Re: Second Zone Remote

[J Miller <reply@here>]

RickH wrote:
> On Feb 11, 9:42 pm, J Miller <reply@here> wrote:
>> Here's what Devon Tech support pointed me to:
>>
>> (not from SmartHome, but the same product)
>>
>> http://www.smarthome.com/8045i.html
>>
>> I'm staying away from the X10 thing, as over the years, I've found X10's
>> stuff like this to be of poor quality.
>
> Slick, I wonder how the battery-substitute transmitter "sees" what IR
> signals the remote is trying to send so it can echo them out in RF?
> Is that waveform passed electrically through the batteries in all
> remotes?  Or is there a sensor you need to hook up that sees the
> remotes IR emitter and is wired back to the battery-substitute unit?
> However it works its a pretty cool idea to substitute the battery with
> an RF unit.
>
Just got it today..  There's two included 2/3 AAA size batteries that
goes in the RF module, and one is charging now, so it will be a few
hours before I try it.  The receiver part contains the charger, and with
2 batteries, one's in the charger when the other is in use.

It must do something with current sense to detect the IR pulses.  I'll
post how well it works!