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CommandIR II

External

CommandIR III

Mini Expandable

CommandIR III

Pro Expansion

 

Introduction Date

May 26, 2008

Sept 27th, 2010 - Mini

Mar 27th, 2011 - Expandable

Release date: Late April, 2011
 
Current Status
Supported, not sold Supported, available
Supported, unreleased

 

Designed for Linux/LIRC
Y
Y
Y
 
CommandIR Utils Support
N
Y
Y

 

MythTV Ready
Y
Y
Y

 

Max CommandIRs
Supported per PC
4 (for 16 channels)

8 (for 32 channels) with LIRC

128 (for 512 channels) with CommandIR Utils

4 (for 32 channels) with LIRC

128 (for 2048 channels) with CommandIR Utils

 
Connection Type
USBUSB mini
USB mini

 

 
   

Device Control

Emitters supported
4, single or dual head
4, single or dual head
Mini's 4 plus Pro's 12 = 16 single or dual head

 

Devices controlled

4 identical or

8 non-identical

4 identical or

8 non-identical

16 identical or

32 non-identical

 

Control style

Parallel Pipelining,

4 signals at once 

Parallel Pipelining, 1 signal at a time with rapid fire
Parallel Pipelining, 1 signal at a time with rapid fire
 
Expandable Interfaces
None
Connector for Pro Expansion

Screw terminal block interface:

4 channels TX Out (#13-16)

1 Universal RX In

 

Frequency Range
All IR devices
All IR devices
All IR devices

 

Device codes
Via LIRC
Via LIRC, CommandIR Util HEX codes
Via LIRC, CommandIR Util HEX codes

 

Learning

Yes, Via LIRC

Standard devices

56k devices (option) 

Yes, via built-in high-resolution learning LED Yes, via built-in high-resolution learning LED

 

 
   

Remote Controls

Internal Receiver
Standard 38kHz
Short-range Learning Short-range Learning

 

External Receiver
Supported
Yes, up to 25' Range
Via Mini

 

56k Learning
Optional 56k external receiver
Via built-in high-resolution learning LED
Via built-in high-resolution learning LED

 

Can control MythTV,
Xine, MPlayer, Ogle,
Linux Apps 

Yes, compatible with

all via LIRC

Yes, compatible with

all via LIRC

Yes, compatible with

all via LIRC

 

RF Remotes
Future Option
No
No

 

 
   

Indicators

User-controlled
LEDs 

2 Tri-state: Red/Green/Off

4 Green: On/Off

None
None

 

Indicators

1 Blue - Power

4 Red/Green - Per channel

blink when control (red)

+ user defined (green)

2 Red/Green:  User-

controlled

1 Red/Green Remote

detection: Red on signal

detect, Green on LIRC

decode 

1 Blue - Power

6 Red:

  1xRX indicator

  1xTX signal indicator

  4xTX channel indicator

14 Red:

  1xRX indicator

  1xTX signal indicator

  12xTX channel indicator

 

 
   
 
Last Updated: Sunday, 27 March 2011
 
 
  



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