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RE: [ECS] problem upgrading
Mark Sekelsky
Wed, 5 Jan 2000 19:23:14 -0600

Wed, 5 Jan 2000 19:23:14 -0600

I am not sure what you mean by editing VCR:REC, but if you mean editing
the item in example.cfg the answer is no.  The HV unit needs to have
your specific IR signals stored within it.

I know what you mean about midnight announcements.  When I first started
playing with the TVL events I had "Star Trek" announced like a gazillion
times after midnight.  In my case I have a "flag" set when we are in
bed.  I simply added a IF (might be a BEGINIF) statement to not make
announcements if we were in bed.  Mark has this in example.cfg as well
(If Awake is Not True, or something like that).  If you don;t have a
status such as these you could easily incorporate a line(s) like:

If    Time    Is LT    11:00 PM
And    Time    Is GT 7:00 AM
Then    TV Shows Announce    Set Speak

Mark S
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Tom Hutchins [mailto:hutchins_ta@fuse.net]
  Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 7:06 PM
  To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
  Subject: Re: [ECS] problem upgrading


  Mark, Don, Paul,

  Thanks to all your help I have TV-Guide / TV-Listings up and running
great!!!!!!!!
  I had two things wrong first of all I didn't realize that my TZ-E file
was overwritten when I upgraded so I had to go back in and "start from
scratch" adding "*"'s and changing the channel #'s. Secondly, when I cut
and pasted some of the TVL items into ecs.cfg somehow some extra spaces
got into the 'FILE : ' lines and so ECS was looking for "   :  TVL.TXT"
for example. So , a little editing repair work and now everything works
great!!

  Now for a question. I want to get the VCR to record my favorites! I
understand the selection of favs no problem. Now I need to get the 'IR
stuff' working using my HV-PC w/ Xantech dual emitters plugged into the
back. Help file describes how to input the IR signal data but I want to
know if I can simply edit the existing VCR:REC ect items instead of
starting over. Also, I don't need the Announcement along w/ the Record
(am using the bedroom TV/VCR for this and the 'BOSS' will get very upset
if the computer starts announcing that it will 'Record Poirot in 60
seconds' at 2am!!!). Can this be done?

  Thanks,

  Tom

I am not sure what you mean by editing VCR:REC, but if you mean editing the item in example.cfg the answer is no. The HV unit needs to have your specific IR signals stored within it.

I know what you mean about midnight announcements. When I first started playing with the TVL events I had "Star Trek" announced like a gazillion times after midnight. In my case I have a "flag" set when we are in bed. I simply added a IF (might be a BEGINIF) statement to not make announcements if we were in bed. Mark has this in example.cfg as well (If Awake is Not True, or something like that). If you don;t have a status such as these you could easily incorporate a line(s) like:

If Time Is LT 11:00 PM

And Time Is GT 7:00 AM

Then TV Shows Announce Set Speak

Mark S

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Hutchins [mailto:hutchins ta@fuse.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 7:06 PM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: Re: [ECS] problem upgrading

Mark, Don, Paul,

Thanks to all your help I have TV-Guide / TV-Listings up and running great!!!!!!!!

I had two things wrong first of all I didn't realize that my TZ-E file was overwritten when I upgraded so I had to go back in and "start from scratch" adding "*"'s and changing the channel #'s. Secondly, when I cut and pasted some of the TVL items into ecs.cfg somehow some extra spaces got into the 'FILE : ' lines and so ECS was looking for " : TVL.TXT" for example. So , a little editing repair work and now everything works great!!

Now for a question. I want to get the VCR to record my favorites! I understand the selection of favs no problem. Now I need to get the 'IR stuff' working using my HV-PC w/ Xantech dual emitters plugged into the back. Help file describes how to input the IR signal data but I want to know if I can simply edit the existing VCR:REC ect items instead of starting over. Also, I don't need the Announcement along w/ the Record (am using the bedroom TV/VCR for this and the 'BOSS' will get very upset if the computer starts announcing that it will 'Record Poirot in 60 seconds' at 2am!!!). Can this be done?

Thanks,

Tom