Remote electronics behind doors

John Darby | Posted in Jigs, Fixtures, Tips & Tricks on October 28, 2013 05:41am

Like about twenty years ago I built a cabinet that had electronics behind doors. We bought a device , somewhere, that you put in the door that transferred the remote light beam into the cabinet to activate the devices as required , Have a similar scituation now but can.t find the device.

Thanks for any help,

Cheers,

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sroxberg | Feb 11, 2014 10:07pm | #1
John Darby wrote:

Like about twenty years ago I built a cabinet that had electronics behind doors. We bought a device , somewhere, that you put in the door that transferred the remote light beam into the cabinet to activate the devices as required , Have a similar scituation now but can.t find the device.

Thanks for any help,

Cheers,

JD

John Darby wrote:

Like about twenty years ago I built a cabinet that had electronics behind doors. We bought a device , somewhere, that you put in the door that transferred the remote light beam into the cabinet to activate the devices as required , Have a similar scituation now but can.t find the device.

Thanks for any help,

Cheers,

JD

You are probably talking about an IR Repeater which will take the infra red signal and repeat it through a wire to a hidden device.
Rob_Sp | Mar 22, 2014 09:04am | #2
Harmony makes two.

They have a smart control which is the cheapest and the one I have. It works great. You can also get an app for your phone that will let you use it as an interface/remote. But the included control works well for me. It uses radio freq. to communicate to an IR hub in the cabinet. I placed the hub in a rack of components all a few inches inside the cabinet door.

http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Harmony-Control-Smartphone-Simple/dp/B00BQ5RYI4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1395493157&sr=8-2&keywords=harmony
highfigh | Jun 23, 2014 11:07am | #3
You can buy an IR repeater (Xantec, Russound, Proficient, Jamo and other companies sell these) or you can buy a universal remote that uses RF (Radio Frequency) to transmit the signals, if you have considered a new remote. The less expensive way is with IR repeater. IR is, however, affected (badly) by direct sunlight and some lighting, as well as some TVs. That's the main reason people in the Custom Integration industry tend to use the RF remotes. Well, that and the ability to control the equipment the way we want.