“I wanted a universal remote control for my mancave and figured that I should be able to do this with an app on my mobile phone (to provide the User Interface) and a Raspberry PI to provide the Infra Red ‘Blaster’. After a little investigation I discovered the LIRC project which looked ideal for the ‘Blaster’. I wrote my own Android App (AndyMOTE) and a small ‘Server’ Program to provide an interface between the two.
This instructable shows you how to build the server”