I have a hampton bay ceiling fan i want to learn the functions. I talked to philips and they said it could be done, but they were unable to help me do it. So i am assuming that they did not know what they were talking about. So is it possible for the ipronto to learn and repeat rf code or does anyone know of a device that is already in database that runs at the frequency of 303.95.

Thanks

Despite some misleading advertising mentioning IR/RF support before iPronto came to market the iPronto never had RF capabilities. It has the 802.11b Wi-Fi card which uses RF to communicate with an access point but would need harware modification to control RF devices. It's a big drawback and hard to understand why the haven't added RF capabilities.

So the iPronto is unable to learn RF and cannot send RF signals. In order to control RF devices you need an external RF/IR converter for the iPronto to learn RF codes in IR format and an IR/RF converter for resending those signals in IR and letting the converter produce RF.

Most infrared extender sets include an IR/RF and RF/IR converter. After learning the codes you wouldn't need the RF/IR converter any more. Depending on the used RF frequency and code format not every set can be used.

Please take a look at http://www.mbx-usa.com/ for more information.



This message was edited by satscan on 08/28/05 07:07 ET.

Do you have any suggestions on the external rf to ir and ir to rf converter. And how would i learn the rf signal. Meaning is the rf to ir converter a learning thing? whereas i can press the fan on button and place the unit in front of my ipronto and and learn that? From what is sounds like you can. But if you have any suggestions on the devices that can do this, that would be great as i did not see any on the website mentioned above.

THanks again!