Select Custom Actions

Open Remote Buddy's preferences and select All Apps on the left.

Then, click on a button's entry in the table and select Custom Actions…:

Configure the Custom Actions

If this is the first custom action you add, Remote Buddy will automatically generate a new action for you. Otherwise, please click on the + button in the lower left.

Before recording the IR code itself, we now should configure the action:

1. Enter a meaningful name for the action under Name of the action. You can use emojis here, too. 📺 🔈

2. Remove the pre-populated Keystroke actor from the Implementation section: select it, then click the - button below it.

3. Click on + below the Actors list and select IR Transmission to add the needed actor.

Record the IR command

Now click on Record IR code. After a brief initialization phase (Please wait…), you'll eventually arrive at Press button.

If you see Press button, move the remote control from which you want to record the IR command close to the IR transceiver connected to your Mac. Then briefly press the button you want to record.

You should now see something like XX IR timings recorded.

Clicking on XX IR timings recorded will open a popup showing you which codes Remote Buddy has recognized:

If Remote Buddy has recognized a code (here RC5: Vendor 0 | Code: 12), it is recommended to pick that code instead of the raw code, as that will ensure Remote Buddy is going to send the IR command as precisely timed and accurately encoded as possible.

Test the IR command

To test whether the IR command was recorded correctly:

• move the IR transmitter connected to your Mac close enough to the IR sensor of the device you want to control. On most devices, the IR sensor is located close to the power LED.
• Click Run actor.

If the device does not respond, try:

• picking a different recognized code (if you previously selected a recognized code, try the raw code - and vice versa).
• positioning the IR transmitter differently, in case the device's IR sensor is not where you originally expected it to be.
• to re-record the IR code by hitting the X button next to the XX IR timings recorded and repeat step 3.

Done

Finally, click on Close. You can now map the action with the recorded IR command anywhere, available under All Apps.