Furby Remote Control

This is a database for OmniRemote that will control a Furby. It even has access to a couple codes you don't really want (like "sneeze"). You must have a Palm OS device and OmniRemote for this to work. Also, this project is not getting any new updates, unless someone wrote some open source remote control software for the Palm; only then will I want to touch this again.

Download the database here.

Feel free to spread this file around, but it must remain freeware. No charge can be imposed for this file in any way. By using this, you assume all responsibility and make everyone else exempt from any liability.

Furby Remote can control a Furby as long as you have a PalmPilot and OmniRemote. To get this working, download OmniRemote's demo version from either your local PalmPilot web site or from their site.

Install OmniRemote, get it working, then install my OmniRemote.pdb. This will wipe out any settings that you have saved with OmniRemote, so if you currently use OmniRemote, back up that database and consider not installing this remote. The last I checked, OmniRemote couldn't import new codes and couldn't install new codes to a separate database, so you are stuck with wiping out anything you had in there previously.

To use, start OmniRemote, go to the Furby section (pick it from the pull- down list in the upper right corner), then press the buttons while aiming your PalmPilot IR at your Furby.

Hello: Sends "Anyone out there" message. Any Furbies hit by this will respond by saying their name and beaming an ident message.
Ident: Says "Hello, I am a furby". Usually the response to this is a code that does something random.
Sleep: Puts the furby to sleep quite quickly. The most used code!
Sing: La La Laaa! Furbys sing quite well.
Dance: Starts the dancing, and will make the furby continue to dance if you press it again after they are done dancing. This seems to be the only code that does something until they say "Me done" after getting down with their bad selfs.
Sneeze: Makes the furby sneeze. Repeated sneezes gives it a cold. :-(; Does not yet work, can't move fast enough to record it. Need another PalmPilot or learning remote.
Random 1: Dances, laughs at a "joke", sings, or plays Hide
Jope 1: Stolen from another Furby remote. See below.
Random 2: Sings, Yawns, or Hides.

Jope 1 is from the Furby Control. It has two buttons on it, Jope 1 and Jope 2. Jope 2 never did anything for me, and Jope 1 seems to just work if you hold it down for a bit. It looks like someone recorded their remote instead of the Furby.

Jope didn't help me out at all, in fact it somewhat slowed me down, so I don't feel as if my work was based on his.

This file can be obtained from http://rumkin.com/software/furby/

I would like the sneeze button recorded, and more info on the Jupe 1, Random 1, and Random 2 buttons. I would also like a freeware remote control program, or at least enough C code to record and send IR signals, so I can write a freeware remote.