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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1238741" data-attributes="member: 82144">You can use it as a remote control receiver with MP pretty much straight out of the box. However, for your purposes (ie. use a a blaster and/or receiver), you're going to need to use it with IRSS and IRSS's TVE 3 Blaster plugin. IRSS + plugin is the only way to enable TV Server to control more than one STB.Yes. &quot;Emitter&quot; and &quot;blaster&quot; are interchangeable terms.I think that depends on the STBs you have. The 34 - 40 kHz range is very standard. I've been unable to find the technical specifications for Hauppauge blasters (possibly because they change depending on part availability or tuner), but I'd be very surprised if the Hauppauge blaster can do 56 kHz. Therefore, since you confirmed that the Hauppauge blaster can control your STBs, I wouldn't expect problems with the USB-UIRT. If it bothers you, you could try to contact Hauppauge to get specifications for their blaster... but frankly, &quot;good luck with that&quot;. Aside from a MCE-compatible transceiver - which seem to be more expensive and harder to acquire these days - the USB-UIRT is your only option for controlling two STBs.In short: when it comes to controlling two STBs it's USB-UIRT, MCE-compatible transceiver, or nothing. I'd sooner recommend the USB-UIRT.They're a very popular little product. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />The one thing I would suggest to be cautious of and/or read up on is W10 compatibility.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1238741, member: 82144"] You can use it as a remote control receiver with MP pretty much straight out of the box. However, for your purposes (ie. use a a blaster and/or receiver), you're going to need to use it with IRSS and IRSS's TVE 3 Blaster plugin. IRSS + plugin is the only way to enable TV Server to control more than one STB. Yes. "Emitter" and "blaster" are interchangeable terms. I think that depends on the STBs you have. The 34 - 40 kHz range is very standard. I've been unable to find the technical specifications for Hauppauge blasters (possibly because they change depending on part availability or tuner), but I'd be very surprised if the Hauppauge blaster can do 56 kHz. Therefore, since you confirmed that the Hauppauge blaster can control your STBs, I wouldn't expect problems with the USB-UIRT. If it bothers you, you could try to contact Hauppauge to get specifications for their blaster... but frankly, "good luck with that". Aside from a MCE-compatible transceiver - which seem to be more expensive and harder to acquire these days - the USB-UIRT is your only option for controlling two STBs. In short: when it comes to controlling two STBs it's USB-UIRT, MCE-compatible transceiver, or nothing. I'd sooner recommend the USB-UIRT. They're a very popular little product. :) The one thing I would suggest to be cautious of and/or read up on is W10 compatibility. [/QUOTE]

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