I've been looking around the forum for a while but can't seem to find a thread that previously discussed this with the RFX6000.

I'm planning on using a RFX6500 to a TSU3000, and I would have the RFX6500 used with a Xantech connecting block, as I need some high power output to various components fairly far away. Has anyone successfully connected either of the Pronto RF units to a Xantech connecting block/fairly advanced system? In the thread I can't seem to find, someone had an issue when they tried to connect the 6000's emitter port into the input on the connecting block. I believe they also noted that the 6500 might feature an improvement over the 6000 regarding that connection. Thoughts? Thanks!

Have used the ports on the 6500 as a IR to IR in on receviers... NO problem.

Have clipped on cat-5 and ran about 40 feet to a light switch where I reattached the flasher... works great.

Use a 3.5 to 3.5 connection between the 2 and it should be fine.

That's great, thanks!

Actually one question: The IR receiver port on the Xantech block was a stereo jack, whereas the emitter from the RFX6500 is mono. Would I use a mono male to male cable, and if I do, am I tapping into the correct parts of the jack?

Avoid the problem completely and bare wire to the input block.

I was thinking of that, but is there a better way than wire nuts to go from such a cable to copper stranded? Soldering would be ok as a possibility, but I'd want it to have a relatively neat look when done.

Recapping this...those that connect RFX6500s to IR connecting blocks, how do you connect them? Run a single minijack cable from the emitter output into the IR and ground connections on a connecting block? If so, what cable do you use to get minijack to bare wire. Do you grab your own and strip? Are there issues with setting the RFX6500 to the correct power output? Thanks!

Go to radio shack and buy a 3-6 foot mono to mono cable. Cut it down the middle and strip the wires. Tip is positive (IR signal) and the shielding is ground. Depending on your configuration, you may have a ground loop (I had one with my RT8 and had to remove an internal jumper - See Xantech docs on RT8 for more info).

You should be able to run just fine with normal output. I'd be careful about running more than 2 emitters off an RFX6500 jack, even on high output. If you need to run more than 2, I'd suggest the Xantec Amplified Connecting Block (791-44?).

The output of all Prontoid RF receivers are two wires, hot and ground. A Xantech block, when it doesn't need to supply power to a sensor, only uses the SENSOR and GROUND connections. So take a mono mini-plug cable, cut off one end, connect hot of the cable to SENSOR of the block, and ground to ground.

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The Xantech unit takes a signal from the receiver that is good for two IR emitters in series, and splits that into four outputs using resistors to limit and balance the current to the LEDs. I think that will generally work, but you say something about STRONG output. Well, a dual output split four ways will work, but won't be strong, so if that was just rhetorical, you won't have a problem.

Another thing to know is that the four outputs of the RF receivers used to be, and still may be, actually two outputs. If you look at the LED output sideways, the left two come from one output and the right two come from another output. This doesn't matter if you are just using LEDs, but if you were to plug a single LED into the first jack, then a connecting block into the second one, the current going to the LED would drag down the available current for the block. So connect blocks to any LED output, but if you connect to 1 or 2, don't put an LED on the other one, put it on 3 or 4.

If you really do need a STRONG IR output, Xantech has amplified connecting blocks that can take a single LED output and give you ten nice strong outputs.

This is great info. I'll try connecting the RFX6500 to a 791-44 I have on order's screw terminals and consider these comments. Thanks!!