RE: Philips Pronto

["Brian G. Reynolds" <brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx>]

Good one, I will take notes, once again thanks guy's.

I have already found the Barry Gordon document "X10 IR
Operations", a lot of
work done by Barry, but I cannot find where I found it! plus I did not see
the other document you mention, do you know the url?

Thanks,

B.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 16 June 2001 22:08
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Philips Pronto
>
>
> Being a Pronto pioneer, (I pre-ordered one from the US before it was
> actually launched - sad but true) I had to set mine up in the old days
> before Pronto Edit.
>
> If I was doing it all again I'd still do all the learning
> disconnected from
> the PC.
>
> Make sure that when you do the learning you hold the button down (on
the
> original remote) until the Pronto beeps. This way it will be able to
work
> out which bits of the code repeat, and which ones don't. Don't do the
> learning too close to the TV or PC screen, or under fluorescent
lights.
>
> If you want to learn more about IR coding, Barry Gordon has written
two
> documents, one of which explains the Octet coding scheme you get when
you
> double click on the "learned" legend, and the other goes
into detail about
> how to roll your own X-10 codes. Both have stood me in good stead when
> endeavouring to find new codes. I actually managed to find out how to
get
> into the service menu on my Plasma, by writing a VBA enhanced Excel
> spreadsheet armed with this info. It generated every possible code,
and it
> was simply a case of creating a ccf and trying them in sequence.
> Again, sad,
> but true. Both documents are available for download from Remote
Central.
>
> Before you do the learning, just set up some simple text based
> panels on the
> PC. Don't worry about the layout, just try to cram as many buttons on
each
> page as you can. Delete all of the Pronto's built in templates - you
don't
> need them.
>
> Once you've done the learning, upload the configuration to the PC, and
do
> all your fancy design work. Hide the panels that contain all the codes
and
> alias to them from the pretty side.
>
> The reason I suggest this, is that if you keep your codes
> separate from your
> design work, it makes it much easier to fine tune your
> configuration as you
> go along.
>
> If you want the "hard" buttons to have the same function
throughout all
> devices (as I do on mine) set them up in the home page only and leave
them
> blank for all of the devices - they will filter down.
>
> On mine:
>
> Volume and mute control the amp whatever the mode.
>
> Left is system off, and right is TV off (for turning off the panel
when
> using the Digibox as a tuner)
>
> Program up and down change Sky channels.
>
> with the following exceptions:
>
> In CD mode:
> Mute is pause
> Prog +/- are track +/-
>
> In DVD mode:
> Mute is pause
> Prog +/- are chapter +/-
>
> More as it comes to mind.
>
> Tim.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennethwatt@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 16 June 2001 18:45
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Philips Pronto
> >
> >
> > One to watch for, sometimes Pronto will not learn a code properly
when
> > connected to the PC, his weirdness happens with the Yammy AX-1,
> disconnect
> > from the PC if you can't get it to learn code and do it without
the PC,
> > 99/100 it will then learn fine, reconnect and upload the
> schedule and it's
> > no problems from there on. Caught me out that did!
> >
> > K.
> >
> >  -----Original Message-----
> > From: 	Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent:	15 June 2001 18:35
> > To:	ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject:	[ukha_d] Philips Pronto
> >
> > Hi Guys, & Gal's,
> >
> > I have just bought my first Pronto! thanks Laser, nice aren't
> > they? have any
> > of you got any do's/don'ts or tips for their use learned the hard
way?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > B.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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