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Capturing ir codes from remote control units – Grass Valley iControlEdge v.1.20 Installation User Manual

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5. A confirmation window may appear. Click Copy to continue.

6. Once the download has completed, close the main WinSCP window. If prompted, click OK to close the

application.
You have successfully downloaded a copy of the configuration file template. You can now proceed with
populating this file with the required information, as described below (see “Capturing IR Codes from
Remote Control Units”
).

Capturing IR Codes from Remote Control Units

To capture the information required to recreate the IR signals that correspond to your specific set-top box
models, you will need to use Global Caché - IR Learner Utility with the GC-IRL IR Learner serial device from
Global Caché (see

http://www.globalcache.com/products/ir-index.html

).

To capture IR signals from the remote control unit associated with a specific set-top box model:

1. Open a copy of the configuration file template in a text editor (e.g. Notepad).

2. Connect the GC-IRL IR Learner serial device to a serial port on your PC or laptop.

3. Launch the IR Learner Utility application (on the Start menu, point to All Programs, and then click

GC-IRL IR Learner Utility).

4. In the IR Learner Utility window, select the following options:

Note: If you have more than one custom file to create, you may want to set aside a read-only
copy of the template file on your hard drive to avoid having to download the clean template from
the server again.

Note: The IR Learner Utility and more information are available from the “Support Documents
and Files” section of Global Caché’s Web site
(see

http://www.globalcache.com/support/support_docs.html

).