Philips Pronto RU940

1.   Tonto
1.1   Install Java JRE
1.2   Installing Tonto 1.44
1.3   Installing Tonto 1.48
2.   Pronto Edit 4.0.5 with Wine

Tonto

I have a couple of Philips Pronto RU940 remotes for controlling my home cinema devices, the bundled software is for Microsoft Windows only. Fortunately Tonto solves this problem. The main tool in Tonto is a graphical editor similar to Pronto Edit but written in Java and currently runs on Windows, Linux and MacOSX.

Install Java JRE

 aptitude install ubuntu-restricted-extras
 update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun

Installing Tonto 1.44

Tonto is not available as a package for Ubuntu so the install is manual, but simple.

 wget -c http://giantlaser.com/tonto/dload/tonto-1.44.tar.gz
 tar zxvf tonto-1.44.tar.gz
 sudo mv tonto /usr/share/
 sudo wget -c http://www.pronto.philips.com/library/products/RU940.gif -O /usr/share/tonto/RU940.gif
 sudo nano /usr/share/tonto/bin/tonto.sh

Add the following and save the file.

Now set the permissions.

 sudo chmod 755 /usr/share/tonto/bin/tonto.sh

Finally, create a menu entry.

 sudo nano /usr/share/applications/tonto.desktop

Add the following and save the file.

 [Desktop Entry]
 Encoding=UTF-8
 Version=1.44
 Name=Tonto
 Comment=Phillips Pronto Programmer
 Exec=/usr/share/tonto/bin/tonto.sh
 Icon=/usr/share/tonto/RU940.gif
 Terminal=false
 Type=Application
 Categories=GNOME;Application;Development;

As this point you should have a working Tonto 1.44.

Installing Tonto 1.48

Newer versions of Tonto (1.48 at the time of writing) are available via Java Web Start.

 wget http://giantlaser.com/tonto2/tonto.jnlp -O /tmp/tonto.jnlp
 nano /tmp/tonto.jnlp

Find...

 <j2se version="1.5"

...and change it to...

 <j2se version="1.5+"

Now run Tonto via Java WebStart and follow the on screen prompts to get it installed.

  javaws /tmp/tonto.jnlp

You'll find a new icon on your desktop which can be used to launch Tonto.

References

• http://giantlaser.com/tonto/
• http://java.sun.com/products/javacomm/

Pronto Edit 4.0.5 with Wine

It is possible to run Pronto Edit 4.0.5 for Windows under Wine, use IEs4Linux or WineDoors to create a Wine environment. Download Pronto Edit from the Remote Central website and then install it.

• Pronto Edit 4.0.5 from Remote Central

Unzip the download and run the installer.

 wine ProntoEdit4.exe

Create a link for the serial port.

 ln -s /dev/ttyS0 ~/.wine/dosdevices/com1:

Run Pronto Edit.

 wine /home/martin/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/ProntoEdit4/ProntoEdit.exe &

References

• http://www.pronto.philips.com/

$Id: PhilipsProntoRU940,v 1.13 2008/08/16 12:12:58 martin Exp $