jason
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2 hours ago, nirav said:
I recently bought the flirc fire tv edition and I think it was a DOA as I have not been able to connect it to the flirc app in windows 10. It does not not show up a device in device manager. I have tried this on 3 different machines and it is the same. I have even logged a support request and not had any responses for it. Trying to contact support to arrange an RMA is impossible as it says "the page does not exist". This has been a frustrating experience considering the fact that I was recommended this device from people in the custom install world like myself.
I would appreciate any assistance in getting this resolved as I have a very upset client.
Which link did you click?
You are connecting to the flirc firetv female side?
Do you see that windows detects the device?
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Nevermind, I think I got it.
Try the attached.LOXJIE Amp - A30.json-
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I can help with this but the data above is not enough.
NEC has an address and command. I'd bet those are the correct commands, but I'm not sure about the address. 0x2222 is too long. It is typically 8 bits or 0x0 - 0xF.
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Can’t say for certain but not long after me.
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43 minutes ago, borez said:
@jason would like to request a replacement too. Flashed to the latest .21 firmware that you posted, and batteries drained in less around a week, against a fresh set of rechargeable. Remote was not even used, LED brightness set at 20%.
Was a kickstarter backer, happy to take it via PM.I’m puzzled by this. Yours wasn’t in this group of remotes and it’s been ten months?
Out of this group of people, I’ve sent replacements and only received one remote back for analysis. That remote had bad caps like I thought.
I’ve seen my firmware fix the battery in half a dozen remotes as I can easily reproduce the existing issue under the right conditions. I’m going to publish the firmware next week.
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3 hours ago, taeb said:
Hi Jason
Thank you for working on it.
I have already 2 Flirc USB. An idea of me is, that Flirc USB could listen to my Harmony Remote or any other and produce a Pronto code we could use for the Skip 1s.
Already can do that. irtools ships with Flirc software and will print out the codes
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3 hours ago, taeb said:
Does anybody has the Pronto Code of the EDGE A?
Since months I'm not able to use my Skip 1s.
We are working nonstop on learning. Let me send you a Flirc USB. We are close but I can’t measure the timeline. Send me a message.
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On 10/11/2023 at 5:32 AM, ffwema said:
Inside a Flirc USB the IR transmitter and the IR receiver are physically very close to one another so the receiver picks up the transmitter's IR signal. Therefore, if a certain IR signal/pattern is paired with a keyboard key, the flirc_util.exe sendir --pronto/raw=<IR signal/pattern> command will also trigger the paired keyboard key, which is not always desired. Is there maybe a command line switch (or would it be possible to implement one) that would disable the Flirc's IR receiver (or ignore its input) while the sendir command is transmitting the IR signal (e.g. flirc_util.exe sendir --ignore)?
I have new firmware that disable firmware on transmit. I'll post that very soon.
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On 10/5/2023 at 5:39 PM, georgmi said:
I hate to pile on, but I think I'm having the same issue. I updated the firmware about a week ago, and I've been through three sets of batteries since. I'm using rechargeables, so I'm keeping up with the drain without using up alkalines, but it'd be nice to have a fix.
My order number was SHOP-36838.
Thanks much!
Are you using the .22 firmware, I posted in this thread.
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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.
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Awesome. Thanks for the bug report. I’ll get to this tomorrow.
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2 hours ago, pope3909 said:
I'd like for someone to answer my email about my defective product so that I don't have to resort to trying to get someone's attention in the forum.
I have no email from you. Please email support at flirc dot tv.
All other emails you may have responded too, like a receipt, are do not reply. They don't go anywhere. -
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.
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7 hours ago, micwise said:
Are there older versions of the app available. I upgraded to the newest version today and now it crashes whenever I try to open it. I running macos 11.7.10
The previous version worked on your computer?
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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?
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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.
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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:
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
Please keep me posted.
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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
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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.
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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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Yeah they look fine. That’s so strange. You think I can trouble you for a pic without the fix?
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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.
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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.
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6 minutes ago, alemis said:
Can you add volume and mute buttons so we can control volume on Apple TVs (current version) airpods? I was able to use my Harmony remote to control AirPod volume.
You can do this on your Apple TV. In control panel you can use set up using a tv remote to control the volume.
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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
Using Flirc with Amazon fireTV
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This is the correct link: https://flirc.tv/pages/contact
It's on the footer of the page. Can I ask where the link is you found? I'll make sure it's corrected. But I'm the only one here, so you'll just be sending your message to another inbox I have to get to.
If you don't hear the normal 'usb detected' sound windows does, it doesn't sound like it's working. Everything is tested before being shipped, so that's troubling. One last thing we can try, https://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtreeview_e.html
If you download that, plug it in, you can export a report and send that to me. I'll take a look and we can go from there.