Device Control
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I am not sure that this is in the right section or what section to put it in but you where all very helpful when I posted last. I am new to AMX I started working for a company that already has a system in place and I am trying to improve/work out all the bugs at the same time. My situation is as follows:
We have a machine control page it allows us to perform basic function on various machines DVD players cd players and cable boxes and satelite boxes. The machine control works for the vcr and 4 satelite boxes The machine control however does not work for the 4 cable boxes and the dvd player. All the IR's are in place as they should be and plugged into there transiever boxes as they should be I am assuming this is some sort of programing that needs to be set up to talk to the machines.
My questions are as follows:
Where do I program the devices into the amx system so it knows how to talk to each device?
Is there a list of codes for different manufactures like a universal remote?
If so where is that list obtained from?
All the buttons are already on the page and set up properly there is one set of "movement buttons" all that you do is select the source to be controlled and press the buttons.
We have a machine control page it allows us to perform basic function on various machines DVD players cd players and cable boxes and satelite boxes. The machine control works for the vcr and 4 satelite boxes The machine control however does not work for the 4 cable boxes and the dvd player. All the IR's are in place as they should be and plugged into there transiever boxes as they should be I am assuming this is some sort of programing that needs to be set up to talk to the machines.
My questions are as follows:
Where do I program the devices into the amx system so it knows how to talk to each device?
Is there a list of codes for different manufactures like a universal remote?
If so where is that list obtained from?
All the buttons are already on the page and set up properly there is one set of "movement buttons" all that you do is select the source to be controlled and press the buttons.
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Once you have them, you have to use Studio to load them to the port the emitter is plugged into for each device. Then, you have to make sure your program, for each button press, pulses the appropriate channel on the appropriate port.
There is a good chance some of this is already done for you if it's an existing program. You can't rule out right away that there isn't an installation issue here either.
If the LED does not light it can mean a couple things. The most likely thing would be that the IR file is not loaded. For AMX you have to load the IR file to the device. If the IR file is loaded then either the IR codes aren't in the right slots or there's a problem in the code. If you look at the code somewhere there's probably some code that sets the active IR device. Check the code to make sure that, that's being done properly. Also check that the IR codes are in the slots the code expects it to. For example the if the code expects the Play command to be in slot 1 make sure that in the IR file it is in slot 1.
If the LED does light it means you have a connection problem with the IR. Perhaps the polarity is reversed or the LED emitter is not positioned correctly.
Good on ya for giving it a go, and due respect for your abilities, but maybe the best way to solve this problem would be to advertise here for a local programmer to come and fix it for you!