I'm looking for a remote with some intelligence; one that knows if a device is on or off, based on previous settings. For instance, I have two macros; one for watching cable, and one for DVD, that both issue commands to turn on the TV. If I'm watching DVD already, and I invoke the macro to watch cable, I don't want the macro to issue the POWER command to the TV again, because it will in fact turn it off!

Does anyone know if there is such a remote?

Thanks,
Brad

Brad,
That's a pretty tall order. John has written some protocols for some ueic remotes that "remember" a devices state. However, without 2-way communication between the remote and the device, that all goes out the window if someone uses the oem remote vs. the one you want doing the "remembering", and also if the power goes out. It would also help if your device uses discrete on and off instead of a toggle then an "on" command would only affect the device if it was indeed off. There may be a workaround in your case by restructuring your macros. I think the only "safe" bet is to just put the tv on command on just one macro, then build another macro specifically for cable or dvd without the tv involved on the other. That still means you have to issue the one major macro to power either the dvd and tv or the cable and dvd, and the other leave the TV out of the macro, but just make the iinputs and related changes. You would tho, always have to "boot up" with the one macro all the time first. Then ther's still the issue of "powering down". Not having discretes certainly makes this whole thing a brain-twister.
Jim

Brad, the Harmony remotes have what they call "smart state" that does what you want. Also the Pronto TSU-3000 will have conditional macros, exactly what that means, I am not sure (read what's new sep.5). Also, as a final note, it depends on equipment, if your equipment has discrete codes, then they work better then any other solution.