Using remote controls to Hack Furby

I've had some success using remote controls to get Furby to react in different ways.  I started out using a WebTV universal remote to do my dirty work, but I moved on to a more complicated device... I've built a CIR infrared decoder/transmitter.  Basically, CIR is a device that you connect to your computer's serial port to intercept codes sent from an IR remote(or a furby).  See my CIR-HowTo page for details on that.  When I get some concrete data from CIR, I'll post it at the hackfurby site.

In the meantime, the results from the WEBTV remote are here, as well as submissions from others on the web.
WEBTV Universal Remote Results
Submissions

WEBTV Universal Remote

My results from using a WEBTV Universal Remote.  You may have similar results using Universal Remotes or the brands of controls that WebTV can emulate.
The INIT reaction refers to the first few words the furby speaks when he is reset, including his name.
 

WEBTV  Remote  Code  Setting	Emulated  Brands	Button	Furby  Reaction
104	RCA/ProScan	Vol Down	"Twinkle Twinkle" song.
118	GE, Panasonic, Pioneer	Power	Fall Asleep Immediately(with Snore)
119	Curtis Mathes, LXI(Sears), Pioneer, Toshiba	3	Wierd.  YAWN and/or Hide and go seek.
120	Craig, Emerson	2	Fall Asleep Immediately(with Snore)
		7,8	Play Hide and Go Seek
		4	Fall Asleep Immediately(with Snore)
121	Craig, Emerson	Vol Down	Get Sleepy(Yawns on first press, Sleeps on second).
123	Craig, Emerson, Radio Shack, Scott, Symphonic	Vol Down	Fall Asleep Immediately(with Snore)
125	Fisher, LXI(Sears)	1	Play Hide and Go Seek
		3	Sneeze
		8	Acts like he's going to sleep but stays awake.
		7	INIT
		0	Acts like he's going to sleep but stays awake.
		Channel Down	Sneeze
131	Vidtech	Power	Sneeze
		3	INIT
134	KTV	Vol Down	Acts like he's going to sleep but stays awake.
135	Daewoo	Power	Sneeze
		2	Fall Asleep Immediately(with Snore)
		4	YAWN
		8	Play Hide and Go Seek
WEBTV		Scroll Right	INIT

Submissions

Reports from others around the world.
 

Brand	Device	Button	Reaction	email
Hitachi	TV	1	Caused two furbies to interact.
Hitachi	TV	1	Sneeze
Pioneer	Laser Disc Player	Rewind	Sneeze
Pioneer	Receiver	Peripheral Buttons	INIT
Laptop	IR Port		'I've been interfacing with my laptop's IR port.  I can detect the "Are you there" signal, and it appears to be quite simple.  I can get him to yawn almost continuously using one of my remote controls, and sneeze continuously using another one.  But only once have I gotten any major  reaction from the IR port. He started talking and was just like a three year old (wouldn't stop), but I couldn't get it to happen again.  I'm just not on the right frequency yet.  I suspect the stop bits are preventing me from getting out the pure signal I need.'
Samsung			Twinkle Twinkle
Panasonic	TV	Power	Sleep	Allison Spector