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30th June 2008: We're currently processing orders as normal.
Introduction
Dusky Control are the leading suppliers of controllers to allow Sky digiboxes to be controlled from PCs and home automation systems.
Our controllers allow you to control:
- standard Sky digibox
- Sky+
- Sky HD
- Foxtel iQ
- Foxtel Pace 420
The range includes units that can be controlled both from both USB or RS232 connections. Controllers are available that can control one, two or more satellite receivers.
The controllers all attach to the RF2 port on the satellite receiver and send commands to it using the same protocol that the sky 'magic eye' / tvlink devices use. This means there is no infra-red communication, making our controllers very easy to install, fast and 100% reliable.
What can I do with it?
Your imagination is the limit.
At the simplest use, you could just use it to control a sky+ box directly from you PC, using the interactive windows application.
The two other main uses are controlling a sky or sky+ box over the internet, or integrating a sky or sky+ box into a PVR (personal video recorder) solution.
We also produce a serial version, which has many uses of which the most popular is integrating a number of sky boxes into a home automation solution. Our serial controllers have been installed in hundreds of sites around the world and fully integrated with control systems from Crestron, Cui ipCue, Control4, AMX, Visiomatic and many others.