Im finally happy with my hand-built-from-scratch config on my TSU9600. My next goal is to integrate the 9400 IR extender unit into the project.
My hardware setup:
My home theater sources are located all in the same entertainment center. This included the upstairs TV set, and I have hard-wired speakers all over inside that upstairs living room.
The basement theater room has the same speaker layout, also hardwired to the amp rack. Only one set of speakers is ever running at the same time, this is because I used electrical relays on each channel. All the relays when normally open just enable the upstairs set of speakers (and run 120vac to the upstairs powered sub). When I want sound in the basement, I push a simple button that closes all those relays. This diverts all audio to the basement speakers, including 120v ac to switch on the basement sub.
The basement TV and the UPSTAIRS TVs are both connected to the AVR's HDMI out via an HDMI splitter that's new even it supports all the fancy high tech HDMI edid data so I have no issues with 4k-HDR, Deep color, 3d, etc.
Both TV sets use simple IR control.
All other sources use IR control as well, but I did take the time and effort to take each unit apart, and zip tie an "IR BUD" internally, snaking the small IR LED cable out of a heat vent on each component. All these IR BUDs each get a mini phono mono plug.
These mini phono plugs all plug into a Xantech active IR repeater. The Xantech has two IR pickups. One in the upstairs living room (kinda redundant) and the other in the basement.
My plan is to possibly remove both these IR pickups. Wire up one of the 9400 IR outputs to the input of the xantech device (direct signal wire if possible, otherwise ill just let it light up an IR BUD and put it directly onto a pickup).
The idea is to have my 9600/9800 panels only send IR codes for the TV sets (they each use the same codes, but are located in different rooms). All other hex codes will be sent via RF to the 9400, and then hard wired into the xantech device.
I don't think I will need wifi or tcpip for this.
Simple RF should do it, right?
As I understand it, just set a channel on the 9400, then tell PEP2 what channel its on, and tell each hex code what port on the 9400 to use, right?
