[misterhouse-users] RE:Anything new on the IR Commander?

[Jeff H. <je...@ip...>]

Ok, sympathy I can give you. Been there done that. Got the tee shirt.... =
er, uh  ~25 hours of painful troubleshooting to show for it. After =
unknowingly installing the v21, I tried everything I could think of to =
cleanly get rid of it. I searched registry entries, tried Norton =
uninstall (which usually does a great job of finding everything) but to =
no avail. For the windows apps I've written, I usually provide an =
install log with the system changes. If they had done that, then we =
could figure out how to back the old stuff out. I had been needing to =
upgrade the hard drive on my MH machine (for the megs of mpg files I =
keep on there) so that gave me a chance to do a clean install of v17, =
then v20 (I only went as high as I needed. As I remember, I think there =
was something missing in the v17 they added in v20.... maybe the =
integrated firecracker setup...). This did work and I was able to get it =
to control a TV sitting next to the computer. However, the software =
which comes with it still gave me errors and crashes and was miserably =
slow. I think it's worst VB app I've ever seen. And the kicker is that =
even if you only want to use it for MH, you still have to use X10's =
software to set up the equipment codes. When I got back around to =
actually setting it up to use permanently after a couple of weeks, the =
whole unit just died while I was trying to find the code for a VCR... no =
light, no response, nothing. I returned it to gadgethome and they kindly =
refunded my money. I'm still looking for a good inexpensive IR solution. =
If you get the IR Commander set up and working, it's probably ok but I'd =
rather just look for something that's done a little better or maybe even =
build something (I thought the CIR looked interesting =
http://www.ziplabel.com/cir/moreir.html ) Good luck.

Jeff H.

Message: 15
From: "Hans, David M" <David.Hans@MW.Boeing.com>
To: "'mis...@li...'" =
<mis...@li...>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 10:48:21 -0600
Subject: [misterhouse-users] Anything new on the IR Commander?
Reply-To: mis...@li...

   I wish I had checked this list before installing Xcom021. After
experiencing the problem with IR commander setup not responding with a
steady LED, I searched here and found the problem reported and apparent
solution of getting version 17.  I called X-10 tech support and after
waiting 40 minutes on hold, was at first told that they've never heard =
of
this problem. Then after checking, they admitted that there might be a
problem and that version 17 would be better. They isn't mention that I =
was
already *&^% in having installed version 21.
   My question to the group is, yes there is a question, I just needed =
to
rant a little,  has anyone figured out how to recover from a premature
install of v21 without reloading windoze? After uninstalling v21 and
installing v17 the same problem exists. Does anyone know if this happens =
on
all systems and if so why is X-10 still providing this crap. There must =
be a
dll or a registry entry that remains from the v21 install that can =
removed
or fixed.
   Any help, or even some sympathy,  would be appreciated. I've learned =
my
lesson and will always check with accumulated knowledge of this group =
before
trying any more X-10 stuff.
Thanks,

David M. Hans