Austar Digital Remote and myBlaster (1 Viewer)

[c9513557]

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone in Australia has managed to get their Austar Digital remote control working with myblaster to then send a channel change to the STB?
The problem i am having is that myBlaster will not learn the correct codes from the Austar remote. It learns OK - but when I do a test it fails to change the channel.

I have an 'Atlas' Austar box and Media Center IR sender/receiver. IR sender works perfectly in Media Center - somehow they manage to get it to work.

Anyone got myblaster working - maybe I could grab someone's myblaster.dat file?

Bailey

 

[BenZo]

Me Too

Hey,

I have the same Austar STB & myblaster didn't work for it either. If I remember correctly it didn't even learn all the codes properly. Could you send me your configs & I'll have a play around with it.

Cheers,
Ben

ben[at]jimijohn.net

 

[Callifo]

Not sure if it would be the same as the Foxtel Digital remote but I couldnt learn them either. But Smirnoff supplied me with a .dat file that was the codes learnt perfectly (not sure where he got em).

 

[BenZo]

Any chance ???

Could you drop me a pm or email with that dat ?? I'll give it a swing.

Cheers,
Ben

 

[c9513557]

Re: Me Too

Could you send me your configs & I'll have a play around with it.

Ben - check your email. I've sent the DAT file. I think the problem is something to do with the frequency or signal sent from the Austar remote. Media Center seems to be able to send the code without an issue - all we need to do is get the same codes into the myblaster dat file.

Anyone know how I can extract the codes that Media Center is setup to send? Are they in the registry or a file somewhere?

 

[c9513557]

Smirnoff supplied me with a .dat file that was the codes learnt perfectly (not sure where he got em).

Callifo, does your Foxtel remote look like this? http://www.redremote.co.uk/foxtel.jpg

That's the same as the Austar remotes. Can you email me your dat file? c9513557[at]hotmail com

 

[Callifo]

Yeh its the same. Having a bit of trouble locating the file at the moment, gotta have a look properly when it finishes recording.

 

[c9513557]

Working

Woo hoo ...

Got it to work at last! I had tried just about everything when I read somewhere about every second button press might be different.. so I tried to cover the transmitter whilst learning and uncover on second button press. Unfortunately it 'caught' the muffled press - but when I played that back it worked!

I had aimed the remote away from the sensor and into my shirt - but the reflection picked up actually ended up working to when I pressed 'test'! Go figure!

So then it took about 30 minutes of similarly obstructed 'learns' and I had all 10 numbers learnt. Just tested in Media Portal and it worked every time!

Dont know why - or what's happening - but who cares! BenZo - emailed you the DAT file - give it a go.

 

[Callifo]

Probably a good thing then because I think Ive lost that dat file I was given.

 

[BenZo]

Re: Working

You are a legend.

It wasn't your dat not passing the zero, I moved the IR transmitter about 1 cm away from the front panel & it works everytime now. Fantastic

Thanks a bunch for your time on this.

Cheers,
Ben

Woo hoo ...

Got it to work at last! I had tried just about everything when I read somewhere about every second button press might be different.. so I tried to cover the transmitter whilst learning and uncover on second button press. Unfortunately it 'caught' the muffled press - but when I played that back it worked!

I had aimed the remote away from the sensor and into my shirt - but the reflection picked up actually ended up working to when I pressed 'test'! Go figure!

So then it took about 30 minutes of similarly obstructed 'learns' and I had all 10 numbers learnt. Just tested in Media Portal and it worked every time!

Dont know why - or what's happening - but who cares! BenZo - emailed you the DAT file - give it a go.