I am still working on getting the KAON NS1120 sky box working with my TiVo. What I have tried so far: -

• On USA Philips Series 1 used irSliceCreator to capture codes. No luck. Program kept crashing and could not test. Did get some bits of code however which may help error check later.

• On UK Thomson Series 1 could not get irSliceCreator to run. Get error “Failed to connect: No such file or directory”. Had a look through the code and could not track while file was the problem. PATH looked ok.

• Found SKY spec for the box suggesting 36kHz IR frequency.
o https://skytv.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3324/~/sky-box-hardware-specifications

• Found KAON NS1120 Pronto codes from http://www.chowmain.co.nz/mysky-driver.
o Converted these to TiVo codes using Pronto to tivo code conversion.xls
o Created a KAON1120.tcl file according to IRConversionAndSetup
o Set this as CableBoxCodeNum 29994
o Gave it a try – got occasional response to 3 and 5 but nothing repeatable

• There are some good tips on IR blaster placement here which I have yet to try. http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=106&topicid=199099

• I did have some success in that I could use my IR extender to retransmit from one room to another.

I have just ordered an old Pronto programmable remote to capture the IR codes both direct from the Sky box and also from TiVo to compare. That will arrive in a couple of weeks.

I will persevere perhaps at different frequencies as the data I captured suggested 36kHz was incorrect and may be much higher. Using some of the data I did capture from irSliceCreator.

Any further suggestions appreciated.

In the meantime I will post another note on my thoughts on using the Sky KAON NS1120 in another article.