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Dangerous Prototypes => USB Infrared Toy => Topic started by: bigbug on February 02, 2015, 09:00:12 am

Title: USB IR Toy not sending
Post by: bigbug on February 02, 2015, 09:00:12 am
Hi

I received the USB IR Toy about a week ago. I'm unable to get it to send
out any IR signal. I'm using the USB IR Toy plugin for event ghost, and it records just fine, but when I paste the code into an action item to send it and press test, nothing happens. The LED blinks, but the receiver that I'm trying to control does nothing.
Title: Re: USB IR Toy not sending
Post by: AnalysIR on February 03, 2015, 02:48:11 pm
Have you tried testing with a TV remote & TV to verify if the IRToy isworking?

Have you installed the DP provided driver for the IRToy?
Title: Re: USB IR Toy not sending
Post by: bigbug on February 09, 2015, 12:00:58 pm
My TV remote is received OK, but I'm unable to send (the TV does not respond to my commands when I do). I use the mchpcdc.inf file suggested in the sw download package.

I have also tried it with the IRToyRecPlay SW included in this package. Recieve OK, but nothing received on my TV when sending from the IR Toy.
Title: Re: USB IR Toy not sending
Post by: AnalysIR on February 09, 2015, 01:56:50 pm
I have only used it directly from Windows using the irtoy.exe application provided.

Other than that, making sure the V22 firmware is installed & verifying the correct DP driver is installed on Windows......is the best I can offer.

(You should see a mention of Dangerous prototypes in the Control Panel->Device Manager->Ports->Properties->Details for your com port)
Title: Re: USB IR Toy not sending
Post by: bigbug on February 10, 2015, 11:10:05 am
The IRToyRecPlay uses the irtoy.exe application. I'm suspecting a HW issue here, but I cannot get a new one from seeed until you confirm that this is the case.

Windows XP should work fine, right?
Title: Re: USB IR Toy not sending
Post by: AnalysIR on February 10, 2015, 11:55:49 am
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but I cannot get a new one from seeed until you confirm that this is the case.

In case there is any confusion, I am not in a position to confirm the above. I am just a forum member like you & not connected with DP or Seeedstudio.

(We also provide support within our own AnalysIR application for USB IR Toy, but not support for the USB IR Toy itself)

I would expect if you purchased from Seedstudio that they should provide support to you.

I assume from your last post that you didn't test with irtoy.exe directly, which may provide error messages to assist debugging.
Title: Re: USB IR Toy not sending
Post by: bigbug on March 02, 2015, 09:58:29 am
I got this working with the irtoy.exe application! Thanks for your help. For some reason it did not work with my onkyo receiver, but my AC unit works just fine, and that was the unit I'm trying to control..
Title: Re: USB IR Toy not sending
Post by: AnalysIR on March 02, 2015, 12:25:52 pm
Great...


If you send me some .bin files with signals from the onkyo remote, I will have a look at them for you.
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