Here is a little background on my situation. I am building out my parents A/V system currently. I'm using CQC to control most devices, but want to use plain IR remotes as the interface at all TV locations. There are 7 definite TV locations and perhaps 2 more TV locations will be added at some point. What I need is a way to capture the IR signals at those locations and output them to my USB-UIRT which acts as a gateway between the IR system and the CQC system.
Currently I have 2 IR receivers hooked up in parallel to a single zone Xantech block. There is a single emitter which is stuck onto the USB-UIRT receiver. This system works fine right now, but my concern is what might happen when we start to add more IR receivers.
My biggest concern is that there might be times where someone is trying to use the remote at the same time in two different locations. There is also the added chance of interference the more IR receivers I add to the system. So my thought is to add a Xantech 795-20 Multizone block to the system.
I guess my real question is this.... If the block receives an IR signal from more than one zone at a time, will it output those commands in a logical order? For example, if the block receives an IR signal "AAAA" from zone A and "BBBB" from zone B at the same time, is it smart enough to output "AAAA BBBB" to the common emitters or will it jumble the signal up like "AABABBAAB"? The manual says something about "The 795-20 utilizes active isolation devices for elimination of internal zone-to-zone crosstalk as well as high speed amplification to the common output ports for operation with a wide range of IR controlled products," but I wanted to verify what that means.
Thanks,
Currently I have 2 IR receivers hooked up in parallel to a single zone Xantech block. There is a single emitter which is stuck onto the USB-UIRT receiver. This system works fine right now, but my concern is what might happen when we start to add more IR receivers.
My biggest concern is that there might be times where someone is trying to use the remote at the same time in two different locations. There is also the added chance of interference the more IR receivers I add to the system. So my thought is to add a Xantech 795-20 Multizone block to the system.
I guess my real question is this.... If the block receives an IR signal from more than one zone at a time, will it output those commands in a logical order? For example, if the block receives an IR signal "AAAA" from zone A and "BBBB" from zone B at the same time, is it smart enough to output "AAAA BBBB" to the common emitters or will it jumble the signal up like "AABABBAAB"? The manual says something about "The 795-20 utilizes active isolation devices for elimination of internal zone-to-zone crosstalk as well as high speed amplification to the common output ports for operation with a wide range of IR controlled products," but I wanted to verify what that means.
Thanks,