Teaching Infrared (IR) Commands
The Harmony remote can learn infrared commands from other remote controls, and should only be
used in situations where the Harmony Remote web site's infrared database does not already contain an
infrared command you would like to use.
Determine the device you would like to send the infrared command to:
1. Click
More Options
next to the Device icon.
2. Click
Learn infrared commands
.
Using the Infrared Sensor
The Harmony remote has an infrared sensor at the end opposite to the USB connector. The Harmony
remote uses this sensor to learn commands from original device remotes.
The following steps outline what happens when you press a button on your original remote control:
1. The infrared sensor on the Harmony remote learns the infrared signal.
2. The Harmony remote uploads it via the USB cable (and your computer's internet connection) to
the Harmony Remote web site.
3. The web site will try to find a matching pattern for the infrared signal.
4. If no pattern is found, the signal will be stored as-is in its original format.
5. If a pattern is found, the Harmony Remote web site converts the signal into a format for
convenient storage.
Either way, the signal is then available for you to assign to a button on your Harmony Remote.
Naming an Infrared Command
When you teach an infrared command to the Harmony Remote, give the command a name. This way
you can refer to this command by name in various locations on the web site. It is best to use the default
names listed on the Language page on the web site because the web wizards can perform automatic
button function assignments for you.
For example, if you teach the volume button infrared commands from your original remote control,
name them "VolumeUp" and "VolumeDown" (i.e. with no space, and capitalization as shown). The
web wizards look for commands with these names to automatically assign them to the volume up and
down buttons on the Harmony remote.
