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USB Infrared Toy / My IRToy Experience for my Home Theatre (Windows)
My Objectives were to power on my logitech z-5500 speakers and my projector in only one key on my RF remote.

In first it wasn't easy to make  all the button of my RF remote work. I use low level USB analyse with Auto IT, I've made a post about it here : forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=247121

Then I tried to make a batch script to use my IRtoy, it wasn't easy too....
The steps :

1 - My IR Toy V2 stuck with orange light is ON all the time, I give a solution on this forum here
2 - First step record and replay the IR codes that I need.
I tried to use WinLirc, This tutorial is good for it.
It was OK with the remote of logitech z-5500 speakers but Impossible with the samsung projector's remote : when Winlirc is recording samsung buttons it always displays "something went wrong".
As it was impossible to control my samsung projector with Winlirc I use the IRToyRecPlay tool to record and replay the buttons. Without problem.
Funny thing : IRToyRecPlay tool don't work with my logitech z-5500 speakers... So :
  • logitech z-5500 speakers -> contolled by Winlirc
  • samsung Projector  -> contolled by IRTOY.exe
3 - Automate these records in a script ... Not easy because IRTOY.exe is not really documented, I found what I need in sources here :( !
Quote
-p f NAME - a nnn
* Plays as above, except does NOT wait for any key to be pressed, instead
* delays nnn miliseconds between sending each file.
* 500 is recommended as a starting delay.

Please find my batch script below :

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::liberate COM port
taskkill /F /IM "Winlirc.exe"
timeout 1
::check if IRtoy COM is found
mode | findstr "COM[0-9]:"
if %errorlevel%==1 Goto NoCOM
cd  "IR ToysoftwareIRToyRecPlaywindows"
irtoy.exe -d COM3 -p -f samsungOn.bin -a 500
timeout 1
start "" "WinLIRCwinlirc.exe"
timeout 4
cd "WinLIRC"
::command line to run a WinLirc code :
Transmit.exe logitech_z5500 Power 0
:NoCOM

I hope it will be useful for some people ;)
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USB Infrared Toy / Re: IR Toy V2 orange light is ON all the time
Hi, same problem solved here :
After 2 years without use, I plug more IRtoy and the orange light was lighted ON all the time, no port COM created, bad recognition in device manager.

I short PGD and PGC together and then plug in the IR TOY,  it  shows up as a broken HID device with an exclamation mark. Impossible to reflash with Simpkins 's command line.

I tried on Windows 8.1 and then Windows 10 on another computer without success. Finally on a third computer with Windows 7 x64 the device is recognized like HID device when PGD and PGC are shorted together. So it was possible to flash with the command line :
fw_update -e -w -v -m flash -vid 0x04D8 -pid 0xFD0B -ix USBIRToy.v22.hex

So my advice : try the Simpkins 's manipulation on other computers, rather use Windows 7 to make it work !

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