Program Personal Cinema remote like marmitek x10

[Guest]

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Hi all,

A mate of mine just bought a marmitek x10 pc remote control from
ShowShifter, and when I saw it - it looked exactly the same as my
Nvidia one (UR88A) which came with my Personal Cinema (FX 5200).

The Marmitek one has the buttons labelled differently, but I thought
the resemblence might be more than cosmetic - the Marmitek can control
TVs, Cable STBs etc like a universal remote control does, and it also
can control the computer.

I was wondering if anyone had any success, or even tried, programming
their UR88A like the X10?

Here's some relevant links:
http://www.marmitek.com/en/catalogus/product.php?subgroep=42&product=238
http://www.nvidia.com/page/personalcinema.html

TIA,

Buzwad

http://www.buzwad.com

 

[Guest]

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On 13 Aug 2004 08:39:10 -0700 buzwad@hotmail.com (Buzwad) meeped :

>Hi all,
>
>A mate of mine just bought a marmitek x10 pc remote control from
>ShowShifter, and when I saw it - it looked exactly the same as my
>Nvidia one (UR88A) which came with my Personal Cinema (FX 5200).
>
>The Marmitek one has the buttons labelled differently, but I thought
>the resemblence might be more than cosmetic - the Marmitek can control
>TVs, Cable STBs etc like a universal remote control does, and it also
>can control the computer.
>
>I was wondering if anyone had any success, or even tried, programming
>their UR88A like the X10?
>
>Here's some relevant links:
>http://www.marmitek.com/en/catalogus/product.php?subgroep=42&product=238
>http://www.nvidia.com/page/personalcinema.html
>
>TIA,
>
>Buzwad
>
>http://www.buzwad.com


LMAO at "Marmitek"...you either love 'em or hate 'em !!
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[Guest]

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I wish I was as impressed with Nvidia as I am with Marmitek right now. Do
you have any experience with these remotes?

Buzwad
http://www.buzwad.com

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:02:53 GMT, Granulated
<doh@troublesomeodoursfreeuk.com> wrote:
>
> LMAO at "Marmitek"...you either love 'em or hate 'em !!

 

[Guest]

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On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 20:25:52 GMT David Hadley <david_hadley@blueyonder.co.uk>
meeped :


>
>On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:02:53 GMT, Granulated
><doh@troublesomeodoursfreeuk.com> wrote:
>>
>> LMAO at "Marmitek"...you either love 'em or hate 'em !!
>

>I wish I was as impressed with Nvidia as I am with Marmitek right now. Do
>you have any experience with these remotes?
>
>Buzwad
>http://www.buzwad.com

sorry..no

you didn't get my joke ?
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[Guest]

Up!
I have also an nvidia UR88A, i finally managed to make it work on my new laptop but I wonder if i can programm the IR also to control my TV.
I found manuals for marmitek but the buttons labels are differents, i tried anyway to program it but i failled...
does anybody knows how to programm the NVIDIA UR88A for IR ??? (for example of difference the top left button is called "mute" on my NVIDIA and called "S" on pc control ...still looking for manual

 

[Guest]

Looks like there is no IR emitter on NVIDIA version of UR88A....

 

[dsach]

Sorry for reanimating this old thread... just thought I may contribute something here.

I used the Active Home SDK from the actual remote control manufacturer to create a program that allows you to define actions in an .ahk script.

The script bases on Autohotkey, a very simple scripting language. http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands.htm. It does not need to be installed, anyway.

You can easily configure all keys like this:

if key=Pause
Send, {CTRLDOWN}p{CTRLUP}

if key=A
run, notepad.exe

etc...

All ~54 keys are functional. However, you will have to assign them to commands yourself first.

Before it works, you have to install the AHSDK (included). Then edit the .ahk script and run the NVRemote.exe.

Sourcecode, original Nvidia software (not needed), drivers are included. Tested on XP.

Maybe this will be helpful for someone.

http://www.file-upload.net/download-2011167/NVRemote_AHK.rar.html
http://www.fileuploadx.de/973186
http://www.2shared.com/file/9162534/7aeec14b/NVRemote_AHK.html
http://www.megafileupload.com/en/file/155511/NVRemote-AHK-rar.html

 

[jondvd]

I think the UR88A remote and CM21A receiver are RF based, not IR. So most likely, you won't be able to get it to work for anything other than a pc. That would be great though if it could control other devices. I've had 2 of these sitting around for a long time. Dsach, any chance you could give more details on the "autohotkeys"?

Thanks

 

[jondvd]

Has anyone had any luck with using this on windows 7? The receiver driver is integrated but the remote does not work. Is there a driver for the remote too, or do I just need the software for that?

 

[swinster]

I'm trying to get the UR88a with CM21A receiver working under vista, but have yet had little luck. As jondvd said, the USB receiver installs using Windows drivers, but the remote simply doesn't work. Have tried installing some old Nvidia drivers but that didn't work either.