USBUIRTSend and ENTER key

[artmetz]

I'm using the USBUIRTSend.exe to change channels on my dish receiver from this post:
https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.ph...RTSend-exe

There are 2 issues:
1. There appears to be no option to include the enter key with the channel number, so changing channels is slower than necessary.
2. I need to manually wake the receiver up each day by sending an enter key. (I did this with Beyond TV by scheduling a manual recording each day)

How do I include/send the ENTER key?
I've tried various combinations and either get a crash or error message.
Example:
USBUIRTSend.exe dish311 ENTER
Unexpected error calling UUIRTTransmitIR
(Sending a channel number works)

If the source code was available, I would be willing to add this support myself.

[sub]

Here's the source code. Good luck.

[mvallevand]

YMMV but in the case of my STB, I found that if I properly zero-padded the tuning parameters there was no need for an enter or to wait for a timeout. For the wake request in my daily update EPG batch file I send a request to tune a channel.

Martin

[artmetz]

Padding the channels with zeros didn't work with my STB.
I modified the code to check the configuration file for a new PrependEnter and/or AppendEnter flag and sent the Enter key appropriately if set.

[artmetz]

Small code changes attached.
To enable ENTER before or after channel change, add one or both of the following lines to the USB-UIRT IR file (learned from remote):
PrependEnter 1
AppendEnter 1

i.e.:
USB-UIRT IR file
InterCodeDelay 100
RepeatCount 3
PrependEnter 1
AppendEnter 1
...

The numbers are ignored at the moment, simply the presence of the line enables the functionality. Not sure if there is a need to press Enter N times or not.

[jksmurf]

Cheers artmetz this looks a nice addition.

I went through a lot of trials trying to get a device working (turned out it just didn't work under my desk for some reason), but your addition looks useful (for those that might need it).

k.

[mvallevand]

Here's the source code. Good luck.

Sub, could you reattach the source and the exe if you still have it?  A SageTV user PM'd me about USB-UIRT and the exe and lot of links are lost after the forum change so it is confusing for new users.

Martin

[sub]

This is what I still have.