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Post 2 made on Sunday December 4, 2011 at 11:16
Stoobie
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Hi,

You won't be able to learn the LightwaveRF codes because the RU960 cannot learn RF.

However, there is a way you can fool the RU960 by learning IR codes sent via an RF extender such as a powermid, but it is not reliable. You point the RF remote at the RF to IR part of the Powermid, (the part that normally turns the signal from RF to back into IR) and you capture the resultant IR to the Pronto. Set the Pronto to send RF and when you send the code it goes as RF and controls the RF item.

It works for some RF items and from personal experience I know you can do it using HomeEasy RF remote conttrols but I have discovered that although LightwaveRF is made by the same people as HomeEasy, they are not compatible and the RF codes are different. I have also written to them at LightwaveRF to ask if they will release the Hex codes and they say they don't plan to and they don't expect to be compatible with Pronto remotes. (Pity)

Last week I bought 2 LightwaveRF double sockets and a remote hoping to teach my Pronto as I did with HomeEasy, but I could not get my Pronto to capture the code and re-send it as RF. I took them back to B&Q and got a full refund. It is a pity that HomeEasy has been replaced by something not compatible but I figure it's to do with maximising profit by making it incompatible! I already have about 12 HomeEasy sockets and plugs and was slowly changing from the plug-in style to the inbuilt sockets. Now they have stopped making them :o(

There is also a work-around for X10 stuff which involves getting the X10 codes from CodeGen and putting them in the remote and setting the Pronto to send the codes as RF. That is probably what you were thinking of.

Let me know if I can help further. 

Stoobie
RC9500, RC5400, RU940 & Pronto Neo, Windows Vista.


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