08-02-2021, 06:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-02-2021, 09:26 PM by Nelson Baboon.)
sigh. here i am again, struggling to do something simple, but getting confused by the manual.
I just received mine a few days ago, direct from you - the firmware is 1.0.147. The manual says that as of 1.1.020, there should be a choice of 2 modes - copy 1-5 or remote 1-5. I see no evidence of that in the settings 2 menu, where this choice is supposed to be. the following is a bit confusing - we are already in the settings 2 menu, but then it says, "these are also found in the setting menu #2. ???
ok. my settings already had the remote enabled. the only other remote parameter that I see is R7 Ports, which gives me 2 choices. 1-5, and 13-17. I'm guessing that this is in copy mode? I see no choice of copy vs remote mode.
It also says that when the remote is enabled, the =Y symbol in the upper right "will illuminate". This did not happen until I power cycled the machine.
LOL - I was about to submit this when I realized that obviously ports 13-17 is the remote mode, and 1-5 copies those ports from the mrcc. We'll soon see.....
hmmmm - holding down the Y button doesn't cause anything else to light up. Not sure how to proceed, but I guess I'll just try stuff.
edit: about to give up. I am not seeing how to actually set up a routing. nothing i've seen thus far seems to match the manual exactly. When i hold the Y button, i don't see anything lighting up. When I'm on the activity screen page, and i hold the Y button, it is suppose to "show the 'rremote' routings, but I don't see anything changing. Which may just mean that I haven't set up any remote routings, but i am at an impasse here. I have no clue how to actually set these up.
I will stop now because I"m getting frustrated at this, and trying not to post while frustrated.....
Edit (wanted something positive in this post) - ah, see what's meant about the play button. Using this for troubleshooting. ok. back to work here. will only post if i figure out how to get the remote to respond.
sorry - keep on hoping that i can make progress, but I just keep on running into roadblocks, admittedly silly ones. but (and i promise - i am quitting after this comment, since i'm obviously starting to sound annoyed, both to you, I assume, and to myself. How many people start by reading a manual sequentially, cover to cover? I just can't work that way, and after a very brief period, generally try to dive in, and hoping for a helpful 'getting started' section. Given this, and I suspect I"m not alone in trying to rtfm, but in a more directed way, a little redundancy can't hurt? It can only be helpful if you mention that you need to press a key, that you give a hint as to where it is, even if you've mentioned it before. It can sometimes be surprisingly difficult to search for terms in a pdf.....it also really helps if somewhere there is a detailed diagram of the unit with all of the ports/buttons, etc, labeled, so if one can't find something, there is that reference. I mean, I'm embarrassed to say this, but I'm looking at the tools/play notes page, and the docs say to play/pause by hitting the "tab-stop" button.
well, sorry - if i didn't feel so strongly that once i figure all of this out, this will fit in spectacularly with my work flow, I'd give up. But I am spending so much time trying to figure out the simplest things, and when i go back and look at the manual, it's not like I was being an idiot.
sorry ^2. I know that people don't like to read this stuff, but I put in a very, very strong vote for working on this manual so that idiots like me can figure it out way quicker. probably will spend a few more minutes trying to figure out ONE THING tonight, but i promise not to post any more negative stuff. It's sounding like I'm not pleased with my purchase, but I'm actually thrilled with it.
the hell with it. thought the cable was defective. replaced it, and i got it to work in the copy mode. I had to toggle the remote settings. Then put the original back, toggled the settings - and it worked. ok. cable works. remote works in copy mode. So, current status is that i have absolutely no clue as to how to set it up in remote mode. (thought maybe the Y button wasn't working, but pressing shift plus the Y gives me the light show. A small consolation, but i'll take anything.....
I just received mine a few days ago, direct from you - the firmware is 1.0.147. The manual says that as of 1.1.020, there should be a choice of 2 modes - copy 1-5 or remote 1-5. I see no evidence of that in the settings 2 menu, where this choice is supposed to be. the following is a bit confusing - we are already in the settings 2 menu, but then it says, "these are also found in the setting menu #2. ???
ok. my settings already had the remote enabled. the only other remote parameter that I see is R7 Ports, which gives me 2 choices. 1-5, and 13-17. I'm guessing that this is in copy mode? I see no choice of copy vs remote mode.
It also says that when the remote is enabled, the =Y symbol in the upper right "will illuminate". This did not happen until I power cycled the machine.
LOL - I was about to submit this when I realized that obviously ports 13-17 is the remote mode, and 1-5 copies those ports from the mrcc. We'll soon see.....
hmmmm - holding down the Y button doesn't cause anything else to light up. Not sure how to proceed, but I guess I'll just try stuff.
edit: about to give up. I am not seeing how to actually set up a routing. nothing i've seen thus far seems to match the manual exactly. When i hold the Y button, i don't see anything lighting up. When I'm on the activity screen page, and i hold the Y button, it is suppose to "show the 'rremote' routings, but I don't see anything changing. Which may just mean that I haven't set up any remote routings, but i am at an impasse here. I have no clue how to actually set these up.
I will stop now because I"m getting frustrated at this, and trying not to post while frustrated.....
Edit (wanted something positive in this post) - ah, see what's meant about the play button. Using this for troubleshooting. ok. back to work here. will only post if i figure out how to get the remote to respond.
sorry - keep on hoping that i can make progress, but I just keep on running into roadblocks, admittedly silly ones. but (and i promise - i am quitting after this comment, since i'm obviously starting to sound annoyed, both to you, I assume, and to myself. How many people start by reading a manual sequentially, cover to cover? I just can't work that way, and after a very brief period, generally try to dive in, and hoping for a helpful 'getting started' section. Given this, and I suspect I"m not alone in trying to rtfm, but in a more directed way, a little redundancy can't hurt? It can only be helpful if you mention that you need to press a key, that you give a hint as to where it is, even if you've mentioned it before. It can sometimes be surprisingly difficult to search for terms in a pdf.....it also really helps if somewhere there is a detailed diagram of the unit with all of the ports/buttons, etc, labeled, so if one can't find something, there is that reference. I mean, I'm embarrassed to say this, but I'm looking at the tools/play notes page, and the docs say to play/pause by hitting the "tab-stop" button.
well, sorry - if i didn't feel so strongly that once i figure all of this out, this will fit in spectacularly with my work flow, I'd give up. But I am spending so much time trying to figure out the simplest things, and when i go back and look at the manual, it's not like I was being an idiot.
sorry ^2. I know that people don't like to read this stuff, but I put in a very, very strong vote for working on this manual so that idiots like me can figure it out way quicker. probably will spend a few more minutes trying to figure out ONE THING tonight, but i promise not to post any more negative stuff. It's sounding like I'm not pleased with my purchase, but I'm actually thrilled with it.
the hell with it. thought the cable was defective. replaced it, and i got it to work in the copy mode. I had to toggle the remote settings. Then put the original back, toggled the settings - and it worked. ok. cable works. remote works in copy mode. So, current status is that i have absolutely no clue as to how to set it up in remote mode. (thought maybe the Y button wasn't working, but pressing shift plus the Y gives me the light show. A small consolation, but i'll take anything.....