For my own home automation setup I'm using a device called RFXCom. It plugs into a USB port and can send and receive all sorts of remote control signals, not ju

For my own home automation setup I'm using a device called RFXCom. It plugs into a USB port and can send and receive all sorts of remote control signals, not just IR but also things like the Somfy protocol mentioned in the article. It's really nice because to the hardware it just looks like a regular remote control. No soldering needed either.