In article , Trevor Wilson
wrote:
On 5/07/2015 6:33 PM, Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , Trevor Wilson
wrote:
On 4/07/2015 10:32 PM, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , Brian-Gaff
wrote:
How can you copy the codes if you do not have the original remote
though?

They give you a list of the control codes protocol numbers by maker.
Thousands of them. You enter the correct four digit code via the
handset, and it should then work. Assuming they have the correct 4
digit code, of course. Which I doubt they'd have for a Linn. ;-)


**No, that is not how the Logitech systems works at all. You
programme the remote via a USB cable connected to your computer. You
go on-line and tell the Logitech people what you have (brand, model
number, etc) and it feeds the codes direct to your remote.

So you have to let someone else run software on your machine? Or do
they 'simply' let you fetch an executable you have to run blind?

Or do they provide a data file and a simple explanation of how to get
it into the remote by some standard method like telnet, ftp, etc?

That raises all kinds of questions like:

How do you know the execution doesn't introduce some form of malware,
etc, into the host machine you use?

Does it require you to have bought and use a closed-source OS from an
foreign (i.e. non-UK, non-EU) company beyond the jurisdiction of your
local law?

**I missed your smiley. You are kidding, right?

Nope.

I read your "You go online...", "via USB cable", and "...it feeds the code
direct to your remote". To me that seems to imply fetching and running an
executable. Hence my questions to clarify precisely what is going on.

Did you mean "they give you a code string to type into the remote"?

It's a remote control. You download the codes to allow the remote to
function with specific appliances.

That doesn't clarify what I'm asking about *how* this is done, or if it can
be done using any OS, etc. Note that "any OS" isn't a synonym for "Windows
or Mac". :-)

Jim

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