Total Remote v1.1x user guide
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1. Rec starts flashing Press the onscreen power button Go to Edit gt Add Delay To Macro and enter 3000 Note 1000 milliseconds 1 second then click OK in the upper right corner Press the 5 button then press the 6 button Go to Edit gt Add Delay To Macro and enter 500 then click OK in the upper right corner Press the Mute button Go to Edit gt Stop Recording Macro and you re finished Cancel recording a macro You may decide that you wish to abandon any work you have done in creating a macro and simply discard it mid way through creation Go to Edit gt Cancel Recording Macro your current macro will be thrown away and you will be returned to normal operating mode Why is the Transmitter Module so cool The Total Remote infrared Transmitter Module 1s a marvel of clever engineering When talking about infrared control there are a few things you need to know Infrared signals are usually modulated at about 35K Hz 60K Hz which means the digital data is sent inside a high frequency tone similar to the way radio signals work The apparent problem is that the audio output of most high fidelity consumer gear is limited to 20K Hz which is far too low to create an infrared control signal The Total Remote transmitter effectively doubles the data rate of an audio port so it can generate a 38K Hz signal out of a 19K Hz signal Infrared LEDs like the kind in your original remote or the Total2. Remote transmitter require more power to turn on than an audio port normally delivers Our transmitter s design allows it to effectively double the power output when combined with our software s particular method of sending signals The IrDA port built in to most handheld computers 1s entirely the wrong standard for data rate wavelength of light and communications protocol to be used with consumer infrared The result is that while it is possible to hack the port so that you can transmit remote control data it works very poorly compared to the correct standards used in OEM remotes Most people find that transmission via IrDA provides only 10 20 feet of range with most devices and as little as a few feet for some others Because the Total Remote transmitter 1s designed just like the transmitter on your original remote it works just as well or better than the original Ironically the IrDA port works pretty well for sampling remotes just not for transmitting that signal Coolest of all is the fact that a good audio port can create a signal FAR more powerful than a standard OEM remote control Using a Compaq iPaq 3600 series Pocket PC we have been able to control most devices over a distance of ONE HUNDRED FEET using the Total Remote transmitter The average operational range of most real remotes 1s about 40 feet at best with some being as low as 20 feet You may say Hey my living room isn t 100 feet long so who cares W
3. Sears O 0 N N O ON A TUINIO iS NS 4 Signature 2000 Sony Bo AINI a Sony Tashiko Totevision White Westinghouse XR 1000 Yamaha Yamaha 5 Zenith Zenith TV VCR Combo o o O1 G2 G2 eloo C N Co Go lt A on BIN OIN G N O 00 IN Total Remote s built in device skins OLUnE VOLUME YWOLUME qo BAND Es ASDLUME previous next pi DISC DIST d This is the interface screen for the standard CD skin AUDIO ANGLE SUBTITLE SEARCH A MODE dado bel INSTANT 5 a REPLAY Eri MSPLAY RETURN E SETUP E DISPLAY RETURN SETUP These are the two interface screens for the standard DVD skin VOLUME CHANNEL REPEAT AUTO se TRACKING E These are the two interface screens for the standard VCR skin
4. a sequence of commands that are sent using only one button press For example you have a TV VCR DVD player CD changer and AV receiver in your home theater Ifyou want to watch a DVD you have to follow a pretty specific sequence Turn on DVD player Turn on AV receiver Select the DVD input on the AV receiver Tum on TV Select the input from your AV receiver Additionally you are required to wait for some equipment to warm up before you can use 1t which means you may have to wait 4 seconds before your AV receiver will allow you to switch to the DVD input as an example Let s see how we could do this with macros Press the Turn everything on and switch to DVD button Much easier Of course you have to have all of the commands already programmed in Total Remote but once they are there you have a lot of flexibility in how you queue them up to create long command sequences Start recording a macro Once you have a device profile set up the way you want you can create a command macro and assign 1t to a button Go to Edit gt Start recording macro to begin a new macro You will see Press a button flashing in the lower left corner press the Total Remote button you wish to assign a macro to You will now see Rec flashing in the corner indicating that you are actually creating the ii 7 macro command sequence press the onscreen buttons ENTER Jj d you wish to add to the macro Note that certain buttons do not
5. button learn a pair of signals in order to maintain the same functionality as the original remote If you program a button successfully into your Pocket PC and it works once and only once you need to sample a second signal If you are certain that your remote control does not support two signals for each button you may skip the second signal sampling and tap Finish right after sampling the first one Total Remote Appearance amp Skins Fullscreen mode You may switch between fullscreen and menubar mode by tapping the fullscreen button in the bottom left corner of the screen in menubar mode or the ful screen button on the skin The fullscreen mode 1s useful when you use the program as a remote control while the menubar mode is useful when you customize preferences or perform the sampling process Fullscreen mode icons the icon to the left is the fullscreen button when in menubar mode and the icon to the right is the fullscreen button used in all of the included standard skins Selecting skins for remote controls Fach remote control is supplied with a skin when it 1s created You can change the remote control skin by selecting Edit gt Change Skin from the main menu You may select a skin from the list of available skins You should choose skins that are specially designed for certain devices because they contain different functions For instance you don t need a record button for a TV so using the VCR skin for a TV remo
6. Rename ET Total Remote d lt 200 Assigning actions to hardware buttons LE Assign Hardware Buttons Some remote control actions can be assigned to hardware buttons as well as to the virtual onscreen ones To assign Button action the actions go to Edit gt Assign Hardware Buttons Assign your actions to the hardware menu You will be taken to the hardware button dialog In buttons it choose a hardware button and assign an action from the drop down menu You may return to default actions Left Volume predefined to each hardware button by tapping the Set volume Default Values button channel Channel a i Power Assigning actions to hardware buttons is especially useful Button i Device 1 because you may use them when the display of your PDA is turned off Most used actions volume volume channel channel are default values for the hardware buttons which are sufficient in most cases Turning the display off You may turn off the display of your PDA while using it as a remote control This saves battery resources while still allowing you to use the hardware buttons for control To turn the display off select Tools gt Turn Display Off To return to the normal state you should quickly press the Power button twice Be careful as pressing it three times will turn it off Changing a remote control s appearance You can easily change the appearance of your virtual remote by using different skins A s
7. Total Remote v1 1x user guide Total Remote allows your favorite Pocket PC to function as one master control for all your remote controlled devices Total Remote comes with device profiles for thousands of devices such as TV VCR DVD and more You can easily make your own device profiles by installing new ones or creating your own You can sample the commands from your hardware remotes and create virtual remotes that look and function the way you want The program provides you with a set of skins that enables you to change the remote control appearance any time you want The Total Remote Transmitter Module allows you to control infrared devices nearly 100 feet away using a typical 1Paq Because it uses your PDA s audio hardware its range is up to 3 times greater than that of your current remotes Since some Pocket PCs do not have audio hardware of sufficient quality to use the Total Remote Transmitter Module Total Remote also supports built in Infrared ports IrDA While range 1s severely limited compared to the transmitter module it is an effective back up in the event that you misplace or damage the transmitter module Please save the UPC code that is printed on the Total Remote packaging as proof of purchase If you misplace your transmitter module and need to purchase another one you will need to send us the UPC code along with your order Orders for the transmitter module that are not accompanied by the UPC proof of purchase cannot
8. age 1f the current skin has more than one page e Next Previous device panel This panel includes a text bar with the name of the current remote control and two arrows that allow switching between the remote controls you have added to the Device menu e Fullscreen button This button toggles the fullscreen mode where the skin can occupy the whole PDA screen or standard mode where you can access the menu bar and the Windows Start menu One shot sampling If you need to sample just one virtual button you should select Edit gt Start One Shot Sampling The program will be placed into fullscreen mode and you will be asked to perform the following Steps e Tap the desired button of your virtual remote control that you wish to assign a learned command e Align the IR port of your PDA and the IR window of your original remote control the application will wait for a valid infrared signal for only about 10 seconds e Press and hold the remote control button for about 0 5 seconds a NORMAL press not too short and not too long Total Remote will read the IR signal analyze it and assign it to the virtual button you selected In case of signal reception failure the program will display an error message and offer to retry When the signal has been assigned correctly you ll be presented with two more buttons Second Signal and Finish Very few remotes require a second signal but Total Remote provides the capability for those that do To provide th
9. ata from your original remote control Add a check in the checkbox for Sony VCR 3 to add it to your active devices From the Device menu or by clicking on the next device button onscreen until you get there select the Sony VCR 3 as the current device then select Create Copy from the Device menu This will create a new device Sony VCR 3 Copy Make this the active device then go to the Edit menu and select Rename and give whatever name you d like such as Sony N51 Now you can begin using learning mode to add any additional commands not present in the preconfigured device profile such as onscreen guide controls tape tracking adjustments input and output selectors and so on Current remote control There can be many remote controls created on your PDA but there can be only one currently activated displayed on screen To select another device or switch between several remote controls go to the Device menu and select a device you have added to the list It 1s also possible for skins to display the name of the current remote control in a small window with forward backward arrows to select the next previous device in the Device menu This makes Total Remote even more convenient and intuitive for users Renaming a remote control You may rename any device profile with a custom name and change 1t at any time Make the device you wish to rename to be the current active device and rename it using Edit gt
10. be processed Table of Contents Remote controls Using pre installed device configurations Creating a new remote control Creating a remote control copy Current remote control Renaming a remote control Assigning actions to hardware buttons Turning the display off Changing a remote control s appearance Selecting device profiles Deleting devices from the master list Sampling mode Sampling mode for remote controls One shot sampling Continuous sampling Rotating screen when sampling Second signal concept Appearance amp Skins Fullscreen mode Selecting skins for remote controls Creating and adding skins Setting device and skin paths Advanced functions Macro functions How macros work Start recording a macro Adding an adjustable delay in macro commands Cancel recording a macro What makes the IR dongle so cool Total Remote pre installed device list Total Remote s built in device skins Total Remote How To Using pre installed device configurations There are hundreds of thousands of device configurations included with Total Remote covering the majority of equipment manufacturers If your original remote is listed in the master device list you can select it by name assign it a skin and you are ready to go Not all of the possible infrared commands are implemented on all of the pre installed devices so if you find that you are missing a function you can add it by sampling your original remote control rat
11. e second signal tap the Second Signal button follow the same steps for sampling the second signal For more information see Second Signal Concept at the end of this section Tap Finish to quit the sampling mode Continuous sampling If you need to sample a lot of buttons like copying every function from your original remote to a custom Total Remote device profile you should select Edit gt Start Continuous Sampling Total Remote will enter fullscreen mode and you will be allowed to assign a function to every button of your virtual remote control Tap the desired button of your virtual remote control that you wish to assign a learned command Align the IR port of your PDA and the IR window of your original remote control the application will wait for a valid infrared signal for only about 10 seconds Press and hold the remote control button for about 0 5 seconds a NORMAL press not too short and not too long Total Remote will read the IR signal analyze 1t and assign 1t to the virtual button you selected In case of signal reception failure the program will display an error message and offer to retry When the signal has been assigned correctly you ll be presented with two more buttons Second Signal and Finish Very few remotes require a second signal but Total Remote provides the capability for those that do To provide the second signal tap the Second Signal button follow the same steps for sampling the second signal For mo
12. get recorded in a macro command such as the 4 y fullscreen mode button or the on skin shift button but l i I they retain their normal function For example if you are making a macro and you need to use buttons that are on a different page you can press the Shift button to access the other pages just like normal or if you need to access buttons that are hidden by the menubar you can select fullscreen mode to get at them When you have added all the commands you wish to include 1n the macro go to the menubar and select Edit gt Stop Recording Macro to finish this macro cl Device Edit Tools E Adding an adjustable delay in macro commands As mentioned before there are some cases where you have to wait a period of time between commands in order to allow the device you are controlling to perform one task before proceeding to the next When you are creating a macro you can insert an adjustable delay period between commands to account for this busy time For example if you want to turn on your TV wait 3 seconds for it to come on change to channel 56 wait 0 5 seconds for it to change and mute the volume you could do something like this i RemoteControl 10 27a ok Begin recording a macro Edit gt Start Recording Macro Add delay to recording macro Press a button flashes Add delay 3000 milliseconds Select the button you wish to use for the macro we ll use the key next to channel
13. hen we did our distance tests we used the best possible test environment which showed the best possible performance of the remotes Real life 1sn t quite so optimized Your VCR s infrared sensor window may be dusty you may have a habit of waving the remote around your dog or child may have chewed on it etc Whatever the reason in real life you can easily reduce a remote s performance So using our more powerful transmitter will give you better signal reliability than a weaker remote It also looks really cool Total Remote v1 1 infrared database listed by manufacturer and number of profiles Cable Mfg Number of device profiles Mfg Number of device profiles eee eee ABC S I Jerrold 6 Movie Time RCA Universal Video Way Videostar ii DVD _ uu Mfg Number of device profiles Mfg Number of device profiles E SAT Satellite LO Mfg Number of device profiles Mfg Number of device profiles Elo N N i MM Jd Mfg Number of device profiles Mfg Number of device profiles Clos wQ alS N w a pBjajaja ajBIN a GO a w aja BjaIN a 0 N N Bjajalajala Bio Bp co a a alo I 1 Nh OINI Oo OT NPN Xb dO 1 Op I ININI Oo 00 A OO OT Nh lai Nikei 1 Philips 10 Prism 2 Soundesign 6 Sylvania 12 Teknika 14 Vidtech 3 Yupiteru Zenith Zenith Combo O Zonda VOR o tios Bell and Howell 4 Carver MGA 3 Noblex Panasonic 14
14. her than create a whole new profile from scratch Many manufacturers use the same set of infrared commands for many of their products so even 1f you don t have your particular model listed you may find that similar ones work just as well For instance during the testing of Total Remote we found that almost all of the Sony VCR profiles work either partially or completely on a Sony VCR we used that was not listed by its specific model number in our master device list Creating a new remote control Total Remote comes with thousands of preset devices NRemoteControl 1 25p ok built in but there may be situations where you have a device that is not included in the list Total Remote allows you to select a configuration based on the type Of Device name device the remote control is created for By specifying the device type you can select a skin that closely vesti matches the functions of your original remote You can WD set up a custom virtual remote and sample all the Skin file commands from your original remote to create your own Standard DD personal remote control either using the standard skins or your own custom skin In this example we will set up a custom Apex DVD player remote control 1 Select Device gt New You will get to the adding device dialog Give a name to the new remote control Apex AD 500W 3 Specify the device type Choose one from the list of devices DVD 4 Select the skin for the rem
15. kin files on an external storage card In this way you always have the universal IR database and the ability to learn new remotes even if you do not have the external storage card installed and if you do have the external storage card installed you can select from any of your skins or devices The only real reason to do this is because skin files can take up a comparatively large amount of storage space and keeping a few dozen skins in main memory would probably fill up your Pocket PC very quickly Let s say you do a standard installation to main memory and you intend to keep a LOT of skins or very large skins on your storage card Copy the Total Remote DeviceFiles and SkinFiles directories to your storage card 1 e Storage Card Total Remote stuff DeviceFiles or SkinFiles OF Total Remote j 2 00 Ok Device files folder n Files TotalRemote Deyviceriles E In Total Remote go to Tools gt Options skin files folder Change the Device files folder to the new location by Program Filesi TotalRemote Skin E either browsing to it click on the icon to bring up a file navigator or type in the full path name in the text Send signal via box A IDA 2 Griffin Technology IR device Do the same for the Skin files folder entry Rotate screen when sampling You may need to do a soft reset before Total Remote recognizes the change Advanced Functions Macro functions In Total Remote a macro 1s
16. kin is a set of images representing the functions of your virtual remote control The skins built into Total Remote cover many commonly used devices and many commonly used controls on those devices You can also make your own skins For more information refer to the Appearance amp Skins section 7 Total Remote a 12 06 Ok Selecting device profiles i D Sony Kv 32TwW67 o Sony kv 36FV1 You can create and store literally thousands of remote ce Sony kw s6Pv15 controls but you may wish to show only a few of them Sony Kv 36XBR400 Dry INEF C Sony N51 t on the Device list of the main menu To do so select o Sony TV Device gt Select You will get to the dialog that enables O Sony Ty 2 selecting or deselecting available remote controls Click sony Ty 3 on the plus minus symbol next to a device category to Sony Ty 4 expand contract the list To select or deselect an item sony Ty 5 check or uncheck the corresponding check boxes For o e Sony Ty 6 sony TV 7 Sony WS 32F 65 cannot deselect the device you are currently using you LB soundesign Ty must switch to another device and then deselect the old si Cl soundesign Ty 2 device from the menu ii convenience the devices are grouped by type Note you Deleting devices from the master list You can delete any of the user created devices listed in the Active Devices tree Simply tap and hold on the device you wish to delete and a pop up menu will display the o
17. ote control appearance You may select a skin file from the list of skins available for the chosen device type Standard DVD Click on Finish and your new device profile is ready to program Creating a remote control copy Sometimes there is no need to create a completely new remote control Instead you may wish to create a remote control based on the current one The current device settings such as skin file device type and all command buttons will be inherited by the new device although you may change any of them as you like Ifa Total Remote preset has most of the controls of your device but it s missing some of the features you could copy a preset that mostly works and rename it to match your device You could then sample the missing commands from your original remote to your Pocket PC You could also make different configurations of the same remote with names like Sony DVD 1 Sony DVD 2 Sony DVD 3 and set up different functions like macro commands while keeping certain commands like power or volume available at all times To create a copy of the current device select Device gt Create Copy Here s an example You have a Sony N51 VCR You discover that the preconfigured Sony VCR 3 works for your particular model but it only has the basic functionality transport controls channel up down power and little else You can copy the Sony 3 profile and add additional controls to it by using learning mode to capture the d
18. ption to remove that device from the list Note that this only works for the user added devices shown in black in the device list the devices marked in red are built in to the IR database and cannot be deleted Total Remote Cei MMoK Setting the infrared output Options oo Total Remote can send IR signals via either the IrDA Device files folder port or the Total Remote Transmitter Module This n Files TotalRemote DeviceFilesi ES option is set from Tools gt Options under the heading Send signal via If you have any problems using the Skin files folder Total Remote transmitter make sure you have the output set to use it If you are using the demo version you will not have the option of using the Total Remote transmitter Send signal via enabled in the full version only A IDA O Griffin Technology IR device Device database changes for Total Remote v1 0 and v1 01 users Rotate screen when sampling The old database of infrared device commands that was included with previous versions of Total Remote has been removed from Total Remote v1 1 in favor of the new database Users upgrading from a previous version of Total Remote will still have the use of the original 371 devices in the old format and the installer will not remove them Unless you actually need one of the devices from the old database we would suggest deleting them as they increase the time required to load and run Total Remote The simplest way to delete
19. re information see Second Signal Concept at the end of this section Tap Finish to finish sampling the current button and to start sampling another one To quit the Sampling mode go to the mam menu and select Edit gt Stop sampling Rotating screen when sampling It is often useful to rotate the remote control skin screen 180 degrees in sampling mode This can provide a better way of handling both the devices For example using an iPaq or other PDA that has the IrDA window at the top you would have to orient at least one device the PDA or your OEM remote control upside down in order to align the IR port and window Rotating the screen solves this problem so that you will see all the buttons oriented the same way as your physical remote control making the process of continuous sampling a lot easier on the eyes and neck as well as speeding data entry After you quit the sampling mode the screen will be rotated back to normal You can still toggle fullscreen mode using the fullscreen button on the skin so that when you have finished sampling you can access the menu bar and Edit gt Stop sampling To rotate the skin screen in sampling mode go to the Tools menu and make sure to have the Rotate screen when sampling item selected Second signal concept Some electronic standards require that each button of the remote control send two IR signals which alternate each time you press a button For these types of equipment you can make each virtual
20. te wouldn t make much sense You may create and add your own skins Put the skin files in the SkinFiles folder They will appear in the list of available skins Creating and adding skins Va AJ Total Remote provides you with a i rich set of standard skins for most es n pr major device types as well as some pina ommend E more specialized skins However DVD style skin you may create your own skins for your remote controls Each skin is represented by a PNG image stored in SkinFiles folder by VOLUME CHANNEL ls default Program Files Total Remote SkinFiles Full documentation for creating your own skins is provided on our web site in the Total Remote area and is a free download for all Total 14 E Remote users Television style skin The Total Remote web site also features a skin community where you can download skins that other Total Remote users have made or upload your own custom skin for others to enjoy Setting device and skin paths Total Remote s installation process gives you the choice of installing to either the Main Memory or the Storage Card but it is possible to change the location of the user created device files and skin files to a different directory For example you may want to have Total Remote available to you all the time so you instruct the ActiveSync installer to put Total Remote in main memory but you may want to keep a lot of user created device profiles or s
21. them is to navigate to the DeviceFiles directory with a file explorer Pocket PC or desktop computer via Activesync and delete them all CAUTION If you have created any device profiles of your own they are also kept in this directory Make sure you only delete what you don t need Total Remote Sampling mode Sampling mode for remote controls Each device profile can learn to send custom IR InfraRed signals The sampling process 1s based on the principle of IR signal interception You must send signals from your original remote control to your PDA while 1t 1s in the sampling mode Total Remote will read these signals and link them with certain actions and or selected buttons When the sampling process 1s finished your PDA 1s ready to send corresponding IR signals to your TV VCR DVD etc Important Some standard buttons of your remote controls may not produce infrared signals because they are modifiers These buttons could include shift buttons that select alternate functions of a given button like holding down the shift key on a keyboard In this case you are not sampling the individual button presses but instead the command issued by the shift button combination Another very important note 1s that the standard skins typically have some on screen buttons that cannot be programmed because they are control keys for Total Remote They can include e Shift button This button switches to the next skin p
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