The IRMan from www.evation.com is a serial IR receiver that can receive IR codes from the vast majority of consumer remotes including learning remotes. The software side of it is best handled by girder (freeware) from www.girder.nl. Girder has a steepish learning curve, but is *incredibly* powerful for PC automation.
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