USB UIRT and motorola qip 2500

[ericscottf]

Hi all

I have a HD pvr and a usb uirt changing channels on a moto QIP2500.
I taught sage the remote codes thru the UIRT with a remote that has no problem controlling the box properly.
When sage goes to change a channel thru the UIRT, it sends too many digits, and the cable box completely misinterprets.
I checked remote control options and set repeat to 1 and even 0, no help there.

any ideas?
If i test a digit with sage individually, it sends the digit right, but sends it twice.

thanks

edit: fwiw, this cable box was working properly with the HD pvr blaster but i wanted to switch to the UIRT to increase robustness and because i'm going to be going with 2 cable boxes and recorders soon.
If i point the UIRT at the box and send a test digit, wait for one digit to show and then quickly cover the transmitter, it does work properly, only sending the digit once-- so i know it isn't the cablebox doubling the digits.

Also, the same thing happens if i use my own learned remote codes or the ones that came with sage.

I just went back to the hauppauge IR blaster and all is working fine with the UIRT plugged in but not being commanded.
I can't find this problem anywhere online. Could it have something to do with the drivers for hauppauge and the UIRT being present and confusing sage? I had the hauppauge LED disconnected, so i know that wasn't the issue..

I'd like to get the UIRT working tho, can anyone suggest anything?

[ericscottf]

Is there a debug mode i can put sage into where it will dump the data it is trying to send over IR to somewhere i can read? I've done some more playing and i'm starting to think that i've got some weird combination of settings/drivers that is causing sage to send things twice.

[mike1961]

Eric - how did you get the usb-uirt to control the QIP2500?

I sort of have it where it will tune single digit channels but if I tune say channel 50 then it might only tune channel 5. If I tune 407 then it might tune channel 47. It's like it misses digits

This is KILLING ME - I'm desperate to get this USB-UIRT to work with the QIP2500 box. If I set the delay to as long as 1100 and play with the repeat it's like it still skips the middle digit. What is wrong?

Also, I keep trying to have the USB-UIRT learn codes from my box and it keeps saying there was an error learning the command. Why does it do this? I have copied the codes from the motorola box which seem to work but I'm thinking maybe they are still not a perfect match and this is just killing me. My sage has been down for days because my Verizon box no longer works with my serial cables.

Please help.


Thanks,
Mike

[davenlr]

I dont have a motorola box, but in programming the Directv box, I had to hit the original remote button quickly and short, so the original remote didnt send the command twice. I also needed to get the original remote quite close (as in a couple inches) of the USB-UIRT. Do it in a dark room to prevent stray IR, and turn the monitor off as well, or make sure the USB-UIRT cannot see it, as some monitors emit IR.

[davephan]

Have you tried using the free stand alone program called LrnHelper.exe to troubleshoot the problem independently of SageTV?

Another solution might be to use a different set top box remote control. I have a HD cable box that I could not get the USB-UIRT working with the remote that came with the HD cable box. I tried a different cable box remote control, and it worked to remote control the same HD cable box directly, and with the USB-UIRT.

Dave

[ericscottf]

Originally Posted by mike1961

Eric - how did you get the usb-uirt to control the QIP2500?

I sort of have it where it will tune single digit channels but if I tune say channel 50 then it might only tune channel 5. If I tune 407 then it might tune channel 47. It's like it misses digits

This is KILLING ME - I'm desperate to get this USB-UIRT to work with the QIP2500 box. If I set the delay to as long as 1100 and play with the repeat it's like it still skips the middle digit. What is wrong?

Also, I keep trying to have the USB-UIRT learn codes from my box and it keeps saying there was an error learning the command. Why does it do this? I have copied the codes from the motorola box which seem to work but I'm thinking maybe they are still not a perfect match and this is just killing me. My sage has been down for days because my Verizon box no longer works with my serial cables.

Please help.


Thanks,
Mike

How are you learning codes? You should be pointing the remote for the box directly at the UIRT receiver. Is this not the case?

I've uploaded my IR file. NOTE: I am using zones in this file!! Remove the Z1 from the beginning of each line if you are not using zones / and for testing purposes.

The thing i noticed was that sage was not updating the IR file with the proper repeatlength command, so i had to do that manually (3 in my text file).

Remove sage from the equation:
Go get lrnhelper from
http://www.usbuirt.com/lrnhelper_0_0_5.zip
Use that to learn and test codes. If you can't get your box reading codes with that, you've got a problem with drivers or hardware or something other than sage.

[mike1961]

Eric - thank you for the file. I actually got everything working a few days ago. The problem was even after I held the remote close to the box to learn the codes I did not have the mono IR plugs close enough to the box when TESTING the codes. Everything seems to work great now.

One thing though - I had a few problems originally with duplicate entries going to the box. I played around with my text file and I found these to work for me (yes I'm using zones but it all works):

QIP2500a 37616 411 0 200 1000 | Exit
RepeatCount 1

I noticed you have yours set at:
Eric 37616 411 3 100 30
RepeatCount 2

Also, I noticed you have programmed Enter, Guide, Exit and Menu. But, I'm wondering if any of these are necessary? Aside from Enter (or Select) I can't seen why any of the other commands would be necessary.

Thanks again,
Mike