The system I am asking about here uses a TSU6000, RX77, and many Xantech devices.

Some time ago I tried to take an output from the RX77 and use it as a signal to go into a Xantech bus. I could not find a way to do it, including buffering and voltage shifting. I ended up having to use a Xantech IR sensor sitting next to the RX77 chassis.

Problem is, it does not work every time. Sometimes it works better if the sensor is moved back, sometimes if it is moved closer.

Has anyone been successful in taking an electrical output from a RF extender and using it to feed the electrical bus of a Xantech system?

On the training, one Xantech trainer answers to my colleague: "Turn it [RX-77 IR output] directly [to Xantech bus]!"

He (colleague) follows it, and all was OK.

But another colleague burns IRZ6+ by this way :)

In the installer's forum, someone suggested that it worked when putting the Extender output into a Xantech connecting block's OUTPUT, which is to say, by putting 470 ohms in series with the extender output.

The Niles stuff definitely uses different voltages. It is a bad idea to mix Niles with anything unless you drag out the scope, compare voltages...in other words, do something that your installation labor charges will probably not support.

Here's what I do:
Use a 1/8" mini to mini cable to go from one of the 4 outputs of the RF extender to the "HIGH IR OUT" of a Xantech 791-44 Amplified connecting block. Be sure the 791-44 is powered by a 12v regulated (i.e. exactly 12 volts)power supply. This has worked for me every time. I've tried other methods with no success.
Hope this helps...
Mark

I just realized that one item may cause a difference in the solution -- this bus also has a Xantech RS232IR putting data onto it, and the bus also controls a Xantech RT8 router. So it is not just the RX77 and LEDs, it is a bus running active Xantech components.