ACT-IR200L Doesn't transmit.

[pawn]

I thought I was the luckiest man in the world last night:

Just on a whim I pulled out an old IR transceiver I've had kicking around for a few years from a Sharp Zaurus. The model is Sharp CE-IR5.

Heck if it isn't the exact sam product as the Actisys ACT-IR200L. At least that's what every Google hit says.

E.g.:

http://www.actisys.com/price.html

"(ACT-IR200L = Sharp CE-IR5)"

So I trained it to operate my SAT receiver. SageTV seems to detect the device fine and as far as I can tell, it learns the IR codes fine.

However, I'm pretty sure the device is not transmitting data when I switch channels, etc.

I have tested this using an IrMan IR receiver in training mode with other software. Nothing shows up at all.

Questions:

1. Is this a unique problem?
2. Am I totally wrong about the compatibility of the device?
3. Is there any other way to test the tranmission of the device, outside of Sage?
4. I thought I read about a Girder plugin that works with the IR200L and Sage. I can't find the link anywhere. Can someone point this out to me?

Thanks in A.

[pawn]

Followup:

I finally said screwit and bought an actual IR200L on Ebay and it works fine now. No idea why the CE-IR5 didn't work, since the two devices are clearly identical, but whetever. Very happy now: why dwell? ;^)

I would like to point out to any Canucks that care: the IR settings included with Sage for the standard Dishnet receiver work for an ExpressVU 3100 receiver.