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Long Range IR Control from Axcent?

james.warnerjames.warner Posts: 1
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I have a requirement to send IR commands to a light switch, which is some distance away. Obviously the IR blasters have a range of around a foot at best. Is there any way to fire a handheld remote control strength signal from an Axcent2? I've tried running a transistor into a high power IR emitter but with no luck. If you run it directly from the port the current limited means it's no brighter than a stick on blaster...

James

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  • shr00m-dewshr00m-dew Posts: 394
    I'm assuming you can't get a wire over to it. They make IR floods, but that's not really designed to make it across a room.

    How about relay's tied into the remote and a power supply to replace the batteries?

    Kevin D.
  • ericmedleyericmedley Posts: 4,177
    james.warner wrote: »
    I have a requirement to send IR commands to a light switch, which is some distance away. Obviously the IR blasters have a range of around a foot at best. Is there any way to fire a handheld remote control strength signal from an Axcent2? I've tried running a transistor into a high power IR emitter but with no luck. If you run it directly from the port the current limited means it's no brighter than a stick on blaster...

    James
    Perhaps a DinkyLink?
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