangeable. I did receive the replacement remote from the manufacturer yesterday. I haven't tried it out yet, but I had already re-done the setup on my Harmony 880 - using the codes from the database, not the re-learned ones from the PSC-01 remote - and it controlled the HDMI Psyclone just fine.

so is the PSC-01 able to be switched directly (to Inputs 1, 2, 3 and 4) with any remote whatsoever? if so, which device do I need to add to gain that functionality (the PSC-01 remote in the database only does next and prev)?

TIA

P.S. - I've already tried the PSC-47 remote, it doesn't work at all on my PSC-01.

so is the PSC-01 able to be switched directly (to Inputs 1, 2, 3 and 4) with any remote whatsoever? if so, which device do I need to add to gain that functionality (the PSC-01 remote in the database only does next and prev)?

TIA

P.S. - I've already tried the PSC-47 remote, it doesn't work at all on my PSC-01.
Hmmm... I hope I'm remembering everything correctly from a year ago. I don't really know what you mean by "any remote whatsoever." The PSC-47 remote does not control the PSC-01. I thought at one point that it did because the remote that came with my PSC-47 (HDMI model), which was supposedly new, controlled my PSC-01, and it looked slightly different than the remote that came with my PSC-01 which was definitely new when I bought it. I figured out later that the people running the store I bought it from on ebay were liars and that they had put a PSC-01 remote in with it, but it was a previous or later version of the remote that came with my PSC-01.

Anyway... I can't remember exactly what I ended up doing, but since you're saying that the Harmony database only includes the + and - for the inputs for the PSC-01, I must have added the INPUT 1, 2, 3 & 4 codes from the PSC-01 remote. I think that I had to use the codes for the PSC-47 from the database, because the remote that the manufacturer sent me was also for the PSC-01, so I have three PSC-01 remotes now, and at least two of them look different, maybe even all three.

Try adding the PSC-01BK instead of the PSC-01. Go to add a device, amplifier, Audio/Video Switch, Psyclone, PSC-01BK.

It has the direct input commands in the database.

wow, thanks for the prompt response!

@Beerstalker: I tried PSC-01BK and does have direct inputs featured on the remote, but the commands don't work at all on the PSC-01.

@jeff125va: so you're saying your PSC-01 came with a remote that had direct inputs that worked perfectly on your PSC-01?

I believe that some of the early versions of the Psyclone switch didn't work with discreet input commands. You might have received one of those. Psyclone is horrible about making changes to their products without changing model numbers or putting different revision numbers on them etc.

well that blows. i guess that's a reason to get a HDMI switch now.

so the Psyclone HDMI switch (PSC-47) remote has direct input buttons right?

also, does this unit's LED screen backlight tend to go out too?? i've gone thru 2 PSC-01's and backlight went out on both of them