OceanDad Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 I'm trying to figure out a nagging issue with an Android box that is frequently giving me no video signal when the room is powered on. I'm using an IR driver that I made myself, and it has discrete on and off power commands. The Android box is connected as an HDMI source to a Marantz SR 6008 AVR, outputting to a Samsung UN558000 TV via CAT6 from the rack through a Binary HDMI extender. If I manually force the Android box to power on after the TV and AVR are powered up, then the handshake seems to work ok. Once powered on, any change of source seems to be ok, and the signal is fine when the Android TV box is chosen again as the Watch source. The problem appears again once the room is powered off and then on again. Android box power on/off commands are triggered as part of the room being turned on. What's the most effective/elegant/reliable way of introducing a delay in the Android box power on, so that it isn't powered on for say 7 seconds after Room On ? In other words - enough time to ensure that the TV and AVR are both powered on first. The AVR is being controlled through IP, and the driver does have a Power on delay setting. TV is via IR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstafford388 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 In the driver for the android box switch it to use on/off macros instead of discreet on/off. then in the on macro in send some arbitrary command (cancel/menu/whatever), then a delay, then the power on command. msgreenf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanDad Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 Do you mean by editing the .xml under power management method ? Would I achieve the same by leaving the .xml as discrete codes, and then changing either the 'power_command_delay' or the 'power_delay' ?? Any other way of doing this in programming ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstafford388 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 No, easiest way to do it is right in driver wizard in composer since it's IR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanDad Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 I already converted it to .c4z, so can't just use driver wizard. I would have to go back and create a new .c4i from scratch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstafford388 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 I haven't messed around with macros enough in the .xml to help you. sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanDad Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 No worries, thanks for the suggestion. I could create another driver, but if anyone has a quick way around this in programming, I'm all ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAV Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 When Video changes to Android - turn off Android, delay, turn on Android Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Changing the power on delay is the right approach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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