Remote controlled ceiling fan...

[John]

This might seem an odd place to post this but I figure I'm not the only one
here that would like to or already does control the everything in my home
theater environment from one remote control.

My plan was to have a remote controlled ceiling fan and light and that, when
I pushed the Home Theater button on my remote, would dim the light down to
nothing along with switching my TV to the right mode and turning on my
receiver and DVD player. However, much to my chagrin, the remote control
for the ceiling fan & light is the ONLY device so far that my universal
remote control can't seem to learn from.

Luckily, I didn't spend too much (which might be part of the problem) on the
ceiling fan and I'm thinking of moving it to another room and buying another
fan if I can find one that would be compatible with my universal remote.

Any suggestions for ceiling fans & lights you use in your home theater
setting that work with your universal remote? Or any other hints as to how
to get my universal remote to recognize the signal from the ceiling fan
remote?

Thanks in advance for any help...

John

[First Man]

Hey "couch potato"; why don't you become the universal remote and just
get off your lazy ass and turn on/off the ceiling fan and light as need
be? Gee!

[Jerohm]

"John" <john@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:J3hde.167$7U.33@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com...
> This might seem an odd place to post this but I figure I'm not the only
> one here that would like to or already does control the everything in my
> home theater environment from one remote control.
>
> My plan was to have a remote controlled ceiling fan and light and that,
> when I pushed the Home Theater button on my remote, would dim the light
> down to nothing along with switching my TV to the right mode and turning
> on my receiver and DVD player. However, much to my chagrin, the remote
> control for the ceiling fan & light is the ONLY device so far that my
> universal remote control can't seem to learn from.
>
> Luckily, I didn't spend too much (which might be part of the problem) on
> the ceiling fan and I'm thinking of moving it to another room and buying
> another fan if I can find one that would be compatible with my universal
> remote.
>

> Any suggestions for ceiling fans & lights you use in your home theater
> setting that work with your universal remote? Or any other hints as to
> how to get my universal remote to recognize the signal from the ceiling
> fan remote?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help...
>
> John
>

I am not sure if ALL ceiling fan remotes are this way, but mine works on RF,
NOT IR. If the ceiling fan's remote uses a 9 volt battery, I would bet
yours does too. If that is the case, I don't think your universal remote is
gonna handle it.

[wkearney99]

Many fan remotes don't use IR. They tend to use RF and I know of know
universal remotes that will control them. In fact I've not heard of any
other interfaces that will speak to them either.

One idea would be to use some other powerline controlled interface to the
fan. Mainly to allow powering it on/off perhaps in a parallel circuit. As
in, the regular RF remote can do it's thing independently. Or wire up the
control in series to allow total cut-off of power to the fan. It would
really depend on why you're controlling the fan in the first place.

If it's noisy and you want to be able to kill it then you'd wire it up in
series. This would keep the remote from kicking it back on again should the
room temp rise about the thermostat setting. If you want to kick the fan on
independently of the remote then you'd wire it up in parallel. That way you
could force it on regardless of the thermostat setting.


"John" <john@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> Any suggestions for ceiling fans & lights you use in your home theater
> setting that work with your universal remote? Or any other hints as to
how
> to get my universal remote to recognize the signal from the ceiling fan
> remote?

[Gary]

Clipsal is releasing a universal remote control shortly ( if not already
have ) that does R/F and infrared. unsure of the price, but a mate that is
in good with the clipsal rep has one and it is awesome, light sensing (when
its dark a blue back light comes on)

Macro programmable, for dimming the lights and turning everything on at the
press of a button, can use r/f and infrared in the one macro.

It looks fairly good, and has original buttons and LCD touch screen.

Very easy to program, and even easier via USB cable


"John" <john@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:J3hde.167$7U.33@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com...
> This might seem an odd place to post this but I figure I'm not the only
one
> here that would like to or already does control the everything in my home
> theater environment from one remote control.
>
> My plan was to have a remote controlled ceiling fan and light and that,
when
> I pushed the Home Theater button on my remote, would dim the light down to
> nothing along with switching my TV to the right mode and turning on my
> receiver and DVD player. However, much to my chagrin, the remote control
> for the ceiling fan & light is the ONLY device so far that my universal
> remote control can't seem to learn from.
>
> Luckily, I didn't spend too much (which might be part of the problem) on
the
> ceiling fan and I'm thinking of moving it to another room and buying
another
> fan if I can find one that would be compatible with my universal remote.
>
> Any suggestions for ceiling fans & lights you use in your home theater
> setting that work with your universal remote? Or any other hints as to
how
> to get my universal remote to recognize the signal from the ceiling fan
> remote?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help...
>
> John
>
>

[Baked]

On Mon, 2 May 2005 13:16:44 -0400, firstman502@webtv.net (First Man) wrote:

>Hey "couch potato"; why don't you become the universal remote and just
>get off your lazy ass and turn on/off the ceiling fan and light as need
>be? Gee!

Jesus, webtv fools have usenet access?

[d a v e]

your fan is most likely RF not IR. you would need a universal remote that
can send both.
http://www.universal-remote.com/urc/

d a v e


"John" <john@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:J3hde.167$7U.33@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com...
> This might seem an odd place to post this but I figure I'm not the only
one
> here that would like to or already does control the everything in my home
> theater environment from one remote control.
>
> My plan was to have a remote controlled ceiling fan and light and that,
when
> I pushed the Home Theater button on my remote, would dim the light down to
> nothing along with switching my TV to the right mode and turning on my
> receiver and DVD player. However, much to my chagrin, the remote control
> for the ceiling fan & light is the ONLY device so far that my universal
> remote control can't seem to learn from.
>
> Luckily, I didn't spend too much (which might be part of the problem) on
the
> ceiling fan and I'm thinking of moving it to another room and buying
another
> fan if I can find one that would be compatible with my universal remote.
>
> Any suggestions for ceiling fans & lights you use in your home theater
> setting that work with your universal remote? Or any other hints as to
how
> to get my universal remote to recognize the signal from the ceiling fan
> remote?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help...
>
> John
>
>