Being spoiled with a good old Philips Pronto Pro (9600 and 9800) I find the speed of sending multiple commands quite slow from The Home Remote. On my TV going to CNN is a matter of sending the numbers 5, 0 and 3 (living in the Netherlands that is).
Is there a way to speed up the commands?
Second question, maybe related, what is the meaning of += and -= in the Collection Editor in the DataActions?
B.R.
Bert
The Philips Pronto is able to send direct IR so it probably will be a little faster but I wouldn’t have expected the change to be noticeable. Are these 3 commands sent immediately after one another as in screenshot below?
The += & -= are increment & decrement operations. You won’t use them for Global Cache IR commands. Those are typically used when changing thermostat setpoint or something like that. The ThermostatDetails.xaml file uses those options.
Thanks for your prompt answer Bill. In ProntoEdit Pro 3 I can finetune the send-speed for each command individually, My cablebox (Ziggo Next) is with most commands so fast that the numbers 503 arrive on screen at once (@ 0.04 sec for each number).
With your answer I now guess is that the timing is somewhere in the Global Cache format, but I haven’t figured it out yet. But I like a challenge or two, so I will keep searching. I’ll post the answer if I find it.
B.R,
Bert
The first steps in reducing the time are made!
In the Global Cache code all numbers are small, except for the beginning and the end. If you find somewhere in the middle a long code, you can cut everything behind that and end with the last code.
So…
Number1,36000,1,1,15,10,6,10,6,22,6,10,6,10,6,28,6,10,6,10,6,10,6,22,6,22,6,16,6,22,6,10,6,10,6,10,6,16,6,3325,15,10,6,10,6,22,6,10,6,10,6,28,6,10,6,10,6,10,6,22,6,22,6,16,6,22,6,10,6,10,6,10,6,16,6,3600
Can be converted to:
Number1,36000,1,1,15,10,6,10,6,22,6,10,6,10,6,28,6,10,6,10,6,10,6,22,6,22,6,16,6,22,6,10,6,10,6,10,6,16,6,3600
Saving half of the time.
B.
The puzzle is solved!
When reducing the last number of the Global Cache code from 3600 to (for instance) 100 the speed becomes quite close to the Pronto. Only if I need to send two of the same numbers (11 or even 101) I have to add a delay of a few hundred milliseconds in between to make it work correctly.
B.
