Fortec Mercury Channel edit

pictureon · #1 (**permalink**) 02-10-2007, 01:15 AM

Is there a way to move channels on mercury II?
I'm thinking to start installing Fortec Mercury. I had a chance to check one out today. I did not see the "move channel" option anywhere. The manual did not mention anything about that either. In the manual There was an option under others (second line) for channel numbers, but I did not see that on the receiver itself, it was messing. Any idea?

Reinhold · #2 (**permalink**) 02-10-2007, 08:47 AM

I have the Mercury II and in the instruction book under channel edit it says among other things MOVE CHANNEL.
I find the Mercury II very user friendly.
Reinhold

DougRuss · #3 (**permalink**) 02-10-2007, 08:51 AM

On Fotrtec's website in the Download Section ,there is a "Channel Editor" to Download that might do it?

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Reinhold · #4 (**permalink**) 02-11-2007, 05:55 PM

Actually you can bring it up on your screen.
Reinhold.

pictureon · #5 (**permalink**) 02-12-2007, 03:41 AM

Yes, Found it. Thank you. I was pressing the edit button which does not have the move option but the channel edit in the menu does. I also found the instruction for the universal remote at Fortec Web site. Thanks

wejones · #6 (**permalink**) 02-18-2007, 04:48 PM

I'm curious whether anyone has tried the channel editor for the Mercury?
I've tried it, and am a bit confused. When I run it, it uploads/downloads using what seems to be the same loader program used for downloading the firmware, and it seems to generate a .bin file when you save what it has {up}loaded. This makes me a bit nervous, thinking that it might accidently mess with the firmware instead of just editing the channel info. I've run it several times, grabbing info FROM the receiver to the computer, but I didn't want to try {down}loading back to the receiver until I hear that other people have used it sucessfully. However also, the program doesn't seem to be capable of enough to make it worth using.

It's really weird that Fortec insists on re-inventing the wheel by creating an entirely new channel editor program for each new receiver they make.

Since this Fortec program seems really POOR, and other people have recommended using the Channel Master program for looking at files extracted from other Fortec receivers, I decided to try that program with the files I got from the Mercury, but it doesn't seem to work. Even if it worked, I'm annoyed by all the ads it throws at you. I'm curious whether anyone has found another program that can at least examine the data extracted with the Fortec program? Or does anyone know anything about the data file structure, so that a home made program can be written?

glen4cindy · #7 (**permalink**) 02-19-2007, 09:23 PM

[quote=wejones;40851]

Since this Fortec program seems really POOR, and other people have recommended using the Channel Master program for looking at files extracted from other Fortec receivers...quote]

Where can I find this program Mr. Bill?

Thanks!

wejones · #8 (**permalink**) 02-20-2007, 07:21 AM

[quote=glen4cindy;40928]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wejones

Since this Fortec program seems really POOR, and other people have recommended using the Channel Master program for looking at files extracted from other Fortec receivers...quote]

Where can I find this program Mr. Bill?

Thanks!

Ooooooooh ....... Boroda1 posted the link back in this thread:
http://www.sadoun.net/forums/install...itor#post34666

I couldn't get it to work with Mercury files, although they will probably update it at some point. The program looks like it is capable of doing what you want from a channel editor, but it is extremely annoying, popping up advertisements all the time. I'm not sure if it's going out on the internet to grab the ads or what, because I didn't run it long enough to check, and after seeing those ads, it made me very nervous about computer security, so I probably won't run it again, or if I do, I'll run it when I'm not connected to the internet.
I'd really like to figure out the data file structure, and write my own program, but that isn't likely. I tried that with the Lifetime gtools files, and only partially figured out how they were storing things, so I gave up and just used the Fortec program.

teched · #9 (**permalink**) 02-23-2007, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wejones

I'd really like to figure out the data file structure, and write my own program, but that isn't likely. I tried that with the Lifetime gtools files, and only partially figured out how they were storing things, so I gave up and just used the Fortec program.

It would be nice if the protocol spec was published.