On 11/01/01 04:30.19, akilgore said...
Working out whether a product has a set of discrete
codes or not is fairly easy.
In the case of separate On/Off buttons - the On
button should leave the product on if it already
on.
In the case of a toggle On/Off button - every
second press of the button should transmit the
On code.
Nearly every remote has a toggle button for on/off. Remotes very rarely have separate on/off buttons (which would be discrete on/off codes). A toggle button NEVER transmits discrete on/off codes alternately as you suggest.
To get such discrete codes, if they exist, you have to ask the manufacturer or experiment.
So, you press the On/Off button once
and the unit comes on; You go out of the room
and press it again (thus insuring that there's
no way the unit could have picked up the signal);
You come back into the room and press it again
and, if it's a discrete On, the unit should remain
on. (This is the way mute works with my TV).
That's a very strange way to implement mute. I would be very surprised if that was at all common.
