The IR Dongle V1 - Flux Capacitor V1 - adds IR support to the Just Add Power 2G and 3G product lines by converting the serial port into an IR blaster. Pronto and Global Cache IR code formats are both supported.
If the IR Dongle has 'V2' printed on it, please see the article for IR Dongle V2
The IR Dongle V1 ships with 4 cables:
2G devices must be on firmware A5.3.1 FC+4+ or later
3G devices must be on justOS firmware B1.2.1 or later
The RS232 port on the Just Add Power device has a null modem jumper on the bottom that determines the transmit/receive pin position of the RS232 port. Only one position is correct when using an IR dongle.
For baseline 3G devices, the null modem position is bottom.
For 3G+ Receivers, the null modem position is bottom.
For 3G standard units, the null modem position is left.
For 3G standard units, the null modem position is left.
Please see documentation for the Control System being used.
IR Dongle V1 supports Pronto and Global Cache formats
Telnet to the IP address of the device at port 4998 and send the IR commands followed by a carriage-return (\r
below)
sendir,1:1,1,38000,1,1,127,63,16,16,16,48,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,48,16,16,16,1000\r