REMOTE CONTROL EXTENSION FOR COMMANDS HAVING PLURAL CODES

摘要

The system comprises a remote control (20) and an extender (40) coupled thereto by means of a network (30). It is used for remote control of an appliance (60,70,80) with commands having a plurality of codes. Such commands are for example so called macro commands (10) and repeat commands (11). The remote control (20) generates a message (50) comprising a description of the codes of the command and in some cases also the idle periods (di,d2,d3) between the codes of the command (15) and transmits the message (50) to the extender (40). The extender (40) receives the message (50). It generates the command (14,15) based on the description. The command is then transmitted to the appliance (60,70,80). In this way, uncontrolled idle times introduced by the network layer are avoided in case of a macro command and the effect of lost messages is reduced in the case of repeat commands.