HowTo: re-program the Dreambox remote!

[luk4asz]

Re: HowTo: re-program the Dreambox remote!

You can check the code 0658. Found on the net.

[pan1300]

Re: HowTo: re-program the Dreambox remote!

hi fandm

I remember to have read somewhere that this could be 0030, 0031, 0032, 0033 or 0034.
If no others answer, have you tried the normal stuff like 0000, 1111, 1234?

[fandm]

Re: HowTo: re-program the Dreambox remote!

Hi what is the normal code for a 500s the code that is in the handset when you first get it.
Thanks

[qrt4]

Re: HowTo: re-program the Dreambox remote!

Let me point out where I can download the software to program the remote DM800 mentioned in earlier posts?
I want to copy data from one to another.

[BM300]

Re: HowTo: re-program the Dreambox remote!

but dm 800 hd remote control accept 4-digit codes, not 3
where did you get this info from?

You are right.
That is exactly what I also know.

But I think that in this method he is using the code 991 as a code serch mode for people who do not know the code.
I have not tried it myself.

Personally I prefer to enter the correct 4 digit code.

[maniootek]

Re: HowTo: re-program the Dreambox remote!

3.Type the code: 9 9 1 (if you know your TV code enter it here)

but dm 800 hd remote control accept 4-digit codes, not 3
where did you get this info from?

[BM300]

Re: HowTo: re-program the Dreambox remote!

Is it possible to programm keys from another device to this remote control? For example when I switch to TV mode I want use some keys to work with my Logitech z5500 5.1 speakers or it will work only with TV?

The Dreambox remote control can be programmed (without a programmer) to work with your TV.
This is done through the bShift button on top of the remote ctrl.
You need to enter 4 digit code that is copatiable with your TV set.
The same remote ctrl can then be used for both Dreambox and TV.

I found this information on another forum:
(Thanks Jimdefruit)

If yo do not know your TV code.

1.Push the “TV” button on your DM control once
2.Keep the “setup-SHIFT” button pressed until the red led of "TV" button flashes twice
3.Type the code: 9 9 1 (if you know your TV code enter it here)
4.Push the buttons “Power ON-OFF” and “TV”
(in this sequence: first “Power ON-OFF” and then “TV” )
alternately until your tv-set switches off.
You have to be patient with this step.
5.When your tv-set switches off push the button “setup-SHIFT” once.
With this step your remote keeps the code of your tv into the memory.

If you do not know your TV code,
In some cases you have to push this button combination up to 100 times.

[maniootek]

Re: HowTo: re-program the Dreambox remote!

Is it possible to programm keys from another device to this remote control? For example when I switch to TV mode I want use some keys to work with my Logitech z5500 5.1 speakers or it will work only with TV?

[BM300]

Re: HowTo: re-program the Dreambox remote!

I have dreambox 800 hd clone and if i buy original remote control then will it work with my clone dreambox?

Yes, it works.
Even the old DM7000 works nicely

[maniootek]

Re: HowTo: re-program the Dreambox remote!

Notice that clone dm800 remote have a fake JP1 connector which is not soldered to any circuit !
If you have a clone Dreambox and if you would like to play and to re-program the remote controller, you must first purchase an original one.

I have dreambox 800 hd clone and if i buy original remote control then will it work with my clone dreambox?

[seb131]

Re: HowTo: re-program the Dreambox remote!

Advanced use

Thanks to the combinaison of Key Moves and macros we can do a lot of really nice stuff, like swithing off all the devices with one key press, or switching the audio ampli to a mode + switching on the corresponding device + switching off all the others + putting the remote in the relevant mode to manage the selected device.

The example shown below show a turning on sequence of 3 different devices: TV, Dream and Amp (through Phantom1). Due to the fact that there are only 3 available device slots, the Denon Amp has been as a new device in the eeprom but is not associated to a device mode in the first tab (because I use the 3rd slot to control my Popcorn Hour device)
The discrete codes of the Denon ampli have been added as Key Moves.





Notice the association of keys shift4 to shift6 which switch the ampli mode. Those 3 combinaisons have been duplicated for each Device mode (Dream, Aux and Tv) in order to be available permanently.

[seb131]

Re: HowTo: re-program the Dreambox remote!

Virtual keys
Phantom keys are virtual buttons (which doesn’t exist physically on the remote controller) to which it is possible to associate a code.

Those virtual buttons are only customizable from the Key Move panel and can only be exploited in macros. Several interests exist for this possibility. First, it will be possible to associate a phantom key to a code of another device (in order to control a device when the remote is in a mode to control another one). Secondly, it will be possible to associate a command code which is not by default associated to a physical key. It is very useful to implement discrete codes which switch-on and switch-off the device using distinct code. By the way you can create macro which switch-on or off several devices even when we don’t know if they were on or off before. Most of the recent Tv and all the audio amplifier have such codes, but only the Gemini images have it implemented for Dreamboxes.
In the Dreambox remote memory, 7 phantom keys are present, so using the shift combinaison we have 14 possible phantom keys.
Phantom keys are associated to a mode (TV, DREAM, AUX), it means that the code assigned to a phantom key will be only available in the corresponding device mode. If you need the phantom key available in all modes, you should create (or duplicate and edit) it for all modes.

[seb131]

Re: HowTo: re-program the Dreambox remote!

Re-configuration of a key

With the Key Moves tab you can affect some command codes to keys for a specified selected Device mode. By the way it is possible to re-configure a key or to assign a command code to an unused key.
You can also assign a command code to a key for a device which is not the current one (you can control the volume on another device without using the VPT option, or you can control another device, like an remote controlled lamp, with a same key in any mode). Of course, any new device should have been added in the eeprom before but the association of it with a device slot in the first tab is not mandatory to create Key moves.






Clic on Add to add a new Key Move. In Target, select the Device mode and the key to be re-programmed. You can also select a Phantom key if the goal is to use the key move in a macro afterward.
In the table, doucle clic on the line which corresponds to the appliance to which you want to send the code signal. If this device is not associated to a mode in the first tab, you can specify manually its code (Setup Code) and its type (Device Type). The code is visible in the Devices tab (of course the device should have already defined and inserted into the eeprom list).
Select then the key in the Key menu (the Key option button must be checked). If the code is not associated to a key you can check the EFC option button and specify it (or same with Hex Cmd if you know the hexa code instead).
The ECF code is available in RM from the RDF file of the device. But it is perhaps easiest to associate to code to a key in RM and to re-inject the modified device in IR.
The picture below show how to control the volume of the Dreambox using the shift-Vol combinaison.



The picture below show how to associate a discrete code for a later macro use.

[seb131]

Re: HowTo: re-program the Dreambox remote!

Create a macro

A macro is a sequence of successive press of buttons. Only function affected to a button could be used. A single signal code not assigned to a button must before be associated to a Phantom button (it is a virtual key, we will see that later on).
A macro is exactly like a sequence of manual press on the remote keys. It means that if we want to switch on the TV, then the Dreambox, we need to press the TV key, then Power, then the Dream key and Power key again. A pause is mandatory between each code, if they is no pause the launch of the macro will crash the remote (and you will need to reset it by removing the batteries). The Shift function alone is used to create 1 second pauses (unfortunately it is not possible to modify the delay value).





In order to create a macro, click on Add icon in the Macro tab. You can use the Clone icon to replicate an existing macro in order to not start one from scratch if you need. Edit and Delete icons are for edition and suppression.



In this example, we associate the shift-Power combination to a sequence which will switch-on the TV, then the Dreambox.
In the target section we select the button which will be used to execute the macro. If we check Shift, it will be necessary to press the shift key before the macro key.
In Available Keys we find all the availble remote controller keys. At the bottom of the list we can find Phantom (virtual) key and keys associated to shift button.
With the Add icon (or a double clic action on a key function in the list) you can insert in the macro definition a new command at the end of the sequence. With the Ins icon do the same but insert it after the command which is selected and highlighted. The Add Shift and Ins Shift are similar but they add the shift function (it is similar than to select directly the sfhit+button at the bottom of the list).
In Note, you can add your own comments.

[seb131]

Re: HowTo: re-program the Dreambox remote!

Go back in RM tool. If the Upgrade Protocole Code is not empty, click on the copy icon.


Then in IR software, under Protocols tab click on Add, paste the code in the upper section and validate.




Now the new device has been added and the corresponding code can be assigned to a Device slot in the first tab.