XMD RR Hibernation & XMRESET

**hank_kls65** · 09-06-2006, 11:52 PM

Originally Posted by GizmoQ
I run Commanders in my cars and they are just high end XMD1000 s with an external control head and FM antenna slicer. The XM model # is XM-RVR-FM-001. It is exactly the same size and function as the XMD1000 with the addition of an internal FM transmitter and separate power connector.Because the commander's control head uses the com port they had to add a separate power source connector. I like it cause when my tablet isn't in the car, I can still control/listen to XM using the commander controller and my headunit.

One drawback I haven't been able to resolve is that it will only display 16 characters as opposed to the 32 available through the XMD.

The above was the best description that I found on the XM Commander. Works fine with TimeTrax and FrodoSat and as I said before, RR if I go through the steps of toggeling the XMPCR flag in the config.

**bruha** · 10-19-2006, 02:25 PM

I'm having the exact same problem. I have the XM Commander version of the XMD box. To get XM in RR to work after a restart/resume, with RR closed, I have to open up TimeTrax and then close it. When I launch RR again, XM works. I also have the XMPCR selected in the RRConfig.

I have no idea whats wrong, it seems like TimeTrax re-initializes the XMD box/serial port? after hibernation such that RR can use it properly.

Do you have any updates on what you did to fix it?

**hank_kls65** · 10-20-2006, 07:58 PM

bruha,

I never really got it working in rr. You can see by the posts that there wasn't any real interest in figuring out the problem, so I have been working to get to comple rr on my own so I can play with the initialization strings until I get it to work. I run the serial port monitor and can see there are some differences between the initialization in rr and frodosat. Frodosat works without any problem every time so I put Frodosat as an application launchable from within rr. Until I get to the point where I can compile rr I am just living with the problem.

**wysocki** · 10-20-2007, 06:07 PM

Hate to wake an old thread but the title was perfectly relevant.
I just started using hibernate and now I find I have an xm problem too. I have an XMDirect and whenever I resume, the unit is playing channel 1. I have onresume set to start "menu" but only if I change to the xm skin does the unit actually select the correct channel. I've tried the XMRESET command in the exectbl with no luck. Can anyone explain exactly how the xmd is controlled? That is, is it just the mute/unmute that is used to silence it or is there some other onI /off command that is used? I'd just like resume to come up silent on the menu screen.

**guino** · 10-21-2007, 01:46 AM

The "normal" function should be for it to resume on the same channel it was before... if that's not happening, something is wrong.. making XMCACHE read-only may help. If you want RR to resume "muted" when you last used it with XM, add this to exectbl:

"ONSUSPEND","BYIND;XMMUTE;<<XMMUTE",XM

**fixerofallthing** · 10-21-2007, 09:04 AM

I can not find the thread now but there was a user having the playing preview channel on resume problem and he solved it by making his xmcache read only and put his favorite channel on the top of the list instead of the preview channel. I tried it and it worked for me as well.

**wysocki** · 10-25-2007, 12:16 PM

Editing xmcache didn't help. But from experimenting a bit, it looks like it may have to do with my soundcard not handling hibernate well. I have a USB Extigy, and I've noticed that upon resume, the bass redirection was missing. I have to uncheck-recheck the control on the Extigy dialog with an auto-it script to re-enable it after hibernate. I think it's maybe the same thing with the linein mute checkbox. When I first resume and RR is on the main menu, I hear channel 1 playing even though the mute box is checked and I've never even gone into the xm skin. I guess I could play around with my script to handle the muting, but I need to know a couple of things:

1. Is the XMMUTE command merely a toggle, or are there discrete mute/unmute commands?

2. Are there any other controls for the xmdirect unit (eg. poweron, enable) that are available or being used in RR?

3. Exactly when and where does RR issue mute/unmute commands to the unit? I assume these are enabled when xmline>0.

4. What exactly is happening in the example "ONSUSPEND","BYIND;XMMUTE;<<XMMUTE",XM
It looks to me like if xmmute is zero do nothing but if it's one then toggle it (but what is ,XM doing outside the quote marks?).

**guino** · 10-25-2007, 04:14 PM

1.XMMUTE is a toggle command, but you can make a XMMUTEON and XMMUTEOFF command like this:
"XMMUTEON","BYIND;XMMUTE;XMMUTE"
"XMMUTEOFF","BYIND;XMMUTE;<<XMMUTE"

2.When RR starts or resumes, it resets and sends a "warm-up" command to the XM tuner (so when you start it, it's ready and pre-populated with station info etc). Those are completely automatic/built-in/hard coded procedures.

3.RR Unmutes the XM tuner when you start the XM playback and unmutes it when you start mp3/video, etc.. exactly at the same time rr unmutes/mutes the audio line (if setup).

4.If XM is muted, then it will unmute it, if not muted, do nothing.. the ,XM tells that this should only execute IF and ONLY IF XM is ON! (you don't want to unmute the XM Device if XM is not on (i.e. in Music mode).