Frequently
Asked Questions

Entering the URL is just step one — you have to tap "Set Video Wallpaper" to activate it. The button is at the bottom of the Live Video / Stream Wallpaper section in Settings → Appearance.

After setting it, navigate away from the screen and come back. The wallpaper loads on entry.

For the best experience with interactive web page wallpapers — especially on the desktop and inside folders — keep the app in locked mode (Edit Mode OFF). In locked mode, touches pass directly through to the web page underneath so scrolling, tapping, and interacting all work naturally.

Some websites block embedding — they detect that they're running inside an app and refuse to display. This is a policy decision by that website, not a READYWARE limitation. YouTube, Google Maps, NASA Live, Ring, and most IP camera dashboards work great.

The workaround is even better: Open that site in your phone's browser like normal, then enable the READYWARE overlay. Your buttons float right on top of the browser. You get the full website experience AND your controls — without the site ever knowing READYWARE is there.

Yes — via a free proxy called go2rtc. Run it on any home server, NAS, or Raspberry Pi. It converts your RTSP camera stream to HLS which READYWARE plays natively.

• Install go2rtc on your server: docker run -p 1984:1984 alexxit/go2rtc
• Add your camera to go2rtc config
• Use the HLS URL in READYWARE: http://server:1984/api/stream.m3u8?src=camera_name

Yes. Every remote, every folder, and the desktop each have their own independent wallpaper. Open the remote or folder in Edit Mode and set the video stream or image there — it only affects that canvas.

The best way to get full screen YouTube — better than anything built into the app — is to use the System Overlay. Here's why this is actually the superior experience:

• Open YouTube in your phone's browser or the YouTube app and go full screen normally. YouTube fills the entire screen exactly as it was designed to.
• Enable the READYWARE overlay — Settings → System Overlay → Enable. Your buttons and controls float right on top of YouTube. Volume, playback, smart home — everything is right there.
• Set your Overlay Timeout and transparency — your buttons appear when you need them and fade out when you don't. Adjust transparency so they sit lightly over the video.

This is the real power of the overlay. YouTube never knows READYWARE is there. You get the full native YouTube experience — full screen, full quality, full app — with your entire control system floating on top. App on top of app.

Granting permission is step one of three. Here's the complete sequence:

• Grant permission — tap Grant Permission, find READYWARE in system settings, enable "Display over other apps," come back to READYWARE.
• Enable the overlay — tap Enable Overlay. You should see a green ● LIVE badge. If the button still says "Grant Permission" after coming back, try closing and reopening Settings.
• Save and exit — tap Save in the top right corner. The overlay only activates when you leave the app.

That's the Overlay Timeout — and most users love it. It works exactly like a TV volume bar: your controls appear when you need them and fade away when you don't. Your content is always front and center.

Tap anywhere on the canvas to wake buttons back up instantly. You can adjust the timeout in Settings → Preferences → Overlay Timeout — anywhere from 3 seconds to 60 seconds, or Always On if you prefer buttons permanently visible.

That's correct — when the overlay is enabled, READYWARE automatically sets the desktop wallpaper to transparent so whatever app is running underneath shows through the canvas. This is the intended experience.

You can still set any wallpaper while the overlay is active — colors, images, and video streams all work. The transparency is just the default starting point.

iOS is fully featured. Everything you see on Android works exactly the same on iPhone and iPad — full screen live video wallpapers, HLS streams, website wallpapers, IP cameras, your buttons and icons floating on top of live video, remotes, folders, the desktop canvas, macros, smart home, IR via compatible hardware. All of it. Full screen. Full quality. No difference.

Your icons and buttons float beautifully on top of full screen live video on iOS just like Android. This is the core READYWARE experience and it is identical on both platforms.

The one difference — App on top of App: When you enable the Overlay option in Settings, Android can float READYWARE over other apps like Netflix or YouTube system-wide. Apple does not allow this. On iOS, enabling the Overlay option activates Floating Remote (Picture-in-Picture) instead — a mini remote panel that stays visible when you switch to another app. Tap its buttons and IR and smart home commands fire normally.

This only applies when you have the Overlay option enabled. The normal full screen READYWARE experience — live wallpapers, floating buttons, all three canvases — is identical on iOS and Android.

READYWARE is built around local network control — everything happens on your WiFi, not in someone else's cloud. The permissions it asks for are directly tied to that. Here's every permission and exactly why it's needed:

• Local Network — Required to find and talk to IR/RF hardware, IP cameras, Home Assistant, Philips Hue, Kasa, and any device on your WiFi. Without this, IR and smart home control cannot work. This is the most important permission.
• Display Over Other Apps (Android) — Required for the System Overlay. Lets READYWARE float above Netflix, YouTube, or any app. You grant this manually in your device settings — READYWARE walks you through it.
• Notifications — Used by the Web Remote feature. When someone taps a button on the web remote from anywhere in the world, a push notification wakes READYWARE instantly to fire the IR command. Sub-second response. Without this, web remote button response is slower.
• Camera (optional) — Only used if you tap the QR code scanner. Never used for anything else. Safe to deny if you don't plan to scan QR codes.
• Microphone (optional) — Requested by the video playback library, not actively used by READYWARE today. Safe to allow or deny.

That's iOS asking permission for READYWARE to communicate with devices on your WiFi network. You must tap Allow or READYWARE cannot find or control your IR hardware, IP cameras, or any smart home devices.

This popup only appears once. If you accidentally tapped Don't Allow, here's how to fix it:

• Open iPhone Settings
• Scroll down and tap READYWARE
• Enable Local Network

Android handles this permission differently from normal app permissions — it opens a special system screen. Here's exactly what to do:

• In READYWARE Settings, tap Grant Permission inside the System Overlay section.
• Your phone opens a system screen called "Display over other apps" or "Apps that can appear on top."
• Find READYWARE in the list. It may not be at the top — scroll down if needed.
• Tap READYWARE and enable the toggle.
• Press the back button to return to READYWARE.
• Now tap Enable Overlay. The green ● LIVE badge confirms it's active.
• Tap Save in the top right. Press home — READYWARE floats over everything.

Easy to fix on both platforms:

iPhone / iPad:

• Open Settings → scroll down → tap READYWARE
• Enable whichever permission you need — Local Network, Notifications, Camera, or Microphone

Android:

• Open Settings → Apps → READYWARE → Permissions
• Enable the permission you need
• For Overlay: Settings → Apps → Special app access → Display over other apps → READYWARE

READYWARE is built local-first. Your remotes, IR signals, button layouts, and wallpapers are stored entirely on your device — not in any cloud, not on our servers.

The only things that touch our servers:

• Web Remote — your button layout is pushed to our server so the web page can display it. You control this manually with the Sync button. It only happens when you tap Sync.
• Smart IR database — when you search for a device brand, the app queries our signal database. No personal data is sent.
• Push notifications — a device token is registered so the Web Remote can wake your device when a button is tapped remotely.

That's it. Your IR signals, your remotes, your wallpapers, your layout — all local. All yours. Forever. Read our Privacy Policy →

This is almost always a device connection issue. Check these in order:

• Go to Settings → Device Settings → Device Setup. Is your IR hardware listed as Connected?
• Make sure your phone/tablet and the IR hardware are on the same WiFi network.
• If it shows Offline, try power-cycling the device and tapping Reconnect.
• If the button has no IR code assigned, you'll see "No Code Assigned" — go to Edit Mode and program it.

A few things to check:

• Close the BroadLink app — if the official BroadLink app is open on any device, it can block READYWARE from communicating with your hardware.
• Aim the remote at the hardware — not at the phone. Point it directly at the IR receiver on the device.
• Get closer — within 6 inches is ideal for learning.
• Press and hold the remote button for a full second during the learning window.

RF learning is a two-step process — different from IR:

• Step 1 — Frequency sweep: Hold your RF remote button continuously near the RM4 Pro until the app says "RF frequency detected." Keep holding — don't release.
• Step 2 — Signal capture: Release the button when prompted, then press it once more. The app captures the signal at the locked frequency.

Yes — use Smart IR. In Edit Mode, tap the gear icon → Add Button → Easy Setup Wizard. Select your device type (TV, AC, cable box, etc.) and brand. READYWARE pulls signals from a database of 470,000+ IR codes and programs your buttons automatically. No original remote needed.

Edit Mode must be ON to move or edit buttons. Go to Settings → Preferences → Edit Mode → ON. Once unlocked, drag buttons to reposition them, or long-press a button to get the edit/delete menu.

The Overlay Timeout hides buttons after a period of inactivity. Tap anywhere on the canvas to wake them back up instantly.

If buttons are permanently gone, check that you're looking at the right remote — tap the back arrow and open the remote again. If the remote was deleted by accident, go to Settings → Advanced → Load Profile to restore a saved backup.

Each button can be assigned to a specific transmitter. In Edit Mode, tap a button → Edit → Events tab → Transmitter. Select the specific device you want that button to use. This prevents crossfire when you have multiple IR devices in different rooms.

Yes — that's what Macros are for. In Edit Mode, tap a button → Edit → Macro tab. Add steps: fire an IR command, wait a delay, fire another IR command, change the wallpaper, launch an app. Chain as many steps as you want. One tap runs the whole sequence.

Example: a "Watch TV" button that turns on the TV, switches to HDMI 2, and dims the lights — all in one tap.

A Macro turns one button tap into an entire sequence of actions. Fire IR commands, wait, fire more, change wallpapers, launch apps — chained together in any order, with any timing. One tap. Everything happens.

Here's a real example — a "Watch TV" button:

• Fire IR → TV Power On
• Wait 1.5 seconds
• Fire IR → Switch to HDMI 2
• Wait 500ms
• Fire IR → Soundbar Power On
• Change wallpaper → living room night photo

Six things. One button. Every device in the room responds in the right order, with the right timing. This is what a $500 Harmony Hub does — READYWARE does it on every button, for free.

Yes — and this is one of the most striking things READYWARE can do. Wallpaper changes are a macro step like any other. Here's a real-world example:

You have a living room remote. The room is dim. You tap "Lights On":

• Fire smart home command → Philips Hue lights ON
• Change wallpaper → photo of the living room with lights on

You tap "Lights Off":

• Fire smart home command → Philips Hue lights OFF
• Change wallpaper → photo of the living room in the dark

The canvas reflects the real state of the room. The wallpaper becomes a visual indicator. You always know what's on and what's off — just by looking at the screen.

Yes — the Launch App action opens any app installed on your device with a single tap. No fumbling through the home screen. You tap a button on your READYWARE canvas and you're in the app instantly.

Some examples of what people use this for:

• Tap "SmartThings" → Samsung SmartThings opens directly
• Tap "Google Home" → opens home.google.com in the browser
• Tap "Cameras" → opens your security camera app
• Tap "Music" → opens Spotify or YouTube Music
• Tap "Netflix" → launches Netflix directly

You can also open any URL directly — so a button can open home.google.com, your router admin page, your Home Assistant dashboard, a Ring camera view, or any web address.

Absolutely. READYWARE talks directly to smart home devices over your local network — no hub subscription, no cloud required. Philips Hue, Home Assistant, Kasa, and any device with a REST API all work as macro steps.

So a single "Movie Mode" button can:

• Turn the TV on via IR
• Switch input to the streaming box
• Dim the Hue lights to 20%
• Turn the ceiling fan off via RF
• Change the wallpaper to your theater photo
• Launch Netflix

Everything in the room, in one tap. IR, RF, WiFi smart home, wallpaper, and app launch — all in the same macro. This is what Electronic Personification means.

Yes — macros have a loop setting. Set a repeat count and the entire sequence runs that many times. Useful for devices that need multiple presses to reach a setting, volume stepping, or any repeated command.

You can also control the delay between each step — critical for devices that need time to process a command before receiving the next one. Too fast and they miss steps. READYWARE lets you dial in the exact timing for every device.

Many settings — including Appearance, Device Settings, Overlay, and Advanced — only appear when Edit Mode is ON. Go to Settings → Preferences → Edit Mode → ON. All hidden sections will appear immediately.

It's actually the opposite — live wallpapers perform best in Run Mode. In Edit Mode the canvas is busy with drag handles and edit overlays which can affect performance.

If your wallpaper isn't showing in Run Mode, make sure you tapped "Set Video Wallpaper" and saved before locking. The URL alone doesn't activate it.

READYWARE is hardware agnostic — not locked to any one device, brand, or company. Pick whatever fits your setup. Your remotes and .irc files work forever regardless of what hardware you use today or upgrade to tomorrow.

📶 WiFi IR Blaster — Most popular. Sits on the shelf. Works from anywhere.

A small plug-in device on your home WiFi. READYWARE talks to it over the network and it blasts IR or RF to your devices. No wires to your phone. Works from another room or across the world via the Web Remote.

• BroadLink RM4 Mini — IR only. TVs, cable boxes, AC, stereos. ~$20. Best starting point for most homes.
• BroadLink RM4 Pro — IR + RF. Everything the Mini does plus ceiling fans, motorized blinds, gates, garage doors. ~$30. Get this if you have any RF devices.
• BroadLink RM4C Mini — Compact variant of the Mini. Same protocol, same performance. Sometimes cheaper. ~$20.
• LinknLink eRemote — BroadLink-protocol compatible. Works natively with READYWARE.
• GlobalCache iTach / GC-100 / Flex — Commercial grade. Multiple addressable IR zones. For hotels, AV installs, boardrooms. ~$80–$200.
• Tuya / MOES / SmartLife WiFi blasters — Good news: the IR signals these devices learn are fully compatible with READYWARE. Export or copy the code from the SmartLife app, paste it into the READYWARE Signal Editor, and it's auto-detected and converted instantly. Save it as an .irc file — a hardware-agnostic open standard that never dies, works on any device, forever. The cloud-based hardware stays cloud-based. Your signal comes home. Read more about the .irc standard →

📱 Built-in Phone IR Blaster — Free. Already in your phone.

Many Android phones have a built-in IR blaster — Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, LG, HTC and others. If yours does, READYWARE uses it directly. No extra hardware at all. Check Settings → search "IR" to find out.

Limitation: Must point phone at the device. No Web Remote or cross-room control. Great for getting started instantly.

🔌 USB IR Blaster — Plugs into your phone via USB-C or OTG.

Works on phones without a built-in blaster. Compact and portable. Compatible with generic HID IR dongles, SiLabs CP210x, CH341/CH340 chipsets. ~$10–$15 on Amazon.

• 2.4GHz only — WiFi IR devices require 2.4GHz. They do not support 5GHz or most mesh networks. Make sure both your phone and the device are on 2.4GHz.
• Same network — Phone and IR device must be on the same WiFi, not guest vs main.
• Power cycle — Unplug, wait 10 seconds, plug back in. Give it 30 seconds to reconnect.
• Close the BroadLink app — If the official BroadLink app is open anywhere, it can block READYWARE's connection to your hardware. Close it completely.
• Reconnect in READYWARE — Settings → Device Setup → tap the device → Reconnect.

Yes — for smart home devices. Philips Hue, Home Assistant, Kasa, and any device with a REST API work directly over WiFi with zero extra hardware. Control lights, switches, blinds, thermostats, and full automations from READYWARE with just your phone.

For IR and RF devices like TVs, cable boxes, AC units, and fans — you need one of the hardware options above. But if you're purely doing smart home control, READYWARE works right out of the box.

READYWARE supports an extensive range of video, streaming, and web formats as live wallpaper. Your buttons float on top of all of them.

📺 Adaptive Streaming

• HLS — HTTP Live Streaming (.m3u8) — Apple's adaptive protocol. Used by IP cameras, Wowza, AWS MediaLive, Nimble, OBS, go2rtc, and most modern streaming infrastructure. Native iOS support.
• MPEG-DASH (.mpd) — Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP. Used by YouTube, Netflix, and major CDNs at the delivery layer.
• CMAF — Common Media Application Format. Low-latency adaptive streaming. Works via HLS or DASH containers.

🎬 Video Files

• MP4 / H.264 — The universal standard. Plays on every device. Local files or HTTP URLs.
• MP4 / H.265 (HEVC) — Higher efficiency H.264. Supported on modern Android and iOS hardware.
• WebM / VP8 / VP9 — Google's open format. Widely used for web video.
• MKV / Matroska — Container format supporting H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1 and more.
• MOV — Apple QuickTime container. Common from iOS recordings and Mac exports.
• AVI — Legacy container. Broadly supported.
• TS / MPEG-2 Transport Stream — Broadcast and IP camera format. Used in HLS segments.
• FLV — Flash video container. Supported via HTTP on capable devices.

📷 IP Camera & CCTV Protocols

• HLS over HTTP/HTTPS — RTSP cameras converted via go2rtc, Frigate, Blue Iris, iSpy, Shinobi, or any NVR with HLS output. Plays natively.
• RTSP → HLS proxy — Use go2rtc, MediaMTX, or similar to transcode RTSP to HLS. One setup, works forever. Best latency for live cameras.
• MJPEG streams — Motion JPEG over HTTP. Common on older IP cameras and some Hikvision/Dahua models.
• HTTP JPEG snapshots — Any camera that serves a JPEG on an HTTP endpoint.
• IP Webcam app streams — Android IP Webcam app URL played directly.
• OBS Studio streams — Output as HLS or HTTP video from OBS. Plays live.

🌐 Web & WebView Sources

• Any HTTP / HTTPS website — Full browser rendering. Interactive. Scroll, tap, zoom.
• YouTube — Full YouTube mobile site. Browse, search, play.
• Google Maps / Street View — Live map behind your buttons.
• Google Home — home.google.com dashboard.
• Ring / Nest / Arlo dashboards — Camera and security dashboards.
• Home Assistant — Full HA dashboard as wallpaper.
• Windy.com / weather cams — Live weather visualizations and webcams.
• NASA Live — nasa.gov/nasalive stream.
• Any embeddable web app — Router admin, NVR web interface, custom dashboards.

🔐 Authentication & Access

• HTTP Basic Auth — Username/password in the stream URL or settings.
• Bearer Token / API Key — Custom header injection. Home Assistant long-lived tokens, API keys.
• Query parameter tokens — Token appended to URL for camera systems that require it.
• HTTP / HTTPS mixed content — Local network HTTP cameras work alongside HTTPS streams.

READYWARE's Signal Editor and Format Converter handle every major IR format. Paste any format in — it's auto-detected and converted instantly. Export to any format you need.

• BroadLink Base64 — READYWARE's native format. Learned directly from hardware. Compact, lossless.
• Pronto Hex / CCF — Universal IR standard. Used by JP1, RemoteMaster, Pronto, and professional AV gear.
• LIRC / .lircd.conf — Linux IR standard. space_enc, raw, and named signal formats.
• Flipper Zero .ir — Flipper's native IR file format. Import directly.
• Global Caché / iTach sendir — TCP sendir protocol format used by GC100, iTach, Flex.
• Raw µs pulse timings — Raw microsecond on/off pulse arrays. The base format everything converts to.
• GIRR / IrScrutinizer XML — Global IR Remote Repository format.
• Arduino IR formats — sendNEC(), sendSony(), sendSamsung() style hex codes.
• IRdb / IrTrans — Common IR database export formats.
• Protocol-encoded signals — NEC, RC5, RC6, Sony SIRC, Samsung, Panasonic, JVC, Sharp, Denon, Mitsubishi. Encode from address/command values directly.

Most remote apps give you a fixed grid of buttons that look like a plastic TV remote on your phone screen. READYWARE is a completely different concept.

• The best free IR/RF signal editor on the internet — live waveform, 8-format converter, file import, canvas remote builder. At readyware.net/signal-editor. Free. No account. Anyone can use it — even if they don't own the app yet.
• Infinite canvas, not a grid — drag buttons anywhere. Any size, any shape, any color, any icon. Your remote looks like whatever you want it to look like.
• Live video wallpaper — your porch camera plays live behind the buttons. Your controls float on top. No other remote app on earth does this.
• System overlay — READYWARE floats over Netflix, YouTube, anything. You never leave your content to control your home. It's always there.
• Macros that do everything — one button fires IR, changes wallpapers, controls smart home, launches apps. All in one tap.
• Web Remote — share a link. Anyone, anywhere, controls your setup from any browser. Real wallpapers, real icons, real buttons. Sub-second response.
• Any device with a browser is now a remote control. Windows PC, Mac, Chromebook, smart TV, wall-mounted touchscreen, a friend's laptop across the internet — open the Web Remote link and it fires real IR and RF signals across the room. No app. No install. No Android emulator. No driver. A Windows PC becomes an IR and RF blaster. A smart TV becomes a controller. Anything with a browser becomes part of your home control system.
• 470,000+ IR signals — the largest downloadable IR database on the internet. Pick your device type and brand — every button programs itself in seconds.
• Open standard — your remotes are .irc files. Public domain. Hardware agnostic. They work today, next year, and with every device you add in the future.
• Buy it once. Use it everywhere. $9.99. One purchase. Install on every device you own — phone, tablet, old spare phone, cheap burner tablet. Your whole family, every room, the entire house. No subscription. No per-device fees. No ads. No cloud lock-in. True automation people buy a stack of matching cheap tablets just to dedicate one to each room. One price. The whole network.

It's the idea that your remote control system should feel alive — responsive, visual, ambient, always present. Not a plastic rectangle with rubber buttons. A graphical interface that sees your room, reflects your environment, and controls everything in it.

Your porch camera plays live on the screen. Your room photos change when you flip the lights. Your buttons float over the content you're watching. You cast it to the 65" TV and point-and-click from the couch with an air mouse.

The TV volume bar appears when you press volume. It floats over everything. Then disappears. READYWARE is that bar — but for your entire home. Every device. Every room. Every source. One screen. Always on. Always yours.

It brings everything together — without even trying.

Because READYWARE runs on any Android or iOS device — phone, tablet, old spare phone, cheap burner, wall-mounted tablet — everything that device can do is now part of your remote. Not because we built it. Because it's already there.

• 🔦 Your remote has a flashlight. And you can never lose it.Ever lose a TV remote down the couch cushions? Just say "Hey Google, find my device" — your READYWARE remote lights up, rings, and tells you exactly where it is. Plus the flashlight. How many remotes have a flashlight?
• 🗣️ Can your remote find itself? "Hey Google." "Hey Siri."Simply say "Hey Google" or "Hey Siri" and your READYWARE remote lights up and answers you. Voice control of everything on the same device — not integrated by us, just there. Always. Every voice command, every assistant feature, every shortcut your device supports comes standard with your remote.
• 📞 Does your remote have a phone in it? Can you make a call with your remote?If it's running READYWARE on a phone — yes. Yes you can. Check caller ID, voicemail, call log. One button. Right there on your remote. 😄
• 📣 Room-to-room intercom.Put a device running READYWARE in every room — a tablet, an old phone, a cheap burner, anything. One app, one price, the whole house. Add an announcement app and one button broadcasts "Dinner's ready" or "You have a call on line 1" to every room simultaneously. Automation people are already buying matching cheap tablets just for this. Looks like READYWARE built it. READYWARE just launched it.
• 🌐 Any app. Any service. Any button.A button can open SmartThings, Alexa, Google Home, a camera feed, a calendar — anything installed on the device. One tap. There.
• 🌍 Your remote has a web browser.How many remotes have a web browser? Yours does. One button. The whole internet. On your remote.

This is Electronic Personification. Your remote control system doesn't just control devices anymore — it is a device. The most capable device in the room. And it floats over everything, always ready, always on.

"Point and click graphical audio and video components right on top of live video." — That's Electronic Personification.

Yes. A macro button can fire every command in your home in a single tap. Here's "Movie Night" on one button:

• TV on via IR
• Switch to HDMI 2
• Soundbar on via IR
• Hue lights dim to 20% via WiFi
• Ceiling fan off via RF
• Motorized blinds close via RF
• Wallpaper changes to your theater photo
• Netflix launches

IR, RF, smart home, wallpaper, app launch — all in sequence, with precise timing between each step. One tap. The whole room transforms.

Cast it to the TV, add a pointer device, and you're doing all of this from across the room by pointing at a button floating over live video. One device replaces every remote you own.

Yes — and this is where READYWARE becomes something no other remote app can touch.

Cast your tablet to the TV via Chromecast or screen mirror. Your live camera feed plays on the big screen. Your buttons float on top. Add a pointer control device — an air mouse, a presentation clicker, or your phone's gyroscope as a wireless pointer — and now you can point and click graphical buttons on a 65" screen from across the room.

One device. One button press. Everything in the room responds. TV, lights, ceiling fan, AC, blinds, gate — whatever you've set up. You're clicking graphical components floating over live video on the largest screen in the room, without looking away from the content.

Pointer options: phone gyroscope (free, built into Android), presentation clicker (~$15 USB-C dongle), air mouse remote (~$20). All work as standard Android input devices — plug in and point.

Go to Settings → Advanced Settings → Save Profile. This saves your entire setup — every remote, folder, button, IR signal, and wallpaper — as a single .ircprofile file. Store it anywhere: Google Drive, email, local storage.

To restore, tap Load Profile and select the file. Your entire setup is back in seconds on any device.

Yes — save a profile and send the .ircprofile file to anyone. They load it in their READYWARE and get your exact layout. All buttons, signals, and organization come with it.

Individual remotes can also be exported as .irc files and shared independently.

The Web Remote gives anyone a browser-based version of your remote — real wallpapers, real icons, real buttons — on any phone, tablet, or computer, anywhere in the world. Here's the complete setup:

• Enable it — Settings → Remote Web Viewer → toggle ON. Wait for the green ● ON badge. READYWARE registers your device with the server on first enable.
• Copy your link — Your unique URL appears in the panel. Tap Copy Link or tap QR to get a shareable QR code.
• Share link + PIN — Tap PIN to see your 4-digit PIN. Send both the link and the PIN to whoever you want to have access. Anyone opening the link is asked for the PIN first.
• Sync wallpapers & icons (Premium) — Tap ⬆ Sync Web Remote to push your real wallpapers and custom icons to the server. Without syncing, the web remote shows your button layout but not your visual customizations. After syncing, anyone opening the link sees your exact setup.
• Done — They open the URL, enter the PIN, and your remote appears. Tap any button — IR fires on your device at home in under a second. No app needed on their end.

Yes — and this is one of the most underrated things READYWARE does.

The Web Remote turns any device with a browser into a fully working remote control. That means:

• Windows PC or laptop — open the Web Remote link in any browser. Your buttons appear. Click Volume Up — IR fires across the room. Your Windows PC just became an IR blaster. No Android emulator. No app install. No driver. Just a browser tab.
• Mac — same thing. Safari, Chrome, Firefox — any of them.
• Smart TV with a browser — open the link on the TV's built-in browser. Use the TV remote's pointer to click READYWARE buttons. Your TV is now controlling your other devices.
• Chromebook — full web remote, no install needed.
• Wall-mounted touchscreen kiosk — any screen running a browser becomes a dedicated control panel for any room.
• Anyone, anywhere — share the link with family. They open it on their phone, tablet, or laptop and control your home — from across the house or across the world.

The IR and RF signals still fire through the hardware on your home network — READYWARE on your phone or tablet bridges the browser command to the blaster in real time. Sub-second response.

No subscription. Ever. READYWARE is a one-time purchase — $9.99. Install it on every device you own. Phone, tablet, old spare device, cheap dedicated tablet for each room. Your whole family. The whole house. One price. Unlimited devices.

Your remotes, signals, and .irc files are stored locally on your device — not in any cloud. The app works whether we exist or not.

The IR database, Web Remote, and cloud features require an internet connection, but your core remote control functionality works entirely offline.