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Controlling Lights with RC9800i
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Post 1 made on Thursday January 15, 2009 at 21:46
piggiez
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Hi all,

I see a lot of equiries on controlling lighting using RC9800i but most of them are quite vague.

I am plannning to get a system comprising of flouresent lamps, halogen lamps, CLF energy savers and TRIOs (IR receiver & Dimmer - a product from Philips also). I intend to control them using the RC9800i which I already have and it is also setup to control my home theatre.

1) Can RC9800i really control lightings via IR?
2) Is having a TRIOs enough?
3) How can I configure my RC9800i? What mode of setting up can I use?
4) I can't change the interface of the touchscreen right? So I have to use the current interface with lightings right? (ie. the play button = "ALL ON", the stop button = "ALL OFF")

A whole lot of question but thanks a lot!!
Post 2 made on Saturday January 24, 2009 at 08:41
biscuit314
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Can RC9800i really control lights via IR? Short answer: Yes.

I have the RC9800i working with my IR dimmer (Lutron MIR-ITFS). But you are correct, you have to remap existing buttons provided to you by the setup of the rest of your system.

In other words, you can't tell the remote what lights you have. After you go through the setup of all of your devices, look at the buttons/pages provided then pick a couple of buttons you can stand not using for its intended purpose.

To remap these buttons go into Settings->Rooms & A/V Devices->Add/Edit A/V Devices. Select the device(s) controlled by the button you want to remap (switching rooms if necessary) then press "Edit" then "IR Codeset" then "Try & Learn"

This gives you a list of function names. Find the function represented by the button you want to remap. Have your Light remote handy, press "Learn" then press the button on the Light remote while pointing it at the RC9800i. Repeat for each button you want to remap.

This works tolerably, but it's not as handy as I would have liked - at least not in my setup. I have a media center PC (running Media Poral but using the Microsoft Media Center remote codes). The only buttons I found convenient are the "Enter" and "Clear" buttons beside the number pad. These appear on page 3/4 of the built-in setup. So the only way I can control the lights is if I'm in an activity that uses the Media Center - and I have to hit the Page button twice, operate the lights, then press Page twice again to get back to page 1. If I ever forget to turn the lights on after I've shutdown the theatre stuff, tough - unless I re-enter the activity which will then, of course, power everything back on.

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