RemoteControl II, v2.12
Universal Infrared Remote Control for Windows CE devices

Use your Pocket PC, Handheld PC or Web Pad as an teachable universal infrared remote control

RC II on Dellx50v

Features:

• Free definable control panels, layouts and graphics.
• Built- in layout editor for panel- pages and graphical buttons
• Support for different remote- types per panel- page
• IR- code teach in function via quick learn or IR database editor
• Expandable IR-code library
• Macros for multi sequence codes per button press
• Acoustic feedback at buttonpress.
• Support of the built in device keys.
• Press and hold button function (e.g. for the volume+/-)
• Fastest responsive RC application available
• Full screen support
• IR range of 3 to 20 meters (depends on Windows CE device)
• Supported display sizes: 240x320 - 800x600 pixels
• Import and export of Philips Pronto CCF IR- codes
• Auto power off function
• Support for toggle IR- codes
• Support of the included IrDA- port or compact- flash IR- extender cards to increase the transmit range
• Support for WM2003SE / 2005 portrait, landscape and hi- res.- VGA displays
• Support of external applications (e.g. Internet Explorer with EPG)
• Supports all Pocket PC’s with
  -Intel StrongARM (SA1100, SA1110),
  -Intel XScale (PXA250, PXA255, PXA260, PXA270, PXA272) ,
  -Samsung (S3C2410, S3C2440, S3C2442) and
  -Texas Instruments (TI OMAP720, TI OMAP750, TI OMAP850) CPU's
• Upcoming support for the HP- iPAQ NEVO- consumer IR modules (iPAQ 2210/2215 etc.)

RemoteControl II has been nominated for a 2007 Best Software Award in the "TV & Stereo Remote" category by the Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine staff and its Board of Experts!
 

Try RemoteControl II

RemoteControl II, v2.12, trial version
RemoteControl_v212.zip, PC- setup file for installation via ActiveSync, Size: 950kbytes
 

RemoteControl II, v2.12, trial version, Windows CE CAB setup
RemoteControl_v212.cab, CAB- setup file for direct installation on your Windows CE device, Size: 1900kbytes
 

The trial version is limited in the number of transmit actions per session and the Philips Pronto CCF- IR- code- import function.

Buy RemoteControl II

Price: $29 / €25

RemoteControl II, v2.12, full version
RemoteControl II, full version for Pocket- and Handheld PC’s

  

With the full version you get a registration key and an periodic update to the newest versions.

System requirements:

• Operating system: Microsoft- Windows CE- PocketPC 2002, WM2003/SE, WM 5, Windows CE 3.0 - 5.0, HPC 2000
• Display size of 240x240 - 800x600 pixels, portrait and landscape.
• Supported CPU’s:
  - Intel StrongARM (SA1110, SA1100)
  - Intel XScale (PXA250, 255, 260, 270)
  - Samsung (S3C2410, S3C2440, S3C2442)
  - Texas Instruments OMAP (TI OMAP 720, TI OMAP 750, TI OMAP850)
• 5MB of free RAM
• Optional (not required): Laser- / Electric Dog- PDA-IR-Extender to increase the transmit range to 50feet.
• Optional (not required): UltraMote CF- Extender to increase the transmit angle and range to >50feet:
  You can get the CF- IR- card here: http://www.laser.com/?laserlink=ahpda-ir
  These CF- cards are used alternatively to the included IrDA port and extends the transmit angle from ~45° to ~80° and the transmit range from ~18 to >50 feet.
  Devices supported by the CF- IR- extender cards:
   - Siemens SIMpad
   - t- Com T-Sinus Pad
   - DTResearch WebDT375
   - Sumo ST375
   - Escient EWP-1000
   - IBD Future.pad-CE
   - DELL AXIM X5
• List of tested devices

Additional RC II- project files / skins:

RemoteControl II Skins

RC II- How To’s:

How to create new button Layouts
How to create new Macros
How to call external applications
How to assign device keys

RC II- Screenshots:

Screenshots

RC II- Reviews:

pocketnow.com: WinCESoft’s Remote Control II, v1.15, review by Troy Lanphier
WindowsMobile247.com: RemoteControl II, v1.17, review by Neil Brown
HPCFactor.com: WinCESoft RemoteControl II 1.18, review by Nick Latito
Chris Tilley, Editor-in-Chief of HPCFactor.com: "RemoteControl II has been awarded our highest review rating, and is the first application reviewed on HPC:Factor to receive a perfect 5 in all score categories."

RC II- Version History:

2007.04.01, v2.12:

• PocketLOOX N520 / N560 battery warning message problem fixed.
• Enhanced signal accuracy for devices with Intel XScale- CPU.
• PNG bitmaps with alpha layer are now loaded correctly.

2007.03.01, v2.11:

• New button function "Hide RC II": Minimizes the RemoteControl II- application window.
• New button function "Close RC II": Quits RemoteControl II application.
• Improved startup speed.

2007.02.24, v2.10:

• Button function controls are now refreshed when another function was selected.
• Quick- learned IR codes are now stored seperated in IRCodes\Quick Learned\Unknown Brands\PageName.IR
• Support for TI- OMAP 750 CPU's

2007.02.05, v2.09:

• Complete rewrite of all bitmap- import functions (BMP, JPG, GIF).
• Support of the PNG (Portable Network Graphics)- bitmap format added.
• Optimized memory management (50% less memory required, useful for large projects (>20pages) with hi- res- VGA- backround bitmaps)
  For some projects of RC II- user see here: RemoteControl II projects
• Support for devices with quadratic (240x240)- display.
• 240x240- default skin added.
• New button- layout- selector (starting the layout editor for changing the layout of a button is not required anymore).
• Panel menu combobox fits now also in landscape mode.
• Other bug fixes and enhancements.

2007.01.03, v2.08:

• Some small bugfixes.

2006.12.21, v2.07:

• Enhanced signal accuracy for devices with TI- OMAP CPU.
• Support for devices with raw- IrDA on port COM0.
• Adjustable time format added.
• Some other bugfixes.

2006.08.03, v2.06:

• RemoteControl II has been nominated for a 2006 Best Software Award in the "TV & Stereo Remote" category by the Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine staff and its Board of Experts!
   

2006.08.02, v2.06:

• Bugfix: All sample projects should be importable also in the trial version of RC II.
• Import function supports now also projects with umlauts in the file- and pathnames.
• Also partially loaded panels are now visible.
• Bugfix: Error message if the number of valid objects or panels is exceeded in the trial version.
• Sample projects cleaned and redundant bitmaps removed.

2006.07.22, v2.05:

• Bugfix: "First Startup"- problem on some WM 5 devices after installation solved.

2006.07.19, v2.04:

• Support for devices with TI OMAP850 CPU added.
  Tested OMAP850 devices:
  -HTC Prophet
  -Qtek S200
  -Dopod 818pro
  -XDA Neo
  -SPV M600
  -I-mate Jamin
  -VPA Compact S
  -HTC Wizard
  -Qtek 9100
  -MDA Vario
  -XDA mini S
  -SPV M3000
  -imate K-Jam
  -T-Mobile MDA Vario
  -Dopod 838
  -VPA Compact II
  -Cingular 8125
  -and other
• Bugfix: IR- transmit buttons shouldn't freeze anymore if a not supported CPU was detected.
• Quick Help for Layout editor added.
• Time delay between IR teach requests added (prevents problems if you learn IR- toggle codes).

2006.07.02, v2.03:

• Panel editor bugfixes:
  The position of a selected element was accidentally set to the position of the previous selected element.
  Panel editor bugfix: The last selected element was not automatically deselected after copy & paste.

2006.06.23, v2.02:

• Support for devices with Samsung CPU (S3C2410, S3C2440) added. Tested on Acer N30, Acer N35, HP iPAQ rx3715.
  RC II supports now devices with Intel StrongARM (SA1100, SA1110), Intel XScale (PXA250, PXA255, PXA260, PXA270, PXA272) and Samsung (S3C2410, S3C2440) CPU's.
• Quick help function added.
• IR- Signal accuracy for Intel PXA25x and PXA27x CPU based devices enhanced.

2006.05.30, v2.01:

• IR signal optimizations for Intel PXA270 systems. Please re teach your IR codes again if you have any problems.
• Support for Pronto CCF 5000, 5001, 6000 and 6001 codes.
• Improved accuracy for imported Pronto codes.
• The transparent button skin package RCII_Transparent_Buttons.zip from the skins page can now be imported without any error message.
• Bugfix: Error message "Screen rotation is not supported by this device".

2006.04.10, v2.00:

• IR support for MDA II, XDA II, VPA, Qtek 2020, HTC Himalaya and similar devices added.
• Support for 320x240 and 640x480 landscape mode (90° & 270° display rotation) added:
  
  
• Support for transparent bitmap- buttons added:
  
  
• Huge speed improvements for large background bitmaps.
• Reduced memory usage.
• The keyboard and start menu is now accessable in the IR database editor.
• The background of text labels are now transparent.
• Enhanced settings dialogs added.
• Editor: Bitmap preview added.
• Editor: Floating edit- windows added.
• Editor: Copy & paste bugfix.
• New button funktion: "Show panels list" for creating a popup menue with all available panels:
  
  
• Project import and export function (imports/exports all project files from/into a ZIP archive) added.
• New Context menu option to switch between panels in edit mode.
• Comport description in IR Port selection added.
• The Z- position (depth) of text- labels is now adjustable.
• RC II doesn't freeze anymore on non StrongARM or XScale devices.
• Bugfix: The assign- button in the "Assign Device Keys"- dialog doesn't work on HPC's.
• Bugfix: IR- Codes with a very short sequence length (<5) wasn't sent.
• Bugfix: Switching between VGA high- and low- resolution mode works always now.
• Windows Mobile 5 Bugfix: "IrDA- port COMx: doesn't exist or is in use!"- error fixed.
• Windows Mobile 5 Bugfix: "Screen rotation is not supported by this device"- error fixed.
• Tons of other bugfixes.

2005.06.07, v1.18:

• Setup- Error- Message: "The program you have installed may not display properly because it was designed for a previous version of Windows Mobile software." fixed
• Unified Handheld- and PocketPC- setup files. One setup file for all OS- variants.

2005.03.25, v1.17:

• Bugfix: Activation of the hi- res. VGA mode doesn't work on devices with specific language- ID’s

2005.03.15, v1.16:

• Bugfix: If RC II was installed on the internal flash storage, on some devices (iPAQ hx4700 and Dell x50v) the error messages "IrDA port COMx in use" and "Can't delete..." appears after deactivating the hi-res.- mode.

2005.03.07, v1.15:

• Support for hi- res. PocketPC's (VGA) added. Tools like SE VGA are not required anymore.
   
  Same panel in low- res, and hi- res- (480x640/VGA) mode.
  
  You can find some VGA skins on the skins page.
  
  
  To change into hi res mode use the new hi- res checkbox in the settings dialog.
  
• Display rotation for devices with IR tranceivers at the bottom (e.g. iPAQ hx4700) added.
  
  Turned round iPAQ hx4700 with activated 180° display rotate option.
  
• CF- IR- Extender support for Windows CE .NET4.2 SIMpads added.

Click here for the complete versions history

Tested Windows CE- devices (Pocket PC 2002, WM 2003, WM 5, CE 3.0 - 5.0, .NET 4.2, HPC2000):

• Acer N30, N35 (Samsung CPU)
• Acer N50
• Cingular 8125
• Dell AXIM x3, x3i, x5, x30, x30i, x50, x50v, x51, x51v
• Dopod 818pro
• Dopod 838
• DTResearch WebDT 370
• DTResearch WebDT 375 (some devices has no included IrDA, tested with CF- IR- extender card)
• EPower EZpad
• Fujitsu Siemens Pocket LOOX 410, 420, 600, 610
• Fujitsu Siemens Pocket LOOX 710, 718, 720 incl. CIR- IrDA- support for a extended transmit range
• Fujitsu Siemens Pocket LOOX C550, N500, N520, N560
• Futurecom NETA 980
• HP iPAQ h3660, h3900, h3970, h1910, h1920
• HP iPAQ h3100, h3600, h3700, h4100, h5450, h5500, h5100
• HP iPAQ h2210, h2215 (only IrDA port, CIR- port is supported in the near future by RC II)
• HP iPAQ rx3715 (Samsung CPU), transmit range > 30feet/9m
• HP Jornada 720, 728
• Höft & Wessel skeye pad SL
• Höft & Wessel skeye.pad classic
• HTC Himalaya
• HTC Prophet
• HTC TyTN
• HTC Wizard
• I-mate Jamin
• imate K-Jam
• IPM m810
• NEC MobilePro P300, 900, 900C
• MDA II
• MDA Vario
• MobiNote EP8402
• Morio ETPad
• Psion Teklogix NetBook Pro
• RoverPC P3, P5, P6
• Qtek 1010, 2020, 7070
• Qtek S200
• Qtek 9100
• Samsung i700
• Siemens AT&T Wireless SX56
• Siemens SIMpad SL4, CL4 (all OS versions incl. .NET4.2)
• SPV M3000
• Stampcomputer Stamp 8402
• Sumo ST370
• T-Com T-Sinus Pad
• Toshiba e350, e355, e550G, e570, e740, e750, e755, e800, e805, Genio-e
• Ubiquio 501
• ViewSonic V35, V37, Viewpad
• VPA Compact S
• VPA Compact II
• XDA II
• XDA Neo
• XDA mini S
• XDA II
• ...and other...

RemoteControl II is compatible to all Intel StrongARM- CPU (SA1100, SA1110), Intel XScale- CPU (PXA250, PXA255, PXA260, PXA270, PXA272), Samsung- CPU (S3C2410, S3C2440) and Texas Instruments- CPU (TI OMAP720, TI OMAP750, TI OMAP850) based devices.