1) COM Port

You can select which COM/Serial port to use for infrared communication. Please make sure that infrared-receiver is connected to selected port.

2) Signal Detection

Specifies which pin on the COM port is being used for data reception. This is not consistent among receivers hence make sure you make proper selection. Generally home grown receivers use DCD.

3) Allow To Enter System Key

Windows OS doesn’t pass system-commands like “Win + R” to the applications. Hence normally it is not possible to add an entry which has system-commands as keyboard-commands. In such scenario this feature can enabled to use some of the system-commands. This selection is self-clearing; it automatically gets un-checked after entry is added (you need enable this again if you want to add another entry with system-key).

4) Minimize To System Tray

When this feature is enabled, “IR Power” will minimize to the system-tray and won’t appear in the task-bar when minimized. While in the system-tray “IR Power” will work normally and will respond all your remote-keys. “IR Power” can be restored back from system-tray by a right-click on system-tray icon and selecting “Show IR Power”.

5) Enable Parallel Port Access

By default access to parallel port is disabled. Check this if you want to use “Device Control”. Don’t enable this feature if your computer doesn’t have a parallel-port.

6) Enable Title/Class String Editing

By default Title/Class fields in the “Target Window Settings” window is read-only. User can make those fields editable and change them manually before adding an entry.

7) Parallel Port Address

Your parallel port address can be configured here. Default value of 0x378h works for most of the computers. Wrong address my result “IR Power” to stop responding.

8) Error Tolerance

Samples received from your remote may not match exactly with the previously learned value every time, hence some difference is expected. The “Error Tolerance” percentage is used by “IR Power” while key reorganization. If user observes that “IR Power” key detection is inconsistent then he may increase the tolerance. Value from 20 to 45 can be tried.

9) Repeat Delay

A silent-window is inserted after processing of every entry which has “ERD” (enable repeat delay) set.

Silent-window time period is specified here. During this silent-window all received samples are flushed. “Repeat Delay” value is global and effects both new and old entries. “Repeat Delay” is specified in milliseconds.

10) Export Key File

User can save all the learned keys to a file. This file can be later loaded using “Load From File” button in “Learn Key” panel. You can also share this with all your friends who are using same remote control. You can submit this file to “Innovative Logics” website in the “submit remote file” section for other people to use.

You may also edit header section with your name and mailing address, may be some one would like to thank you for providing the remote file. File exported is text file and editable in any text editor like notepad, gvim etc.

11) Export Data File

Data file is a binary file which stores your groups, entries, keyboard-command and port-data. User can export and save their data files to share or use them later. To load data file simply place your save file in “IR Power” installation folder. The file name should be IRPower.bin. This is a binary file.

12) Load License File

When you purchase license, you receive IRPower.lic file. User should keep this file in some safe location and use “Load License File” to browse and point “IR Power” to the license file. License file needs to be loaded only once, after that “IR Power” remembers the license path for future accesses.

After pointing license file path click “Save”, “IR Power” will ask user to restart the application. Please do restart and check your registration information in the about box (as shown below).

13) Get License

This button takes user directly to the license purchase page. User can safely purchase license form there.

14) Save

Use “Save” to apply your changes. Some changes may ask user to restart the application, please do restart “IR Power” by exiting and launching it again.