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| CommandIR II External | CommandIR IIIMini Expandable | CommandIR III Pro Expansion |
| Introduction Date | May 26, 2008 | Sept 27th, 2010 - Mini Mar 27th, 2011 - Expandable | Release date: Late April, 2011
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| Current Status | Supported, not sold | Supported, available
| Supported, unreleased |
| Designed for Linux/LIRC | Y
| Y
| Y
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| CommandIR Utils Support | N
| Y
| Y
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| MythTV Ready | Y
| Y
| Y
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| 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 | USB | USB mini
| USB mini
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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
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| 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
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| 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
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| Device codes | Via LIRC
| Via LIRC, CommandIR Util HEX codes
| Via LIRC, CommandIR Util HEX codes
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| 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
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Remote Controls | Internal Receiver | Standard 38kHz
| Short-range Learning | Short-range Learning |
| External Receiver | Supported
| Yes, up to 25' Range
| Via Mini
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| 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
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| RF Remotes | Future Option
| No
| No
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Indicators | User-controlledLEDs | 2 Tri-state: Red/Green/Off 4 Green: On/Off | None
| None
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| 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 |
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