Re: Second Zone Remote

[RickH <passport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Feb 11, 9:42=A0pm, 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.