Foxtel IQ2/3 Sat Box IR Codes not working - FIXED

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Has anyone in Australia been able to get the IR codes working for the Foxtel IQ2 or IQ3 sat boxes.

I have downloaded from Global Cache, but they don’t work.
I have also learnt them through the Remote 2 Dock using the original remote and that doesn’t work either.

This is what the code for DIGIT_0 comes up as when learnt through the dock:

21;0x76F77B55;32;0

And this is the data from Global Cache:

DIGIT 0,“sendir,1:1,1,36000,1,1,15,10,6,10,6,22,6,10,6,16,6,22,6,22,6,10,6,10,6,10,6,22,6,16,6,22,6,10,6,10,6,10,6,10,6,3243”,0000 0073 0000 0012 000F 000A 0006 000A 0006 0016 0006 000A 0006 0010 0006 0016 0006 0016 0006 000A 0006 000A 0006 000A 0006 0016 0006 0010 0006 0016 0006 000A 0006 000A 0006 000A 0006 000A 0006 0CAB,“sendir,1:1,1,36000,1,1,15,10,6,10,6,22,6,10,6,16,6,22,6,22,6,10,6,10,6,22,6,22,6,16,6,22,6,10,6,10,6,10,6,10,6,3231”,0000 0073 0000 0012 000F 000A 0006 000A 0006 0016 0006 000A 0006 0010 0006 0016 0006 0016 0006 000A 0006 000A 0006 0016 0006 0016 0006 0010 0006 0016 0006 000A 0006 000A 0006 000A 0006 000A 0006 0C9F

The box is manufactured by Pace.

When I put the first Ponto code into IrScrutinizer, this is what the decode says:

Nokia32: {D=33,S=160,F=0,X=38}, beg=0, end=35, reps=1

Any help or clues would be appreciated.

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Try these codes: Dropbox - Foxtel.csv - Simplify your life

I pulled them from a RemoteCentral post … no guarantees but might work for you. If you download the .csv, you should be able to import the codes in one shot in the Web Configurator.

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Thanks Quinterly, appreciated. I’ve had a look, they are almost identical to the ones from Global Cache, gave them a try, no good.

My Harmony Elite can control the unit with no problems.

When I try to capture the IR signals generated by the dock for Foxtel with another device (RedRat3), it can’t see them or register anything.

I’m wondering if the dock is generating them properly. The signal has quite short on periods, so possibly related to that?

More experimentation required, might need to get the oscilloscope out…

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Problem solved.

After reading some of the other posts on the forum, I realised that it might be a problem with an IR extender that I am using. I thought in my testing yesterday that I had bypassed it, but on reflection, I hadn’t done it properly. I was holding the base unit in front of the device, that didn’t work, maybe holding at the wrong angle.

This morning used IR emitters from the dock and held them in front of the device and it worked.

Really enjoying the journey with this remote. I wanted to be part of the challenge. Love tinkering :slight_smile:

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