IRControl How

After downloading, open the disk image and double click on the preference panel. You will be asked whether to install for all users or just the one currently logged in. Next you should see a message that the IR-FBA (the faceless background application) is not running, and offering to launch it for you (hint: click the launch button).

You should see a window like this:

Checking the box labelled "Launch IR FBA at Startup" will add the IF-FBA application to your startup items. If you want your machine to respond to remote signals (e.g. to control iTunes) then you should enable this. If you will only use your machine for sending signals (to control other devices) then this is not necessary, though it will improve response times.

The blank pop-up menu is a list of all the remotes whose information is saved in the preferences. You use your remote(s) to fill in this data. Point your remote at the IR USB transceiver and press any button.

A dialog will appear asking if you want to add a new remote:

The data (binary code) for the particular button you pressed (Power, Play, etc.) is also added. It can be seen under the "Buttons" tab.

You can also set up the actions you want triggered whe the signal is received by the computer.

Now you may want to record in the preferences the other buttons on the remote. The easiest way to do this is to check the boxes "Ignore Unknown Remotes" and "Add Received Buttons Automatically."

tell application "IR-FBA"
   -- get names of all the known remotes:
   set rems to remotes
   return rems
end tell

-->  {remote "Apex-RM-1160" of application "IR-FBA", 
remote "JVC-RM-V718U" of application "IR-FBA"}


tell application "IR-FBA"
   -- get the buttons of one remote
   set theButtons to buttons of remote "JVC-RM-V718U"
   return theButtons
end tell

-->  {button "Zoom W" of remote "JVC-RM-V718U" of application "IR-FBA", 
button "Display" of remote "JVC-RM-V718U" of application "IR-FBA", 
button "Fast Forward to End" of remote "JVC-RM-V718U" of application 
"IR-FBA", button "Pause" of remote "JVC-RM-V718U" of application "IR-FBA",
 button "Effect" of remote "JVC-RM-V718U" of application "IR-FBA", button
  "Rewind" of remote "JVC-RM-V718U" of application "IR-FBA"}


tell application "IR-FBA"
   -- send the Pause command to the JVC camcorder
   send button "Pause" of remote "JVC-RM-V718U"
end tell

-->  true 

tell application "IR-FBA"
   -- get all received signals still in memory
   set theSigs to IRSignals
   return theSigs
end tell

-->  {IRSignal "20070925-153709.4844" of application "IR-FBA", IRSignal
"20070925-153710.1250" of application "IR-FBA", IRSignal 
"20070925-153711.2969" of application "IR-FBA", IRSignal 
"20070925-153711.8594" of application "IR-FBA"}

tell application "IR-FBA"
   -- get all received signals still in memory
   set theSigs to IRSignals
   set oneSignal to item 1 of theSigs
   return properties of oneSignal
end tell

-->  {live header time:3754.0, name:"20070925-153709.4844", repeat gap
time:2.1631E+4, class:IRSignal, one time:1493.0, zero time:448.0, dead 
header time:8448.0, null time:564.0, repeat wakeup:false}


tell application "IR-FBA"
   -- get all the codes of the first stored signal
   set theSigs to IRSignals
   set oneSignal to item 1 of theSigs
   return codes of oneSignal
end tell

-->  {code "#0" of IRSignal "20070925-153709.4844" of application "IR-FBA",
code "#1" of IRSignal "20070925-153709.4844" of application "IR-FBA", code 
"#2" of IRSignal "20070925-153709.4844" of application "IR-FBA", code "#3"
 of IRSignal "20070925-153709.4844" of application "IR-FBA"}


tell application "IR-FBA"
   -- get the first binary code of the signal 
   set theSigs to IRSignals
   set oneSignal to item 1 of theSigs
   set theCodes to codes of oneSignal
   set oneCode to item 1 of theCodes
   return binCode of oneCode
end tell

-->  {"1100101110110000"}

tell application "IR-FBA"
   --report which buttons have been pressed, then erase the memory
   set theSigs to IRSignals
   set thesebuts to {}
   repeat with x in theSigs
      set sigCode to codes of x
      repeat with y in sigCode
         set bC to binCode of y
         set matches to ((every button whose binCode is bC) in remotes)
         repeat with z in matches
            if (class of z is button) then
               set thesebuts to thesebuts & 
                 ("button " & name of z & " of remote " & 
                 (name of container of z))
            end if
         end repeat
      end repeat
   end repeat
   empty IRSignal buffer
   return thesebuts
end tell

--> {"button Pause of remote JVC-RM-V718U", "button Pause of remote 
JVC-RM-V718U", "button Pause of remote JVC-RM-V718U", "button Pause
of remote JVC-RM-V718U", "button Play of remote JVC-RM-V718U", "button
 Play of remote JVC-RM-V718U"}