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  1. 46 minutes ago, Bass said:

    I'll be looking for a scientific app that averages the readings, and omits the extreme values. Then I'll be posting the averages without the best brains. (And the howto dothat, including the credits ideally.)

    Oh I’m terribly hard at work on learning libraries right now. This will all be improved significantly. 
     

    Thank you for your text files. I will include them in the next update. 

  2. Just now, pope3909 said:

    I think that my remote is defective and sent support a ticket but have not heard back. At what point should I contact =the BBB and reverse charges on my order?

    I'm one person, if I missed your email, I'm sorry. If you'd like help with something, please put an appropriate forum title and question, and I can help there and it can benefit others.

  3. 2 hours ago, ZTSMike said:

    I installed a flirc in a new shield Pro.  We are controlling with a savant system.  I learned original shield ir codes into the flirc as we were replacing an old shield Pro that had built in IR.

    Randomly, the tivimate app is changing channels on us.  Could be 30 seconds, could be several minutes.  

    The IR emitter from the savant system blinks when it sends a code.  I am not seeing and blink when the tivimate app channels channels.  But in trying to monitor this closely to at is maybe we are seeing some random output from savant as well.  

     

    I'm told it's pausing the Netflix playback as well randomly.  But have not seen that hey myself.  

     

    With the flirc disconnected, operation is normal.  

     

    Any ideas where to start?

    What remote are you using? Are they learned codes or are you using a harmony or my remote?

  4. 7 hours ago, Oli.K said:

    Hi there,

    FLIRC has a great way of doing its things (being a keyboard) and I really like that! Its unique and well done.

    As I am developing my own automation software I am however looking for another use of the cool FLIRC USB dongles.
    For that use case I would like to flash a yet to be packaged custom FLIRC firmware with much reduced functionality to get access to the IR codes.
    The access to the IR codes would allow me to be MUCH more flexible when performing actions in my custom automation.

    This is what the reduced firmware would do:
    - receive all supported IR codes from all supported remotes
    - convert any received IR code to a HID message
    - directly transmit the HID message to be processed by whoever is listening


    This functionality is quite the same as what Home Electronics Tira-4 already does. The IR codes are immediately sent as HID message and can be then used in you own custom setup to feed automation or whatever.

    I ask for something like this because I think all the no-longer-used FLIRCS that are around could then get another life. I also have several FLIRCS currently lying around without any use. They WOULD be used again if you could flash them to be a raw HID IR code receiver.

    This firmware should hopefully not be that much work and could use everything you already have until the point where the hash for a IR code is generated. Instead of generating that hash code a HID message with the IR code data would be sent.

    Eventually this is even doable as part of the normal firmware? So that when the raw IR code is available it is always sent as raw HID message to a special dedicated HID device for that purpose. Even if the code is NOT assigned to anything. So FLIRC would expose another HID device for this raw IR data use case. Everything else would stay the same. You could then use the normal FLIRC way OR attach to the raw data HID device for low level IR codes.

     

    Hope this gets some love as I would breathe life into my unused FLIRCS :)

     

    Thanks a lot!

    Flirc already converts IR codes to HID codes.

    If you want to do more, I have an API that's fairly easy to use. 

  5. 44 minutes ago, Jarritos said:

    How do I add Microsoft Windows MCE profile to skip 1s? Are you talking about using the skip app? 

    Yes, if you already have your activity setup, you can click on the gear icon while hovering the activity:image.png

    Click on "Wizard" to jump back into the activity.

    Go to Add Device

    Click on Set Top Box

    You can find Manufacturer: Microsoft, Model: MCE Media Center Code Group 2

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    Please keep me posted.

     

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  6. On 9/7/2023 at 1:15 PM, Jarritos said:

    Hi

    I just got my new remote today and have set it up with my tv and roku just fine but when I go to try and set it up with my Vero 4k it doesnt seem to work. I tried setting it to Kodi device and it doesnt do anything. Is there something I am missing in the setup to make it work?

    Okay, after some digging, here is how to do it. Vero primarily supports bluetooth out of the box. But here are instructions by the creator, which should be really easy to do.

    • Add Microsoft Windows MCE profile to the Skip 1s
    • It wont auto-work with your Vero 4k
      • Select the Microsoft Windows MCE profile under the remote menu

    None of us have this box, please let us know how that goes.

  7. Just now, english said:

    I was going to try pulling the center out a little, but needed needle-nose to do it.... and I was watching a movie, so aluminum foil it was! Just got the remote a couple of days ago, super promising! My Harmony still works, but wanted to get off it ASAP. Tried the Sofabaton (U1) but it barely has the juice to reach my TV. Didn't fancy throwing another $50 at something (U2) that didn't really work like I wanted anyway. Nearly $200 for the X1 was a bit of a gamble, but came across the S1 in another forum. Glad I did! Now, if you can make a long press on the power button the "power off" and a short one "power on", I'll be REALLY happy :-)

    Long press, smarter activity switching, and learning is coming. 

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  8. 1 minute ago, english said:

    @jason And, BTW, it's great to actually work with folk who are close to the product/software development. Had a similar experience with an OPPO DVD player back in the day. Ended up talking with a guy who was actually writing the firmware... nothing like talking directly to the source (code) :-)

    Did the firmware, did the hardware, do the shipping, support, debugging, manufacturing software… I’m the guy. I have a tiny team that helps with the rest.  I love the product, I love if people are happy with it, and work really hard to do so.

    Thanks so much for following up.

    Can you take the batteries out and show the other side of the terminals?.I think your spring is stuck in the case preventing the battery from being pushed up. 

  9. 5 minutes ago, english said:

    I had a similar problem last night. I thought it was the "batteries lasting a day" problem, but fresh batteries didn't get the remote working. I dug around and think I found the problem. The + terminal in the remote's battery slot is recessed. If the + button on the battery itself isn't long enough, it won't make contact. I put some balled up aluminum foil in there to make the recess "less deep". Seems to have worked. There is a "spring" in the recess that may be able to be pulled out a little, but I didn't want to leave the couch to get any tools from the garage.... perhaps today! :-) Give it a shot!

    Thank you send a pic of this? I really appreciate the problem solving. Would love to see the problem and solution so I can address this with the factory. 

  10. 7 hours ago, Wrathwielder said:

    Hi Jason and all!

    I ordered a few days ago and expect the Skip shortly. I'll post a "battery longevity" update after I start using it :)

    Not sure if ALL the remotes you have been shipping are from the same batch from a while back (as you mentioned), or if you have done any new runs...?

    Thanks!

     

    -Greg

    I have been screening before shipping. I have not caught any. 10 of these as exchanges, .02% failure. Maybe double it, call it .04%. 

    Unfortunately, the happy folks don’t post on the forums 

  11. 22 hours ago, jamesldavis said:

    When I programmed  a flirc using my old Vizo TV remote and a Vizo TV being used in the Harmony 650 setup, then both Fire and the Tivo Stream responded to this.

    This is because you have CEC enabled. It's a way for your TV to talk with a connected device over HDMI. You can disable this in your TV Settings.

    22 hours ago, jamesldavis said:

    Currently, the fire TV  Is working using the  Flirc Media player in the Harmony setup.

    All devices have built in harmony codes, meaning you don't have to do any pairing. So naturally, if you setup your harmony and flirc - firetv on one, the other will respond.

    To remedy this, open up my software, go to file->advanced and disable the built in profile on the one you don't want to respond.

    22 hours ago, jamesldavis said:

    I've tried a Samsung TV codes and another Panasonic TV but they either triggered both or else did not work.

    Don't believe it, I think your harmony is configured as noted above.

  12. 2 minutes ago, Chris N said:

    Shortly after posting this I fixed the issue.  I added a piece of aluminum underneath the negative connection of the batteries so it could have a greater range of contact and it seems to have worked.

    wow, interesting, maybe the spring was stuck. Can you shoot us a picture?

  13. 6 hours ago, Shiv said:

    "It was always giving you this issue?" -> Yes

    "I’ll get a replacement and a return label so I can tear it apart. So sorry for this. " -> I am ok with this if this fixes the issue and the root cause is actually known, else it would turn in to another goose chase, sorry to be blunt but I do not have too much time to invest into configuring and then testing a remote, by this time I would have got a URC7880 to work with macro for enabling / disabling all devices which would not have consumed a box of AAA batteries for sure.

    yeah, complete waist of your time and I'm really sorry. Assuming you are at the same address, I have a return label and new unit going to you. All tested, screened, and updated. Hopefully this is it, and you can toss that back in the mail at your convenience and I'll rip it open for confirmation. 

  14. Just now, Shiv said:

    "I'd like this one back to confirm it's the first. This is not a widespread issue and both should be resolved at the factory and with firmware. I have 6 remotes I've been using for 3 years, and have not had this problem. Send me a pm"{ <- Could you please clarify how this is feasible, I thought skip1s was released in 2022 or are you taking about test samples made before the project ?

    I have updated the remote and still see the same issue as well, it still loses batteries within a day or less, same as the old firmware. 

    Can you message me. I need some info. Was this always happening. Did it start after an update? If not. When did it start? The remote has been out for a year but early hardware as we iterated on plastic and software was done looooong before. 

  15. 3 minutes ago, ytsejam1138 said:

    @jason  Well, came home today and the remote batteries were completely dead. 

    9/15 Installed new batteries

    9/17 Installed new .21 firmware

    9/20 Batteries completely drained

    Let me send you a replacement and get this back so I can tear it apart. This is not common. There are two issues this could be:

    • Factory did not screen caps, I have found some remotes draining until replacing.
    • There was an edge case with some remotes that were crashing while in deep sleep, this is fixed in the latest firmware

    I'd like this one back to confirm it's the first. This is not a widespread issue and both should be resolved at the factory and with firmware. I have 6 remotes I've been using for 3 years, and have not had this problem. Send me a pm. @ytsejam1138

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