Steve,

You hit the nail on the head with all your points; I'm probably about the same 'setup' ability as you as I programmed my own ProntoPro and this was my hope of finally retiring its wheezing clunky shell to some relative and getting a 'modern' solution.

I do think some of your later suggestions are 'nice to haves' but totally agree at a minimum Griffin need to fix the Sky+ vs programmable firmware version issue, and there should be customisable buttons (so we can create our RGBY buttons etc) and the lack of TV Guide for 'outside US/Canada' was disingenuous at best, dishonest at worst...

A note for people who are having problems with getting Sky+ working for now; go to the iTunes app store and download "Griffin Utility" - connect with the Beacon and go to "Release History" - download the "0.3.11" firmware version.

Once complete, you can use the digit app to add a device, select "Skyplus", "Satellite" and choose "Remote 1". A bit sluggish compared to your sky remote, but useable (apart from lack of colour R G B Y buttons for guide shortcuts...

New to Beacon said: Both, Many thanks to you both for posting this information - it made using my new Beacon possible. Kind regards, Adrian

No problem, but I'm sad to say it still does not live up to my expectations - still too much of a faddy gadget and I don't see it replacing the multifunction controller I have (despite my earnest wish it would!) the hassle of bluetooth pairing etc along with well dcumented defficiences above means I'm sending it back to "Le grande Pomme".... ;-(  I'll revisit in a few years time, see if it has all moved on a bit!

Au revoir, dijit!! 

The best listing for a Sky+HD box is "BSkyB". My only problem is a lack of yellow, blue and green buttons; red is there. I updated to latest beacon firmware before finding it. The "British Sky" entry doesn't work, and neither do any of the "Sky" entries.

So far, I have successfully set it up with 3 TVs of different makes, a bluray player and, of course, Sky. Only the last one took any time. PS3 doesn't use IR, so it will never work for that. I don't think Apple TV does either. I have a Boxee Box, which is not IR either, but there is an app for it already.

Once e other 3 colours are supported and the TV guide function works, I'll be very happy with this product.

The griffin device I got for Christmas and I've programmed a marantz RC2000mk11 before no problem. But the griffin just has mind of its own. It needs some major firmware updates to change it from a brick to a working device. It's a great concept still very much in alpha testing. Gaven up with it just gavering dust until hopefully one day some firmware makes it at least in to beta. I could not get it to learn things direct from the venders remote so I would get the marantz to learn it then teach the griffin from there this would work sometimes. But very flaky.
I'm a techi in IT so. Playing around with devices debugging etc and making things work is my living. But this device I wasted so much time on and got nowhere with.

It does not work with apple tv

Any update or progress in getting this to work with Sky here in the UK ??

stevew80 said:  2) The four colour buttons (Red, Green, Yellow & Blue) These are used extensively in the UK (on Sky, but also many other set top boxes, TV's DVD's etc.) - yes we can make buttons by hand, but they are then huge buttons with words written in them. We have 20+ years of looking for four little round coloured buttons, its a simple system, and a very hard habit to break! f) Ability to copy a setup and layout to use as a template for additional devices or activities I think that’s all I can think of after a day of use - I am hoping the Dijit developers see this post? (I notice they have replied to other posts in the past) Please look at the Sky issues ASAP, it really is killing the use of this great product in the UK.... Finally, great web site, thanks for setting it up, most useful. Thanks, Steve

Hello all.

I imagine everyone agrees with most of your points above!

As a new user, it's puzzling why most of these things aren't now implemented. Especially odd is that all 4 colours of buttons already exist in the Dijit iOS app. Presumably Dijit subcontracts this software programming & that programmer doesn't read the Community posts?

I've tried uploading a photo' of my initial BEACON DIJIT layout from my iPad, but that failed with some Java error, so now trying from my mac. First observation is this forum complains (silently) about .jpeg but it's reasonably happy with .jpg uploads. There seems to be no "preview post" though so I'll only know if it worked when I've submitted this post 

I'm sending a pic' first to get feedback as I don't have SKY® but do have a satellite receiver with coloured buttons so want to check if this is what you're all looking for 

There seems to be no updates in the scant documentation, as some ref's to "Advanced" don't exist in the menus on the present firmware/software. I'm writing a brief doc' of my own as I go along so I'll post it if there's any interest when I've completed it.

One BIG current problem is how to save my settings to go on another family member's iOS device! Try as I might, I cannot get anywhere with submitting email address & password to create a Dijit account  I don't use Twitter or Facebook (life's too short) so Dijit account is only possibility.

I want to copy my settings from my ipad to my ipod.
How do i do that please?

Bazzle

Bazzle said: I want to copy my settings from my ipad to my ipod. How do i do that please? Bazzle

Hello there.

The only way I know of is to make an account at dijit from the dijit app, either on your iPad or iPod. As i mentioned in my post, inexplicably the account creation didn't work. Anyway, the umpteenth time I tried it, I happened to be disconnected from Beacon (Bluetooth off) & an account was created  Could be coincidence & maybe a server problem at Dijit's end, but just try it anyway.

Having done that, when you login from the app on another of your devices, you get a new option of restoring your settings. For me that's essential, or I'd spend hours repeating the device entries.

Matt Whitlock has done a sterling job of writing a few tutorials here, but initially I was perplexed as my iPad Dijit screens look nothing like his! When I logged in on wife's old 3G iphone, the Dijit device screens were completely different to my iPad ones, but then Matt's tutorials started to make more sense.

As to your colours question, it beggars belief that there are tons of questions on coloured buttons but hardly any answers. Apparently the USA has no coloured buttons for national TV devices, but they do import (maybe even make) media players. Several media players *do* have coloured remote buttons, so all you need to do is select eg., the 

Xtreamer

media player from the Diijit database, & hey presto you have all 4 buttons you need. Now just drag those over to your own layout, & use your device remote to learn the appropriate codes.

You don't need to include the  Xtreamer, just use it as a button source.

Mede8er player has them too, but unfortunately Dijit spelt it incorrectly as Mediator, so a tad harder to find. I'd inform Dijit but don't know how to, or if anything would happen anyway.

It's all a great shame, as the beacon is a handy device.

HTH.

I'm trying to get the iPhone app to work on my sky+HD box and I've nearly got it working but when I use the D pad and press 1 of the directional arrows it is as though I've pressed it twice. I've tried to reassign them using the remote but all of the buttons on the app stop working. Can anyone help?
Cheers