Macros

andrew wrote:

I've just tried with a Samsung BluRay player and Sky satellite box (pretending it's cable TV) and neither of them have created an activate-source macro.

Of course it's quite possible I'm not following the required steps exactly - I'm looking forward to the new CableTV driver documentation that should explain everything.

Andrew

The challenge for me is that when the system doesn't behave as I expect, is it a bug, did I do it wrong, or are my expectations wrong.  Sorting that out requires good documentation, and good documentation takes time.  "Follow these steps, and don't skip any steps" is a fragile way to give directions.  Understanding requires answering the question "Why?".  A glossary of terms and an outline of the system architecture would be helpful.  

andrew wrote:

andrew wrote:

I've just tried with a Samsung BluRay player and Sky satellite box (pretending it's cable TV) and neither of them have created an activate-source macro.

Of course it's quite possible I'm not following the required steps exactly - I'm looking forward to the new CableTV driver documentation that should explain everything.

Andrew

I'm afraid this is going to be a slightly moaning post...

So I look at myServer this morning and see there are updates to myServer core, the cable tv driver and the generic IR driver. I install the updates. I then try again what I tried yesterday, creating a new device for my Sky box (pretending it's cable TV) and my Samsung BluRay player. This time the Sky device (pretend cable TV) gets an activate source macro automatically created for it and also gets a new source created that I can then add/remove from a room. Neither of those things happened yesterday. The Samsung BluRay player still doesn't get a macro or a source, same as yesterday. Coincidence, or was this fixed in the myServer/cableTV driver/IR driver update since yesterday? Apparently we're not supposed to know or care what's in the software updates but this shows exactly why we do need to know and care. I and several others couldn't get something to work, and didn't know whether it was us or the software. I now suspect it was the software - but I can't know for certain. Could you (Allonis) be a bit more open about what all these updates are? We know it's still in development (although being told earlier on that it's mature software, it's just the documentation and SmartRemote related stuff that's being worked on was I feel a bit misleading).

Andrew

cjisble wrote:

I was pretty sure it was more than just documentation.  That's why I asked if they were also going to update the BluRay driver while they were at it.  It's good to know that the CableTV driver now works as expected.

Try to stay patient, and not get too frustrated.  I'm impressed with how quickly Allonis replies to forum questions, and all the improvements that have happened in the last few weeks.  Don't these guys ever sleep?

The challenge for me is that when the system doesn't behave as I expect, is it a bug, did I do it wrong, or are my expectations wrong.  Sorting that out requires good documentation, and good documentation takes time.  "Follow these steps, and don't skip any steps" is a fragile way to give directions.  Understanding requires answering the question "Why?".  A glossary of terms and an outline of the system architecture would be helpful.