UPDATE 2:

If I use the Lintronic trasmitter I can receive the commands from Beo5 and send Samsung commands. In that way I can use the wheel to turn the volume up/down. However I like the idea of controlling the Samsung TV directly from Beo5 without the Lintronic transmitter in between. Any ideas? 😠

Hi, its possible to control a Samsung LCD panel from your Beo5, you have to make sure that you:

- capture the original IR commands with a PDA or any product capable of recieving & diplaying IR commands

- use Lintronic software to decode into the right format

- make a text file for every botton with the timings

- use the 3rd party xml genereator to create a single xml file to upload to your Beo 5

Got my Beo5 working with my Samsung, although you have to do some workarounds. Even the volume up/down thing worked.

It was really a challenge with several setbacks and several reprogrammings but finally it worked... 3 months later I sold the Samsung for a BV7-40 :-)

Are you saying that you were able to control the volume of your Samsung TV by turning the wheel of Beo5 without using the Lintronic transmitter? 

Could you explain how?

- I can capture the original IR commands from Samsung (with the Lintronic transmitter).

- I can generate the xml file to Beo5.

What I don't know is how to "connect" the volume up command from Samsung to the wheel in Beo5 without using the Lintronic transmitter. I can "connect" all the buttons on the screen of Beo5 to any command in the Samsung. What I am not able to "connect" is the physical buttons of Beo5, like the wheel, the colour buttons (red, yellow, blue, green, the stop, play, forward, rewind buttons...

Any help is highly appreciated. 🙂

Yes, exactly that.

I don't know if it works for your model but I've managed to get it done with my Samsung (LE52M86BDX Model).

Compared to my BV7-40 the response was a little bit lower on the Samsung but it worked (being lower means I had to turn the wheel more to get volume up/down)

I used the 1.32a firmware and the matching configuration tool and just right klicked on the left and right side of the Beo5 wheel in the configuration screen and added the value volume up to scroll right and volume down to scroll left... sounds too easy, well it was that easy... 

Why cant you connect the physical buttons? In the 1.30 programming software it was just right clicking on it and add a value?

Which version do you have (programming tool / firmware?)

Let me switch from my laptop to my stationary computer where the software is and I'll check for you...

Back in a sec....

Stephan

So, back....

I have configuration software version 1.30, firmware 1.34a and it works.

I can right click on any button and configure it just as I want...

Regards

Stephan

Hi again,

I have Configuration Tool 3.00.02 and firmware 1.41a. I've enclosed two screenshot where I imagine that you program the buttons... Is it there where you  assign a IR command to a button, eg. "turn wheel clockwise in Beo5" -> "send volume UP to Samsung". If there any place in the internet where I can get some documentation about it. I don't know for example what to select format, link, type (4Ex, DG, HK...) etc

As you can hear I feel pretty lost... 😮

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Ok, let me check if all is done correctly:

- capture IR codes from the original remote and bring them to a Lintronic readable format

- use Lintronic to create a single timing template file for each button of your original remote (txt format)

- use beoworld xml file generator to create one file from all the button-txt-files and place file in the Beo5 configuration software folder

- add a Non-B&O Product to your setup by linking to that specific .xml-file

- go to the "EDIT" tab in the software and right-click on the on the scroll wheel of the picture of the BEO5 (see my screenshot)

- you should be able to configure that button, go to "IR" and then to the "3PartyIR" Tab (not the "BEOIR" tab, shown in our pic)

- if you linked the .xml correcly, you should see all captured buttons, go to "volume up (or however you named it) and highlight it and press   "Add", press "OK" and the button / scroll wheel should work

DONE

If that doesn't work, we have 2 options:

1. you made a mistake (good)
2. your software/firmware bundle doesn't allow 3rd party products (bad)

I remember while programming my Beo5 I've read here (  link  ) that you must have 1.34a (not higher) to control non B&O TV sets, with no chance to downgrade the firmware of your Beo5.

Thank you very much for the detailed information. 

I'll definitely will try the steps you described as soon as I return home this weekend (working abroad now...).

Reading the IR commands with Lintronic, generating the xml file and importing it to a non-B&O product works fine because I can control the Samsung TV by pressing the buttons on the LCD screen in the Beo5. 

I think the crucial step here is "right-clicking the scroll wheel of the picture of Beo5". I tried left-clicking, not sure whether I tried right-clicking. 

I'll post my results this sunday.

Hi Sacarino,

I didn't dare to ask the "did-you-r-e-a-l-l-y-right-click-on-the-picture-of-the-beo5" question but I'll promise that will solve your problem :-)

If you have further questions, let me know.

Stephan

Hi Sacarino

I told you before i don,t use the wheel for volume high/low.

I had follow the discussion and i did test something and it work.

If you have the XML file loaded and see vol + and - in your screen ,than drag this buttons on the wheel for left and right volume.

I did get an error when i did flash the Beo 5,but now also here i can put volume up and down on the wheel.

This also means that all the buttons you have in your screen you can drag easy on the places you want to have ,so also stop button and play button will work.

Anyway am happy that here its working fine

Regards Jan