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Setting Up X10 Devices

The IR32A IconRemote - coupled with other X10 Home
Automation Modules - gives you the ability to control every-

thing electrical in your home. Once you set up your remote, you

can control most any electrical device from the remote, using
the keys that have been configured for X10 Home Automation
Modules.

Description

X10 Home Automation systems use three types of signals -
Infrared (IR), Radio Frequency (RF), and Power Line Carrier

(PLC). The IR32A remote can send either IR, RF signals, or

both, depending on how you’ve set up the remote to control

different equipment.

Setting Up Your Remote to Send RF commands

When the IR32A is in X10 mode, it transmits RF commands to

X10 devices that respond to RF signals. The following example

describes how to use RF to control a TV (so you can control it
from anywhere in your home). Keep in mind that when you set

up a non RF device to be controlled by RF signals, you need to

use a device like the RE549, which converts the RF signals it

receives back in to IR signals to turn the TV on or off (see
pages 50 and 51 for more details).

• Press

Home

• Select

Setup

using the Side Key.

• At the following screen select

More

using the Side Key.

• At the following screen select

Wireless

• The

Mode

screen appears; select the

Device you want to set for RF by
pressing its Side Key. (In this example,

it’s TV.) The RF symbol appears on the
TV icon. Press

Save

Note:

After following the above steps,

when you make selections in TV Mode,
you will notice that the transmit signals at

the bottom of the screen are now

Green

This indicates that the remote is sending

RF and IR to the TV. If the signals are in

Red

, it means that the remote is transmit-

ting IR only.

(6)

(7)

Setting Up Your Favorites, cont.

Note: “Triple tap” name entry works in a similar fashion to text
entry on a cell phone. Tap each numeric key to cycle through
ALL caps, numbers, and lower case letters. E.g., repeatedly
pressing the number 2 key cycles through A, B, C, 2, a, b, c.
Pressing the 9 key cycles through W, X, Y, Z, 9, w, x, y, z. A
“space” can be selected with the 0 (zero) key. The number 1
key selects 1 . @ ? ! - & and :. You can backspace an entry
with the key to the left of the 0 (zero) key. Press OK to confirm
your new name.

You can continue to add favorites, up to
a total of 10 (You can add more later; see
page 38.) At screen (6) you choose if the
favorites you just set up are stored in the
“His” group or the “Hers” group. Later
you can set up favorites in lots of
different Groups, not just His and Hers.
Selecting His takes you to screen (7)
showing that you now have NBC set as
the first favorite in the His Group (at the
location next to Side Key K1), as well as
any other favorites you set up. (Note,
you can reorder, i.e., move the positions
of the logos later.)

When you’re finished setting up your
favorites, press the

HOME

key (located

to the left below the screen) to go back
to the Home screen.

At any time you can press the

FAVORITE

key

and then select His, or press the His key at
the top left hand side of the remote to go
to screen (7) above. Pressing the key next
to the NBC logo will (in this case) change
the channel on your Cable box to NBC (in
this case channel 4).

Note:

See page 19 “Using the Remote” for

related His and Hers features.

X10 Macros