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So here we are are now on day 2.  Today, I’m going to look at getting the RedEye app working with your devices.  Now it would be nearly impossible for me to tell you if your hardware will or will not work with this app.  I was lucky enough to be able to exchange emails with the CEO, Matthew Eagar and he filled me in on the device support details.  As of the launch of the device, only 15% of their database was ready.  As opposed to Logitech’s Harmony line which relies on user-contributed codes, ThinkFlood has chosen to use a professionally managed database by a 3rd party.  They plan to have the database completed by the end of January or early February.  Just past the break I’ll detail my setup and what I went through to get everything working.

Now, I’m sure my setup will vary from what you have, but my home theater consists of the following along with what I went through to get each device working properly.

• Samsung LN40A550 40” HDTV
  • Basic functions were supported such as numbers and volume and channel up/down however everything beyond that had to be programmed manually.

• Pace TDC797x HD DVR
  • While Pace was shown as a supported manufacturer, there were no device codes available under cable box or DVR.  I started manually programming the device button by button until I had a revelation.  I know that I am on a Motorola cable system (you will be either Moto or Scientific Atlanta).  So I tried Motorola, and it worked! :)  I still had to program the menu and other miscellaneous buttons but it did make my life easier.

• Philips DVP5990 Upscaling DVD Player
  • The DVD player was by far the easiest of the first three devices.  I only had to program 2 buttons manually and one of those was a USB button that allows me to watch DiVX movies on my DVD player.

• Western Digital WDTV (1st gen)
  • Western Digital was not listed as a supported manufacturer.  As such, I had to program the entire remote by hand.  The WDTV remote only has 17 buttons and no numeric pad at all, so it wasn’t too painful.

• Insignia IS-DA1802 5 CD Player
  • This device also returned a “no codes found” error so as with the WDTV, I had to program the CD changer by hand.

When I talk about manually programming a function, I’m talking about using the learning function on the device.  This gives you the flexibility to program buttons that down download automatically.  As a side note, does anybody remember the old school universal remotes that required you to use a learning function because device codes didn’t exist yet?  To use the learning function, you have to enter setup, choose your device, and under the commands section choose Add New Command.  this will present a “Capture Control Signal” button and you have the ability to customize the button icon and/or text and the type of command it is which should give you a preset button icon.

So all of my stuff works after a lot of manual programming.  As I said yesterday, ThinkFlood has told me that the device database should be complete by early February at the latest so later adopters shouldn’t have too many issues on the setup front.  Now that all the devices are up and programmed properly, tomorrow I’ll show you all how to setup an activity to get down to actual device control.