Re: IR repeater over Cat5 ?

["Keith Finnett" <keith@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Keene IR Commander?

http://www.keene.co.uk/cgi-bin/codesearch.pl?IRC

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--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "David Chapman" <david@m...> wrote:
> I'm planning on installing 6 or 8 ceiling speakers throughout
downstairs
> rooms of the house, these will be wired back to node 0 where there
will be a
> patch panel that will allow me to connect to required audio feed.
>
> A simple system, I'm not planning on wall mounted controls in the
rooms but
> it would be nice to be able to mute the speakers or even better
control the
> sound from the remote room. Each room will have plenty (well a
few) Cat5
> wall sockets.
>
> What would be nice would be a small passive IR receiver that I
could plug in
> to the Cat5 socket and that at the other end in node 0 would be a
> transmitter that would be close enough to the audio device to
control it.
> This could maybe feed power to the receiver down the Cat5 ?
>
> Anyone know if a device like this exists ?
>
> David C