Can I some how control my Bang & Olufsen system ?

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mdbp
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Can I some how control my Bang & Olufsen system ?

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Hi



Is possible to control my Bang & Olufsen system ?
mickusdickus
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Post by mickusdickus »

If assuming you mean controlling it by remote, then with the Niveus remote for example, yes you could. Since it's a learning remote, you just program it so it learns the B&O's signals and you have control of Meedio and control of your sound system with one remote. If that isn't what you mean, excuse my ignorance.



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mdbp
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Hi - my mistake

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I was looking at housebot as a Wifi remote, I know that Creston can control B&O systems - any Ideas
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Post by McNasty »

Crestron and housebot are two very different worlds. Housebot may or may not be able to control you B&O system. The reason I say it may not be able to, is B&O uses a higher IR frequency that is not as common as other manufacturers. I have seen some IR repeating equipment act up when sending B&O codes. Do you have a Crestron system? I'm a Crestron programmer...If you have a 2-series processor with an E-Net card, you can use e-control to give you wifi control.
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Post by ScottBot »

HouseBot doesn't have any inherent IR limitations if that's the issue. However, the IR hardware that is supported by HouseBot may have limits that would be a problem. I don't know the IR limits of all of the hardware supported, but HouseBot has plugins for the following IR transceivers:
  • Ocelot / SECUIR
  • USB UIRT
  • Slink E
  • Global Cache GC-100
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Post by acheslow »

Can your system be controlled through RS232? If yes you may be able to configure a generic serial plugin to relay commands from a Wifi Pocket PC running a HouseBot software remote.
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