Rioplayxpl now does zoned IR

[Tony T]

Hi all,

Have made a modification to the latest version of the rio/ddar rioplayxpl
software I'm working on.

It allows the user to add a 'zone' in the xpl config items.

If this zone exists, then all but the basic ir buttons on the rio remote
(play,stop,power,skip etc) are converted into a remote.basic message and
passed out onto the xpl network :-)

This means that you can program up scripts in xplhal (or your own xpl
programs) to do _anything_ in response to a button being pressed on the rio
remote (or pronto etc).

If you have multiple rio's then your scripts can determine which room the
ir
command came from and act accordingly/differently.

There are about 20 spare buttons on the remote, plus 20 repeat codes.

Also, the rio can be in powered down mode and it still works fine....

Now I'm thinking that the rio remote is _possibly_ compatible with another
manufacturers remote, which might offer the opportunity to have even more
buttons available via a programmable remote such as the pronto.

Question is, does anyone know if this is the case, please?
If it is, I'll grab a pronto ccf file and test it out.

Many thanks
Tony