RE: Sky+ IR Control

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dean,

Some of the SKY+ boxes have VERY senstive IR receivers that can be swamped
by a strong IR signal.

I got SKY+ myself so I could try and replicate the problem but sods law
dictated that my Thomson box was fine!

I experimented dropping the IR power and found that I could drastically
reduce it and the box would still respond.

I made an adapter to reduce the IR power and sent it to the person havign
problems and it cured them straight away.

Try putting a resistor of 510 to 1000 ohm in series with the IR emitter and
see if that improves the situation. Alternatively try one of the RF2link
adapters from Pacelink.co.uk

Regards

Keith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean Barrett [mailto:dean@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 08 August 2006 08:20
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Sky+ IR Control
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> Frank Mc suggested i post this here to get some expert advice :)
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> I'm currently in the process of setting up my Charmed Quark software
to
> control various things around the house like CBus etc.(does a great
job of
> that)
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> I'm using a USB-UIRT to control the sky+ box - or at least attempting
to.
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> The result are all over the place - sometimes working sometimes
missing a
> couple of digits and occassionally even seeing the wrong digits
> totally. I'm
> sending a sequence of 3 digits with delays in between to make my
> selections.
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> I believe Keith D may have some experience of this with his Kat5
system.
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> Any advice anyone has greatly appreciated.
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> Dean.
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