My experience with this app...
The "Color Tiger" App is a keeper. It has the metal to control everything I own. I wish I knew then what I know now about this app as it would save me a lot of time in the end. I will get to that shortly. I also want to extend my thanks to the great support I have received from Color Tiger. Kudos to you.
Now that I've been through this app thoroughly... I would recommend the following steps;
Things I would like to see as an improvement for this app are
To summarize this product; I definately recommend this product for anyone wishing to control their non networked devices through IR. This product simply works and works well. The support has been stellar and courteous.
The "Color Tiger" App is a keeper. It has the metal to control everything I own. I wish I knew then what I know now about this app as it would save me a lot of time in the end. I will get to that shortly. I also want to extend my thanks to the great support I have received from Color Tiger. Kudos to you.
Now that I've been through this app thoroughly... I would recommend the following steps;
- Once you pick a remote based on highest percentage compatibility, go through all of their functions to see if the functions are responsive. If not responsive or semi responsive (repeated pressing of the command to get a response), edit that remote and choose "other compatible commands" and search through the list for the same command that is troublesome. Many times, you will see many devices listed with that command. Cycle through them all to see which command (function) is most consistently responsive and save that to the remote being edited.
- Repeat step 1 for each device that you own.
- Build your smart remote with the functions of all the underlying remotes in steps 1 and 2 that are most pertinent to control your devices.
- Build macros and add them into your smart remote.
Things I would like to see as an improvement for this app are
- Group individual commands/controls together so that they can be moved as a group; ie digits 0-9 as a group: pause,play rewind, fast forward, and stop as a group.
- I would like to see "chapter skip" and "chapter back" symbols added to the symbol library
- Allow changing the color of custom shapes and the color of symbols in the library.
- Offer a larger color palette.
- Allow for the addition of backdrop colors when making a smart remote to differentiate the owner of the functionality of the various remotes comprised to make a smart remote. What I did to get around this as make the keys brown that control the AVR, blue for the Western Digital, Orange for the cable box, purple for the BluRay,and blue for the Vizio display as shown below. I have reserved the green and yellow keys for macros.
- A manual would he helpful as well.
To summarize this product; I definately recommend this product for anyone wishing to control their non networked devices through IR. This product simply works and works well. The support has been stellar and courteous.