Hi. I'm in the process of upgrading my home theater and it looks like the Pronto Pro is out just in time...so I have a question. Does ProntoEdit or some other package that is available out there allow for the *creation* of discrete codes...that is, codes that will be discrete to my own IR receiver, but not to anything else. I currently have an RC2000 (I really feel like I was ripped off with this thing by the way). I also control some home automation features and some other stuff with it. In order to do that, I had to find IR codes to teach it that wouldn't affect anything else in the house. I had to find friends' remote controls for devices I didn't have, dig some old ones out of the garage, etc. Is there an easier way to do this on the Pronto?

You can't "create" discrete codes. It is up to manufacturers of equipment to add these to their products.

If your question is - can I store an IR code, when I don't have a remote that I can use to learn the code? - the answer is yes.

With ProntoProEdit, you can add codes that you did not learn. Several ways to do this:

- other people may have the codes, and you can copy the codes into your Pronto configuration
- it might be in the database that comes with the Pronto
- there are tools available where you can experiment with creating your own codes to see if they work with your equipment

No, you don't get it. The code must not control any hardware. It must be discrete on its own.

I don't understand your definition of a "discrete code".

The definition of a "discrete code" used here is a code that puts hardware into a specific state e.g. often a power code just turns the power to its opposite state (on or off), whereas a discrete code can specifically turn the power on or specifically turn it off.

Yes, I know. That's why I explained what I meant in my initial posting ;-)

I am using it to mean an IR code that is unused by anything else, since I am defining it for both the Pronto, and the unit that will be receiving the code.

I think I understand what you are saying. You have your own hardware that you can modify as to what IR codes if can receive.

If that is the case, then my original response is still valid. You don't have to have the original remote to teach your Pronto the code. You can get the codes via other means as explained in my orginal response.

Well, I need to somehow invent the codes. This is all I want to do. They can't be codes that already exist.
What means can I use to invent new codes.

You can use any of the three methods I gave above to use codes that aren't on any of your current remotes.

But I want to be sure that the codes won't work with *any* equipment...not just my own.

Are you looking for some sort of inter-manafacturer device-code-clearinghouse-and-registry ?
I don't know that there is such a thing, or at least one that's available to the public, as there may be something the manafacturers use between themselves.
There are only a few IR IC sets in use, so, yes, this is a real problem. See [Link: remotecentral.com]