It makes use of a number of sounds files which you will have to put on a microSD card and insert this card in your Thymio.

The files can be downloaded here: Number speech files

Below is the code:

var number = 0 var temp = 0 var rest var words[10] var wordIndex = 0 var command = 0 call leds.top(32, 0, 0) sub sayRC5 temp = command if temp == 0 then words[wordIndex] = 0 wordIndex++ else if temp >= 1000 then words[wordIndex] = temp / 1000 temp = temp - (words[wordIndex] * 1000) wordIndex++ words[wordIndex] = 1000 wordIndex++ end if temp >= 100 then words[wordIndex] = temp / 100 temp = temp - (words[wordIndex] * 100) wordIndex++ words[wordIndex] = 100 wordIndex++ end if temp >= 20 then words[wordIndex] = (temp / 10) * 10 temp = temp - words[wordIndex] wordIndex++ end if temp > 0 then words[wordIndex] = temp wordIndex++ end end callsub nextNumber sub nextNumber if number < wordIndex then call sound.play(words[number]) number++ else wordIndex = 0 number = 0 end onevent sound.finished callsub nextNumber onevent rc5 command = rc5.command callsub sayRC5

thanks! :-)

I tried both :)

You can control 8 devices including one or more Thymio.
PS : it worked also with the Samsung code, which is my TV.
I strongly recommend this remote control, this is good stuff (I have 4 different ones from Philips since 10 years…)

If yes, what is the code in the battery slot? The Haupauge remote control tested by me has the code A415-HPG. For me it has worked without special configurations.

I found that the extra Remote Control left by my local cable company works with my Thymio. So it didn't cost me a cent. As you all did, I just looked up the Philips TV code from the setup sheet the company provided, pointed it at the Thymio and the RC LED's blinked the first time. I will most likely do as you did, Podge15 to customize the buttons.

Again, thank you all for helping a fumbling beginner.

i_grok

RC 7599/01
SBC RP 420

Another Philips TV RC I have shows:

RC7540/00 N
3178 127 00571

It might be worth looking around in a junk shop.

I have now revisited the problem of independently controlling several Thymios and although I did not take the last step I could see that the solution proposed on the IR page is viable. I used a Philips universal remote controller (urc) model SRP2008B which I bought recently for about 25$. This can control up to 8 devices. The code for Philips is 2195.
In the setup instructions after entering this code one should switch on the device to be controlled and then hold down the ON/OFF switch on the urc until the device switches off, at which point the ON/OFF switch must be released. In the case of Thymio of course it does not switch off, but one can see by the IR detector red LEDs flashing on Thymio that the urc is being detected. I performed this setup for the urc devices TV-2 and CABLE. In both cases I tested this using Thymio with the purple built-in behaviour and the 2, 4, 6 and 8 buttons worked correctly.
Then I connected Thymio to Aseba on my PC and tested to see what values were in the RC5-address and RC5-command variables when the urc was used.
With TV-2 the address was 0 as expected and for CABLE it was 10. Clearly a program/script can be written to recognise by the value in the RC5-address variable whether it should react to the command or not. One obvious way to do this is to have a program/script with a constant which can easily be changed between loading the code to one Thymio or another. Another method would be to cause a given Thymio to take up a different identity by using the buttons in a way which the program/script would detect.
Incidentally I have my own IR program which I made using some of the existing built-in code with added modifications so that Thymio can be steered around but will also not bump into objects in its path. Anybody interested can send me a PM.

Podge

Michael

Welcome!!!!!

The IR receiver follows the RC5 standard, which is mainly used by Philips. This means that:

• if you have a Philips remote all should work.
• if you have another remote from another company, probably it will not work.
• if you have a universal remote, you have to configure it as a Philips one and the instructions are specific to the remote control.

More info are on the page https://aseba.wikidot.com/en:thymioirremote .
If you feel this page is not complete, you can contribute to it, it's a wiki :-)
Hoping this is useful.

Francesco

I'm really enjoying myself with the Thmyio, spending as much time as I can with it since I retired. I'm not much of a programmer but I'm having fun learning.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

i_grok