Ridger111 Posted January 7, 2012 Report Posted January 7, 2012 Hello! Received my Flirc about a week ago, and I have mapped it a few times in the XMBC setting and I seem to have issues with only some of the keys working. The remote I'm using is a programmable one provided by my cable company, but it is; Universal Electronics M1056F Rev. 3.0 The keys are very slow to respond and lag a bit, and I can only get some to work... For example, up/right will work but not left/down. That is about as far as I got as I know something isn't right due to the lag in the channel change too. I am using it with WindowsXP, and I downloaded the latest Flirc.exe (0.97) Any suggestions??? Thanks! Quote
jason Posted January 8, 2012 Report Posted January 8, 2012 Not really sure what could be going on. Do you have any other remote you could try? Let's see if it's a problem with Flirc, or an issue with remote/compatibility. Perhaps the batteries in the remote are on their way out? Quote
Ridger111 Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Posted January 8, 2012 I have a couple others... but do they have to be programmable? The other remote I have just has other inputs (TV, AV, etc). In the Flirc utility, I tried mapping it on the MINIMALIST setting, and I noticed when you press the GO button it walks you through each button for mapping. I don't get the same thing with the XMBC setting. If I press the GO button it does nothing, and I have to click on each individual key with the mouse then map it with the key I want on the remote. This doesn't seem to be consistent. Tried new batteries and got the same results. Also, I tried reprogramming and using the minimalist setting... and I get the same results. Some keys work, so don't. For the ones that do work It seems you really have to hold it for a second for it to get it going, then they will be more responsive (eg. scrolling up). I'm wondering if it is the firmware? It seems odd that it would "partially" work but not 100%. In the utility, it says I have Flirc v0.96, and in the bottom left corner about the ERASE button it says Firmware v1 Any thoughts? Thanks Quote
jason Posted January 8, 2012 Report Posted January 8, 2012 Nope, they don't have to be programmable. Any other remote should work fine. You can even cycle through DVD/AUX/TV to get different remotes as those are most likely set as different devices. I'm not quite sure yet. If you give another remote a shot, that might narrow it down. If you run through the GUI minimalist view two times, do you get, "button already exists" error? Or can you record the same button a couple times. The "GO" button needs to disappear on the other windows, it only works on the minimalist window. I will update that in the next release. Quote
Chris! Posted January 8, 2012 Report Posted January 8, 2012 Hmm. I remember a similar thread. This forum user was having a similar problem and reprogrammed a similar remote to another setting to control flirc. I googled your remote control and came up with this PDF guide: http://www.metrocast.com/guides/MetroCast_Remote_OCAP_M1056.pdf on page 61 there is some codes for samsung tv's. Perhaps you could give one of those a try to see if it alleviates the issue. Regards P7 Quote
Ridger111 Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Posted January 8, 2012 Ok I can give it a try. The remote is also mapped with my Panasonic TV on the TV setting... Will it cause issues if I preload the DVD or VCR setting with the Samsung? Should I just preload it with another Panasonic device to be sure? Thanks Quote
Chris! Posted January 9, 2012 Report Posted January 9, 2012 Shouldn't cause any issues, so far we've advicing people to use a different make of tv preset to control flirc to the model of tv they actually own. Let us know how it goes. Quote
Ridger111 Posted January 12, 2012 Author Report Posted January 12, 2012 Awesome!!! That seems to have done it! Thanks very much I might need to invest in a fancy Harmony remote at some point... any suggestions? Quote
Chris! Posted January 12, 2012 Report Posted January 12, 2012 Glad it's now working - hope you're enjoying FLIRC. I have a harmony 300 (same as the 300i but not shiny - as a result cheaper). This is set as a panasonic tv for FLIRC control (as I have a samsung tv). http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003BJTPBW/ I like it, though the other models have more features. Thanks for reporting back - helps us to help other users :) Quote
Ridger111 Posted January 13, 2012 Author Report Posted January 13, 2012 No problem! Glad I can help in anyway... Switching to the Samsung setting seemed to have really helped the IR as well. I can point it in the general direction and not directly at the FLIRC, and the reception is great. Didn't change anything else with the remote so it has to be the settings. Quote
jason Posted January 13, 2012 Report Posted January 13, 2012 Pretty curios to know what the original default remote protocol was. I want to perfect this guy, and it's been quite the challenge to make it work across all the flavors of remotes....but I'm going to fucking do it. :) Quote
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