IRLinc - INSTEON IR Transmitter allows you to turn any KeypadLinc or Mini Remote into an IR remote that will integrate INSTEON controlled lights and devices with your whole-home music system, home theater, or even your IR-controllable blinds or drapes. Using an
INSTEON controller such as
KeypadLinc, you can set up buttons for play, stop, volume up, volume down, previous track, next track, change source and power to control your whole-home music system. Or, while hosting a dinner party, set your dinner lighting scene and turn on music from your dining-room using
Mini Remote, all without excusing yourself from the table. By running one of IRLinc's emitters to an IR-controllable
automated drape controller you can use
Mini Remote to close the drapes and remove the glare while watching a movie, open and close a home theater curtain or schedule your bedroom blinds to open in the morning. Using your INSTEON network to control IR equipment around the house opens up a new world of home control possibilities.
IR Macro SupportIRLinc Transmitter supports IR macros, allowing several IR commands to be programmed to a single INSTEON controller button. Have your TV and tuner turn on, select the cable box as your source and turn on your lights from the touch of a button. Need a delay between turning on the TV and selecting the cable box as a source? Grab a remote from another room or unused remote and program a "dummy" IR code between the "TV Power" and TV source selection commands. IR macros are also great for programming several-digit television channels to an INSTEON controller button.
Independent On/Off ButtonsIRLinc Transmitter features the ability to program independent IR commands or macros to each the On and the Off on any INSTEON controller. Make your Mini Remote even more intuitive by programming the "Volume Up" IR command to the 1st On button and "Volume Down" IR command to the 1st Off button. Also, take advantage of macros by programming your two favorite television channels to the 2nd On/Off button pair. For example, you can program your Mini Remote's 2nd On button to change to the Discovery channel, while the 2nd Off button changes the channel to ESPN.
Note: Currently shipping revision is not capable of being supported by
ISY controllers and is also not supported in
HouseLinc software.