Board Thread:Questions and answers/@comment-30049823-20190909232421

So I'm not the only person with a Disk_Shot base unit but no remote (or power supply), as evidenced by amazon, craigslist, and ebay.

So I'm trying to gather up what I can about the missing mystery remote, because it shouldn't be too difficult to built a replacement. It's simple line-of-sight infrared technology, so:

3 bucks for a plug&play Arduino IR transmitter for starters.

Here's the owner's manual: Disk Shot instructions page 3, which indicates that besides the silver "Launch" button on top near the back, the button on the side does... something... also. I'm speculating based on info at the bottom of page 7 that it toggles the "motion" of the base launcher (it can swing back and forth and launch disks straight up or at an angle to the left or right).

So of course we need to know WHAT it transmits.

Or...

I've got one of these things (Boston TSU-501 Programmable Touchscreen Remote) that can "learn" the signals of any IR TV/stereo remote that you point at it, and probably could figure out what the signals are if they aren't anything more sophisticated than what an old TV/VCR/Stereo can recognize (and why would they be?)... but of course that doesn't do me any good without having one to "listen" to. But if someone who has a Disk Shot remote would "read" it and share the program, anyone else with a Boston TSU-501 could conceptually download it to their remote and use it for their own Disk Shot. 