AndyH747
Established Member
Hoping someone might know the technical reason for the odd symptoms I'm getting with controlling an HDMI matrix with IR.
I have an 8x8 matrix utilising HDBaseT Lite receivers at each display which allow IR feedback to the sources connected to the matrix. However one display is built into the wall as it is a bathroom TV. The TV has an IR Out jack at the back which will utilise the normal IR receiver built into the TV. So whatever IR is received at the TV is fed to this IR Out jack. I wired this back to the matrix position and used the IR emitter and eye which came with the matrix to send the IR signals to the sources by attaching the emitter to the eye. All worked as expected with full control of all the sources via the TV in the bathroom. However the IR commands which normally switch sources do not work. I cannot switch the matrix but have full control of all the sources. I'm at a loss to explain this as the IR is obviously getting through because source control is fine. However for some reason the IR sent from the bathroom TV for source switching is being ignored.
If I take the remote used for switching sources directly to the receiving eye then the sources are switched ok so it's something to do with the IR used for switching sources not being successfully transmitted from the TV to the emitter attached to the receiving eye. However what would cause this signal to be ignored yet the IR to all sources not affected?
Any ideas why this is happening as the manufacturers are stumped and so am I!
I have an 8x8 matrix utilising HDBaseT Lite receivers at each display which allow IR feedback to the sources connected to the matrix. However one display is built into the wall as it is a bathroom TV. The TV has an IR Out jack at the back which will utilise the normal IR receiver built into the TV. So whatever IR is received at the TV is fed to this IR Out jack. I wired this back to the matrix position and used the IR emitter and eye which came with the matrix to send the IR signals to the sources by attaching the emitter to the eye. All worked as expected with full control of all the sources via the TV in the bathroom. However the IR commands which normally switch sources do not work. I cannot switch the matrix but have full control of all the sources. I'm at a loss to explain this as the IR is obviously getting through because source control is fine. However for some reason the IR sent from the bathroom TV for source switching is being ignored.
If I take the remote used for switching sources directly to the receiving eye then the sources are switched ok so it's something to do with the IR used for switching sources not being successfully transmitted from the TV to the emitter attached to the receiving eye. However what would cause this signal to be ignored yet the IR to all sources not affected?
Any ideas why this is happening as the manufacturers are stumped and so am I!