Re: IR control over c-bus

[Kevin Hawkins <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just explain a little bit more what you're wanting to do...

Several C-Bus devices (Touchscreens, Neo switches and some models of
E2000s  etc) have IR receiver capability within them that work with
Clipsals own codes and IR remotes..  The wireless switches have a
wireless remote of course. It is possible to learn  IR codes and send
them again (from the E5034NIRTWE for example)  but it's quite 'tetchy'
to set up and quite costly I think hardware wise as you need a 'learner'
for non C-Bus codes. I don't believe you can just use CCF files for
example (which would have been ideal).

If you have a hardware (or software) HA controller like HomeVision, AMX,
Crestron, HomeSeer etc then there are ways to interconnect this with
C-Bus , (maybe using a C-Bus PAC in the middle) and these controllers
can send /receive IR . I believe there's even a serially driven IR
device that you might be able to attach directly to a C-Bus PAC controller.

Or if you are open to xAP (or xPL) then there's another route where you
translate received IR from a standalone IR device (USBUIRT, IRMan,
RedRat etc ) via xAP into a C-Bus action or vica versa from a C-Bus
action (keypress/group level change) to a transmitted IR via xAP.  These
devices have learn ability inbuilt which is much easier and cheaper, but
will require a number of 'steps' and a PC running to work.

Kevin


Danny Dawson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know if there is any way of having IR control over c-bus?
>
> TIA
>
> Danny
>
>