EMJB’s TAPS
These pages give
details of EMJB’s Topfield Application Programs (TAPs). These provide
additional/improved functionality for the Topfield Personal Video Recorders.
They have been primarily designed for the UK TF5800 model, but MAY work
on other models – see notes on individual TAPs for more details. Follow links
below for more details and for downloads.
CURRENTLY SUPPORTED:
Auto
Restore - This
TAP is intended to provide a means of backing up & restoring your system
settings, so they can be easily restored after a crash, new firmware load, or
Factory Reset. It can be run manually, when settings may be saved or restored,
or from Auto Start, when settings are restored at boot time. This has only been
tested on the TF5800, but should work on all models.
Channel
Manager – manage your channel configuration and avoid unwanted &
duplicated channels. THIS HAS BEEN RELEASED AT ALPHA ISSUE –TRY IT AT YOUR OWN
RISK! Now incorporates the “OneList” & “RadioDelete”
functions and allows you to do a Factory Reset without losing your system
settings. This is intended for TF5800 use only.
Control
Lock - you to lock & unlock all the Remote Control Unit & Front Panel keys (including
“Standby”) using a 3 key code (not necessarily numeric, giving ~64,000
combinations). This
has only been tested on the TF5800, but should work on all models.
Favourites
Manager – currently for MyStuff only users – allows you to edit your favourites lists on your Toppy and, for “rt2mei” users to
automatically update configuration files as necessary.
MHEG
Control – This TAP includes a number of features to improve the MHEG operation
and limit its impact on normal viewing. This is for the TF5800 only.
Signal
Monitor - enhanced signal level
& signal quality monitoring & recording – new version now suitable for
international use (has been reported as working in
Tap
Launcher – will allow you to
launch up to 7 TAPs with a single key, another 7 with a combination of a key +
“0” to “6”, and 7 more using daily/weekly/monthly timers to allow you to have
scheduled operation when not provided by the TAP author. In the single key
case, more than one TAP can be allocated to a key, and the TAP can be activated
without further key presses. It should work on all models.
Toppy
Monitor - This TAP is intended to
provide a facility for monitoring various aspects of the Toppy operation while
using the Toppy relatively normally. The aspects of this TAP that are thought
to be unique are the ability to display the results either as an on-screen
message or using the front panel display, or both, and the wide range of
parameters which can be monitored. It has been primarily developed to help in
the development of other TAPs, but may be of use to normal users who have
problems with their Toppy. It should work on all models with the 7-segment
front panel displays.
USEFUL(?) INFORMATION:
Toppy Key
Handling - This document aims to
explain the complexities of the Toppy key handling (particularly for authors of
TAPs for the TF5800).
Toppy Character Map – showing which characters are displayed using the
standard font.
SUPERSEDED TAPS:
MforR – switches
MHEG on & off according to whether a radio channel is being played – for
use with the OneList TAP if MHEG is not wanted when viewing TV programmes. The functions are now incorporated in the latest version of MHEG
Control, but is still available for use by those who prefer it.
(TV & Radio)
OneList – Copies your radio channels into your TV channel list so that they
can be processed by EPG TAPs which would not otherwise handle radio channels,
and allows composite favourite lists to be generated – of particular interest
to MyStuff users, but can be used by anyone preferring a single Tv/Radio channel list or wants to free up the TV/Radio key
for other purposes. The functions are now incorporated in the
latest version of Channel
Manager, but is still available for use by those who prefer it.
Radio
Delete – deletes all your radio channels so that the Tv/Radio
key no longer has any effect – particularly intended for users of OneList &
MyStuff. The functions are now incorporated in the latest
version of Channel
Manager, but is still available for use by those who prefer it.
Remote Lock – Now
superseded by Control Lock above.
StopZero – stops you changing aspect ratio using the
zero key – superseded by simonc’s latest “Remote
Extender” TAP (or a firmware patch) but available to use if you want.
Follow links above for
more details and for downloads.
