Indigo Domotics

I'm going to be perfectly honest here - I wouldn't use the IRLinc. It's very difficult to set up and, in my experience, pretty unreliable. There are a couple of other options:

• Tell your DVR directly by using one of the plugins. There's one for the DIRECTV DVR (included with Indigo) and a 3rd party plugin for the TiVo. If you don't have one of these then check the next bullet.
• Get a Global Cache iTach device (IR blaster) and use the 3rd party plugin for it. This, by all accounts, is much more reliable and straight-forward to set up.

The IRLinc is an interesting concept, but the execution just never really worked well from all the experiences we've heard about.

jay (support) wrote:

• Get a Global Cache iTach device (IR blaster) and use the 3rd party plugin for it. This, by all accounts, is much more reliable and straight-forward to set up.

... and this is why I love this community/team!

Will order the iTach (have cable company's DVR) after supper! Thanks!

So I saw a good deal on the IRLinc 2411T before reading thru the posts to steer clear. I've been able to program multiple IR codes using the recommended steps. However, I'm having a difficult time getting it to work with the target device I want to control ( I am attempting to control a standalone electric fireplace such that it turns on/off with my central HVAC).

In your experience working with the 2411T, is it pretty hit and miss for different IR devices? Or maybe you have a couple of recommendations?

Mostly miss.

At this point, there are a couple of different solutions for IR control: Global Cache (with Cynical Cache plugin), Harmony Hub plugin (I assume it does, I've not used it myself. Others can chime in here as well.