usb-uirt works for some devices, need to point it directly at others

[drjenk]

I have a usb-uirt I'm trying to use to control 4 components.  One is rather picky, my receiver, in that I need to aim the usb-uirt towards it to control it.  Problem is then my other devices can see the commands then.  I know there is a port on the back of it where I can purchase an extra emitter, but what can i do to reliably switch all of them?  Maybe mount a mirror on the other side of the room?  What have others done?

Thanks

[tschak909]

Get two Xantech 286 Double emitters, and a Xantech 1-zone 4 connector block, and a power supply. Attach the emitters to the connecting block, attach the connecting block to the port on the back of the UIRT, and attach the emitters themselves to each device...

Problem solved.

-Thom

[nite_man]

Get two Xantech 286 Double emitters, and a Xantech 1-zone 4 connector block, and a power supply. Attach the emitters to the connecting block, attach the connecting block to the port on the back of the UIRT, and attach the emitters themselves to each device...

Problem solved.

-Thom

Can you explain, please, how to configure all of those emitters in LMCE?

[totallymaxed]

Get two Xantech 286 Double emitters, and a Xantech 1-zone 4 connector block, and a power supply. Attach the emitters to the connecting block, attach the connecting block to the port on the back of the UIRT, and attach the emitters themselves to each device...

Problem solved.

-Thom

Can you explain, please, how to configure all of those emitters in LinuxMCE?

No config required... they all work as one. Because they are attached to the specific devices you want to control they will not interfere with other devices in the same locality.

Andrew

[seth]

 

To help eliminate confusion, all of the zantech heads as well as the USB-UIRT itself blast out the same code to everything. In other words, if you have one hooked to your TV, and another hooked to your Sat/Cable Box, when you send a command to the TV, the cable box gets it as well. The block acts as an amplifier to the primary signal, but all emitters get the same code sent to them, the one with which the code works, however, is the only one that responds. Unless they are close. Hence the reason I have to change the codes to my Dish Network receivers. They all come set to codeset 1. So without any changes in the receiver settings, when a channel command is sent, they both change to the same channel. So you set one receiver for a different code. And then on its template, use the remote for the changed receiver to learn the new codeset.

Regards,

Seth

[nite_man]

seth and totallymaxed, thanks for explanation. Now it's clear