Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-02-02 Thread sg2
Hello to the original poster, Thank you for this, I've made a variation for my Denon AVR, it perfectly fills the one single thing I wanted to do with the Duet which I couldn't : use the amp's volume control rather than preattenuating in the digital domain (in the SBR) before sending to DAC,

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-02-01 Thread Egnos
TimT ALso have a look in the Duet forum. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57243highlight=volumepage=2 There is a UniversalRemote.zip. Maybe it helps. I am not an IR expert. -- Egnos Egnos's Profile:

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-31 Thread Egnos
MadScientist Have you looked at the lirc database Maybe this one works for you http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/meridian/MSR ntang I didn't find any McIntosh codes in the lirc database. Maybe your friend Google can help you. -- Egnos

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-31 Thread MadScientist
Egnos;391430 Wrote: MadScientist Have you looked at the lirc database Maybe this one works for you http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/meridian/MSR QUOTE] Egnos Thanks I have. The problem is I can't work out what to put as the pre-data. For the NAD codes there's a line 'pre_data

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-31 Thread TimT
What a marvelous tool for expanding the usability of the Duet Controller! Adding on to the original NADIR.zip, I have created a NADIR Infrared in which the controls are mapped to a NAD integrated amp's (in my household, the C320BEE) five non-tape inputs (Tuner, Aux, Video, CD, Disk) as well as

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-30 Thread Egnos
MadScientist Did you turn the controller off and on again? (press home button long to turn off). Then the Nad_IR should be visible in the home menu. Also check settings/mainmenu there you should also see NAD-IR (without check box). -- Egnos

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-30 Thread MadScientist
Egnos;391050 Wrote: MadScientist Did you turn the controller off and on again? (press home button long to turn off). Then the Nad_IR should be visible in the home menu. Also check settings/mainmenu there you should also see NAD-IR (without check box). Yes, several times and Nad_IR still

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-30 Thread MadScientist
Scrap my last post - got it installed. Now I've just got to understand why the codes I substituted are not working for my Meridian precessor. MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile:

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-30 Thread ntang
ntang;390458 Wrote: Can someone tell me how to convert all the numbers that I find at remotecentral for my McIntosh preamp into the 0X form that this NADir solution uses? Or maybe point me to a site where I can find ready-made 0X codes for various brands? Thanks Anyone? Many

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-29 Thread MadScientist
Fantastic development! However, I've copied the folder to the applet directory on the Controller using WinSCP but when I restart there's nothing extra in the Home menu or other menues. I've checked the files twice - what could I be doing wrong? MS -- MadScientist

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-28 Thread roe_forever
Hi again, Think the Win SCP is ok. Tried to suspend my xp firewall which help a little again, but now I have another error message saying connection has been unexpectedly closed. Server sent command exit status 0 and Cannot initialize SFTP protocol. Is the host running a SFTP server? This is

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-28 Thread The Moog
Hi guys, Great work on accessing the functionality of the IR sender on the Controller, I think that some of the possibilities that this opens up are quite exciting! I was just wondering if the volume behaviour could be set dependant on the device that you are controlling? For example, I have an

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-28 Thread Ramage
roe_forever;390163 Wrote: Hi again, Think the Win SCP is ok. Tried to suspend my xp firewall which help a little again, but now I have another error message saying connection has been unexpectedly closed. Server sent command exit status 0 and Cannot initialize SFTP protocol. Is the

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-28 Thread roe_forever
Thanks a lot guys for your help R. -- roe_forever roe_forever's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23345 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58392

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-28 Thread Egnos
I modified the applet for volume control. Using the volume keys still gives me the problem of a volume control window popping up. I now use the Add key (+) for volume_down and the Play key for Volume_up. Seems unlogical but the + key is on the left and the play key is on the right. This is not

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-28 Thread ntang
Can someone tell me how to convert all the numbers that I find at remotecentral for my McIntosh preamp into the 0X form that this NADir solution uses? Or maybe point me to a site where I can find ready-made 0X codes for various brands? Thanks -- ntang

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-27 Thread Egnos
Port 22 is ok and sftp with allow scp fallback is fine too. Did you install WinSCP ok? You probably have to select Pageant end Putty(keygenerator)if you install WinScp see: http://winscp.net/eng/docs/installation -- Egnos

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-27 Thread lauret
I would actually also be nice if the volume could be controlled using the volume control. On one of my sb's my volume controls are useless as the digital output is fixed. If it's possible using this applet, how hard could it be I was wondering? -- lauret

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-27 Thread Egnos
Yes in principle it is possible In the NADIRapplet.lua file you find under the function keyEvent key==KEY_VOLUME_UP at the code place fill in the code for volume up. See below: elseif key == KEY_VOLUME_UP then code = 0xE13E11EE elseif key == KEY_VOLUME_DOWN then

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-26 Thread roe_forever
Thanks a lot... It brings me a little further but not quite there :-( I get an error saying cannot initialize SFTP protecol. Server sent command exit status 127. Cannot initialize SFTP protocol. Is the host running a SFTP server? I use port 22 and SFTP as a protecol and have checked allow SCP

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-26 Thread Skunk
roe_forever;389476 Wrote: Im a maybe using the wrong port ? R. Did you enable SSH on the Controller under SettingsAdvancedRemote Login? -- Skunk http://www.last.fm/user/TheSkunk/ Skunk's Profile:

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-25 Thread Egnos
Michael, the reason why i took sleep is that i was too lazy to design a new png image with disc on it. thanks for teh higfh contrats png image. Who is going to make a nice image for the remote. Autopilot, in the file NADIRapplet.lua you find the definitions of the keys. In my case the following

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-25 Thread Egnos
Michael I changed the png and put in the disc and some text for volume. +---+ |Filename: test-ir.zip | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6836|

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-25 Thread amcluesent
How does the applet encode IR commands? My Pronto has learnt IR commands, e.g. to set the AV input on the amp is '5000 0073 0001 0010 0002'. IIRC the '5000' at the start means the rest is RC5 encoded. -- amcluesent

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-25 Thread Egnos
For more background on the IR code see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57243highlight=infraredpage=2 Maybe this will help you to understand the LIRC files. -- Egnos Egnos's Profile:

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-25 Thread amcluesent
Maybe this will help you to understand the LIRC files. Hmm, not really obvious is it :( I think I'll wait for someone to develop a lua function which will process the pronto hex IR codes. -- amcluesent amcluesent's

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-25 Thread pufnstuf
Egnos;385940 Wrote: The enclosed zipfile contains a applet to control a NAD amplifier (C 352) with the IR emitter on your Duet Controller. Great information; this looks like a brilliant piece of functionality to add to the SBC. Please keep up the great work Egnos ( Michael)! :D --

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-25 Thread roe_forever
Can anybody help a complete it idiot to access the controller to copy the files in NAD-IR. I have downloaded and installed winscp as recommended in the first post. I also activated the ssh on the controller. But how do i actually log-on to the controller. When I activate the ssh i get an

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-25 Thread Egnos
WinScp is not that difficult Hostname: enter the ip of your controller (in my case 192.168.1.151) Username: root Password: the password you get from the controller when you enabled SSH in my case 1234 Private key no input needed Maybe you get an error ralated to group ... ignore and continue.

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-19 Thread Michael Herger
The enclosed zipfile contains a applet to control a NAD amplifier (C 352) with the IR emitter on your Duet Controller. Hey, that's very cool! I've been using the NAD's SR-5 remote to control my Transporter for years. This might swap the roles :-). I'm not sure about the Sleep button: what is

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-19 Thread autopilot
Excellent work :) Is this the first time anyone has got the SBc to control an AMP etc via IR? If so, I'm surprised no one has yet. Could you provide a bit more info, such as how it can be customised for other AMP's, such as my Cambridge Audio Azur 640a? -- autopilot *Lounge :* Squeezebox

Re: [slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-19 Thread mherger
I've modified the image to improve the contrast and legibility on the display. In the applet there are key handlers for the hardware buttons. Are they mapped to anything NAD specific or are they still doing their default job? I'll probably going to modify the volume buttons to set the NAD's

[slim] Use Duet Controller as remote for your amp.

2009-01-17 Thread Egnos
The enclosed zipfile contains a applet to control a NAD amplifier (C 352) with the IR emitter on your Duet Controller. I used the TestIR applet from the controller as a basis. It is very simple customize it for other amplifiers if you know the infrared codes of your remote. The range of the IR