aperry Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Just want to share an experience and send a "thank you". For months I had struggled with the reliability of the Flirc. Keypresses were often missed, it was difficult to move through XBMC lists, and RC macros involving Flirc were driving me crazy. I tried different "repeats", sensitivities, many recording iterations, etc, but I couldn't get it to a level of reliability that I wanted. At one point I discovered that this was more than likely due to the IR extender that I'm using. It's a pretty high-end one, but apparently even good ones can interfere slightly with the signal and timing. But I need the extender, so I lived with the reliability issues for months. Just because I was bored one night last week, I started thinking about this again and considered getting a USB extender cable instead of the IR extender. During my research on Flirc with long USB cables, I happened to stumble on a thread that mentioned how the algorithms have been redesigned in the new firmware (version 3.1). This piqued my interest again, so I installed the new firmware, recorded my buttons again and......wow, it's almost 100% reliable now even with the IR extender! Just wanted to mention this in case it benefits others. Great product, and thanks for continuing to make it better. Aaron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Hey Aaron, thanks so much for the positive feedback and this will certainly help others because it's valuable feedback. I really appreciate when people take the time to write. Especially when it's positive. It's much easier to provide feedback when you're motivated with frustration than happiness. Thanks again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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