I have installed some new lights, and they each come with an identical-looking but apparently differently encoded remote controls. The remotes control only one lamp each.
Not infra-red as I had assumed until just now it seems. Signal hasno trouble passing through walls. Surprising.
Anyone know if there's a way to capture the signals from those remotes and install some USB device on my computer that can repeat them?
I figured there would be when I assumed they were infra-red remotes, coz surely a infra-red flasher/recorder is easy, but now I suspect it's probably some encoded encrypted wifi-band signal or something that there's no hope of intercepting.
@pre would also be interested to know how these work! At risk being a reply-guy via unrelated comments: Just in case you didn't know that ceiling *may* contain (fairly small amounts of) asbestos. It's worth being a bit careful if you need to drill into or disturb it.
@stew_sims The plaster definitely crumbled a bit but I used existing screw holes.
Which didn't quite have the right width so they're held in with one screw instead of two but hey ho, matches the rest of the slapdash house.
@pre Well it looks good anyway Even if it is asbestos-containing you can drill it and repair small sections with appropriate PPE and clean-up if need be. HSE have some guidance. But main thing is just to be aware of the risk and not go sanding lots of it!
We have it in every ceiling here (plus numerous other places).
@stew_sims They definitely cleaned some up outside on the estate shortly after I moved in.
It's a fair call really.