I seriously doubt that there is a solution to this problem, but I thought I would toss it up there just in case someone has an idea.
I have a video selector box that uses a remote to flip between 4 different inputs.
It just so happens that when I press the left arrow on my cable remote it causes the video selector to jump to Input2 and when I press the Exit button, it causes the video selector to jump to Input4.
The learned signals from the video selector indicate that the protocol is:
?Archer
Input2:
OBC - 22
Hex - 90
EFC -142
Input4:
OBC - 18
Hex - B0
EFC - 143
The cable box is a Comcast Motorola box that uses GI Cable protocol
Any thoughts?
Device conflicts...any solutions?
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Is the cable box remote a JP1 remote? Or do you plan to replace the cable box remote with some JP1 remote?
Obviously JP1 can't change the signal sent by a non JP1 remote nor change the receive rules of the selector.
It sounds like the selector just sees part or all of the GI cable signal as its own signal (rather than actually using the same signal). So there is a decent chance that tweaking the timing and/or frequency of the GI cable signal will prevent the selector from decoding it while still allowing the cable box to decode it.
The "?Archer" decodes in DecodeIr are based on very few learned samples, so I woundn't assume the signals you have that decode that way are really the same as the signals I have on which I based that decoder. So I need a .ir file with the four learned signals from the selector in order to examine the timing and make an educated guess which way to tweak GI cable to get further from the selector's protocol.
Obviously JP1 can't change the signal sent by a non JP1 remote nor change the receive rules of the selector.
It sounds like the selector just sees part or all of the GI cable signal as its own signal (rather than actually using the same signal). So there is a decent chance that tweaking the timing and/or frequency of the GI cable signal will prevent the selector from decoding it while still allowing the cable box to decode it.
The "?Archer" decodes in DecodeIr are based on very few learned samples, so I woundn't assume the signals you have that decode that way are really the same as the signals I have on which I based that decoder. So I need a .ir file with the four learned signals from the selector in order to examine the timing and make an educated guess which way to tweak GI cable to get further from the selector's protocol.
What type of video selector box is it? I have seen at least one from Radio Shack that is a "trainable" box that can be used with any remote. It will learn, one time, whatever signal you want to do switching. (Kinda' like a universal device - the reverse of a universal remote.) The reason I ask is that if yours is this type, it might have accidently been trained to respond to those signals and if so, it can be retrained.
The video selector is an Emerson EVS4000
I think I got it from Radio Shack, but I don't think it has any IR learn capabilities, it came with a simple 4 button remote.
The selector box reacts both to the original Comcast remote as well as the JP1 I have configured with it.
I use the URC 9910, so that I can select which input is sent over my video modulator....because of that I can't really hide it from the RF IR box.
I have uploaded the IR file to:
https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... le_id=1318
I think I got it from Radio Shack, but I don't think it has any IR learn capabilities, it came with a simple 4 button remote.
The selector box reacts both to the original Comcast remote as well as the JP1 I have configured with it.
I use the URC 9910, so that I can select which input is sent over my video modulator....because of that I can't really hide it from the RF IR box.
I have uploaded the IR file to:
https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/dload ... le_id=1318