WinLIRC might be a bit more popular than openHAB. We know about 1 link to it since March 2021 and only 1 link to openHAB. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
You can start on a general home automation like openhab.org. Source: almost 2 years ago
The easy thing to change here is software that interfaces to the USB dongle and does stuff on the PC. This also requires some reverse-engineering. I think it would be best to create a driver to make the remote work with https://winlirc.sourceforge.net/ or other similar flexible software which supports multiple remotes. Source: over 1 year ago
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