News
- 2/1/2011 - New USB programming cable is in the works. New orders may include new cable
- 1/2/2011 - Happy New Year
- 10/18/2010 - Has it been this long since I updated the news? Guess so. We are still selling the XIR. Fully in stock.
- 8/11/2009 - XIR's in stock. All orders are shipping on time.
- 5/5/2009 - Due to the issues with mexico, the trip has been cancelled. Orders are shipping on time.
- 4/25/2009 - Will be away second week of May. Orders upto May 1 will ship before, orders after will resume May 15th.
- 3/15/2009 - All backorders sent. Shipping back to normal.
- 3/3/2009 - XIR's are back in stock. Parts received and XIR's being built.
- 2/27/2009 - Factory sent boards out. Expected middle next week. Orders have resumed.
- 2/20/2009 - Contracted to secondary company for board manufacture, should have some in the coming weeks.
- 2/3/2009 - Until I have exact ship dates, no orders are being taken. Existing orders refunded.
- 2/2/2009 - Boards expected, but not yet confirmed.
- 1/17/2009 - Received confirmation XIR boards will ship to me after Chinese new years holiday week.
- 11/17/2008 - Canada post administration has gone on strike. Orders will ship out, but may be delayed in transit.
- 8/10/2008 - Going on vacation week after. orders upto 15th will ship beforehand.
- 8/1/2008 - XIR's are still available. Shipping every 10 or so days.
- 5/9/2008 - Back now. Backorders now being proccessed, will ship asap.
- 4/26/2008 - Orders upto today will ship monday, orders will resume to be sent out after May 7th.
- 3/20/2008 - I will be away for the upcoming long weekend. Orders will resume shipping on tuesday.
- 2/22/2008 - New XIR V2 Programming Software and drivers available, v2.2.26,
- 2/10/2008 - New XIR V2 Programming Software available, v2.2.24, fixes bug in 2.2.23
- 2/5/2008 - Orders shipping on time, all items in stock.
- 1/27/2008 - New XIR V2 Programming Software available, v2.2.23
- 1/14/2008 - Effective Jan 14, 2008 Canada Post increased rates. XpressPost/Registered went up slightly, rest same or went down.
- 12/19/2007 - Registered airmail is going up $1.75, it costs me $16 but only charge $12 at the moment, not including labels,envelope, etc.
- 12/19/2007 - Orders are shipping every few days, will be closed Dec 22-26th.
- 11/7/2007 - Released, Utility to aid in finding the COM port of USB Programmer. Download
- 11/5/2007 - NEW XIR Programming Software V2.2.20. See XIR Beta for more details.
- 11/5/2007 - Upto date on orders. Everything in stock.
- 11/1/2007 - Orders delayed due to high volumes. Orders shipping out promptly.
- 10/18/2007 - New update to V2 FW. V2.5. Primary addition, ability to swap xbox button used to turn on xbox thus better compatibility with modchips.
- 10/15/2007 - Received small set of XIR USB Programmers. Back orders being filled.
- 10/8/2007 - Unknown ETA on XIR USB Programmers. Working to get parts.
- 9/25/2007 - As of September 25th all prices are in Canadian Dollars (CAD$). Due to the decreasing value, I can no longer justify accepting USD.
- 9/24/2007 - Out of stock on XIR USB Programmers.
- 8/17/2007 - Due to Hurrican Dean, trip is cancelled. Accepting orders again.
- 8/13/2007 - Will be away next week. Last day for orders is Tuesday (8/14/200) noon.
- 7/11/2007 - All orders shipping on time.
- 6/29/2007 - I will be away until next monday.
- 6/12/2007 - Server IP changed, please use contact@xir.us for email for the time being.
- 5/20/2007 - XIR USB Programmer will be in stock 23rd of May. Confirmed.
- 5/13/2007 - Got overwhelmed with orders over past few days. Orders are being sent out as fast as possible.
- 4/16/2007 - XIR's are back in sotck, but USB Programmers are still out of stock. Expect more end of this week.
- 4/13/2007 - Out of stock on XIR's. Will be restocked next week.
- 3/31/2007 - New XIR Programming Software 2.2.18 available.
- 3/14/2007 - USB Programming Cable Drivers listed under XIR V2 Beta page.
- 3/13/2007 - Sorry for delay, USB Programmer now available on order page.
- 3/1/2007 - USB Programmer Pictures: Pic 1 Pic 2
- 2/26/2007 - USB Programmer is ready. Pictures to follow tommorow.
- 2/15/2007 - Having trouble sourcing a part cheaply, so the USB Programmer is on hold for the time being.
- 2/13/2007 - Reduced cost of the USB Programmer down to $7 in parts, may be viable now.
- 1/30/2007 - New Ordering page. If you are having problems please contact me asap.
- 1/30/2007 - Restructuring of website, much cleaner and simpler to find information. More changes to follow.
- 1/8/2007 - All outstanding orders (from 6th to now) will ship tommorow.
- 1/1/2007 - Happy New Year !
- 12/4/2006 - Be sure to order soon if you want delivery by christmas.
International deadline is Dec 6,
US/Canada is Dec 10,
ExpressPost is Dec 14.
- 11/23/2006 - Please use Contact@Xir.us to contact me.
- 11/23/2006 - Due to ISP changes, I have been delayed in proccessing orders, all orders will be fullfilled by monday at the latest.
- 11/19/2006 - ISP Changeover, website may be innacessible the next few days.
- 9/3/2006 - Back now. All orders are being proccessed and should ship tuesday/wednesday.
- 8/25/2006 - Orders from today on will ship after Sept 1st.
- 8/20/2006 - Orders place upto August 23rd will ship. Orders after that will be sent out first week of september.
- 8/20/2006 - USB Programmer is available, but havent had time to put on webcart, contact for details
- 8/4/2006 - New USB Programmer available now. Contact for details. Will be available on the web cart in the next few days.
- 7/28/2006 - Due to the pending release of the USB Programmer, During August the original programmer will be on sale - $1.75.
- 7/28/2006 - USB Programmer is complete, should be available August 1st.
- 7/27/2006 - New XIR Programming Software V2.2.14.
- 7/8/2006 - All orders will ship by monday at the latest.
- 6/30/2006 - Due to long weekend, orders will ship again the coming week.
- 5/23/2006 - Orders are shipping every few days. XIR v2.2 is very stable.
- 5/6/2006 - Received more parts. XIR's are now in stock again.
- 4/25/2006 - Out of stock of XIR's, expect more stock within 7 days. Units will be on pre-order for the time being.
- 4/24/2006 - Any outstanding orders upto today will ship tommorow.
- 4/21/2006 - Received XIR USB Programmer prototype today, will post pictures later. Unit should be on sale soon.
- 4/20/2006 - Delayed on orders, orders upto today should be filled and shipped the coming week.
- 3/30/2006 - XIR V2 Programmer is on sale, 10% off.
- 3/28/2006 - Due to the low US->Canada Dollar and an Increase in shipping prices by Canada Post on March 1st, XpressPost US and INTL Registered is going up 15cents.
- 3/15/2006 - Im now back. Im proccessing orders and should be caught up by saturday. XpressPost orders will ship saturday for sure.
- 3/4/2006 - I will be away for a few days, orders upto now will ship today, orders from now till I get back will ship when I get back, 10th of March.
- 2/20/2006 - Added the XIR revG PCB (v2.2) D0 connection instructions to Installation Diagrams page.
- 2/20/2006 - Added the XIR Pro Kit V2.2+ instructions for the Eject Wire to the Installation Diagrams page.
- 1/9/2005 - Forgot to update the website, all holiday orders have shipped as of today. Back to 2-4 day shipping schedule.
- 12/20/2005 - We will be closed until after the holidays (Jan 2nd), orders will still be accepted but will only go out as time allows.
- 12/11/2005 - Due to the holidays, orders may be delayed an extra few days. Orders are shipping every 4-6 days, for exact times or rush service email me.
- 12/1/2005 - Not much new has happened in the past few months. Orders are shipping every 3 days.
- 9/21/2005 - Critical bug fix in the XIR Programming software, fixes problems with Learning Mode not working properly. Download the latest 2.2.9
- 9/20/2005 - Specials for this month are over, a new special to come in the beggining of October.
- 9/2/2005 - Since I received so much feedback for the V2 due to the recent promotion, Im extending it until the 20th of September.
- 8/29/2005 - Hard at work fixing the ISP problem, but in the meantime I have a new version of the XIR Programming Software (v.2.2.4). Check it out under XIR V2 Beta link.
- 8/21/2005 - Having ISP issues and at times the website may be unavailable. Email me at contact@xir.us for any inquiries.
- 8/1/2005 - The first special of the month - All orders of V2 XIR's will include a free XIR Programmer.
- 7/18/2005 - There will be a special coming for the month of August for V2 XIR's. Keep checking back for the special.
- 7/13/2005 - All orders are shipping promptly
- 7/11/2005 - Havent had a chance to proccess orders since the 4th, will be doing that today and tommorow and shipping day after.
- 7/1/2005 - All orders are shipping on time. V2.2 is very stable.
- 6/14/2005 - All pre-orders will ship today and tommorow.
- 6/13/2005 - Delayed shipping of XIR V2's to complete V2.2 and ship all V2 orders with V2.2 FW. Adds eject control.
- 6/7/2005 - Finished the new XIR versions (one has full control over eject, and the other allows the control of external leds) they are in testing phase. Should be available for beta purchase in a week.
- 6/4/2005 - Two New Versions of the XIR are in the works, one allows you to control a set of leds, the second includes the eject control feature (v2.1)
- 6/2/2005 - Parts arrived. Building units and will ship on a first order, first shipped basis. Xpresspost orders will go out first.
- 5/30/2005 - Finally. Confirmed shipment from China, last wednesday. Expect it in about 6 days.
- 5/21/2005 - Its been about a month and Ive yet to get the nessesary parts, grr. I ve contacted my secondary supplier and have made arrangements to get parts from him very fast. My apologies to everyone.
- 5/5/2005 - Posted the do it yourself information for building the XIR Programmer. See XIR Beta page.
- 5/1/2005 - Parts have not arrived as expected, still waiting on them.
- 4/19/2005 - Im officially out of stock now, didnt order parts in time. Parts are en route will hopefully have more in next week or so.
- 4/17/2005 - Upon request by a few Xenium users I will be adding turning on with eject button within a week or two, and release as V2.1 Beta
- 4/17/2005 - Well Im a bit backed up on orders so all new orders are pre-orders. Shipping orders every day.
- 4/3/2005 - Back from weekend getaway. Will catch up on orders tommorow and tuesday.
- 3/27/2005 - Built Alot of XIR's over the past few days. Almost all orders have been filled, and will go out next business day. XpressPost will go out first.
- 3/23/2005 - Orders are almost caugh up, delay is 3 days or so.
- 3/17/2005 - Building XIRs, orders slightly delayed by a few days.
- 2/17/2005 - You can now order the XIR V2 Beta using this link: Order XIR V2 Beta. Dont forget to order a programmer as well.
- 2/8/2005 - Im still accepting orders for V2 Beta of the XIR.
- 2/7/2005 - Orders are shipping every 1-3 days.
- 2/7/2005 - All orders upto 7th feb have shipped.
- 2/6/2005 - All orders upto today have been filled and will go out tommorow.
- 2/5/2005 - Spent the past 3 days building units, will have all orders out monday.
- 1/27/2005 - All Orders upto Jan 25th have been filled, will ship tommorow morning.
- 1/23/2005 - I should have all outstanding orders out by wednesday at the latest.
- 1/23/3005 - Orders upto the 13th not already shipped will go out tommorow, so will XpressPost/Registered orders upto the 18th.
- 1/20/2005 - Almost all orders upto 1/13/2005 have shipped or will ship by coming Monday.
- 1/19/2005 - Im not out of stock, I just dont have any XIR's built to send out. Im building units, and should be fully up again in 3-4 days.
- 1/10/2005 - As of January 17th, 2005 shipping rates will increase an average of 10-15 cents due to increase in charges by Canada Post.
- 1/4/2005 - New Year, New XIR Software. The new XIR V2 firmware is now in beta testing. Contact us if you want to be a beta tester.
- 12/26/2004 - Couldnt help myself but code, I hope to have a beta of the new XIR V2.0 after New Years, will post pictures asap.
- 12/22/2004 - Im taking a small break for the next few days for the holidays, will be back the Monday after new years.
- 12/21/2004 - All orders have shipped ! No more delays. XIR fully in stock.
- 12/17/2004 - All orders upto Dec 11th have shipped
- 12/10/2004 - All orders upto Dec 1st have shipped, all other orders will ship tommorow or monday.
- 12/03/2004 - Received parts, lots of them. Building units and will have orders out asap.
- 11/27/2004 - All Easy Kit orders upto and including Nov 7th have been filled and will ship Monday Morning.
- 11/13/2004 - Calculated number of current parts, Orders upto Nov 5-6 will ship. I have ordered a significant greater amount of parts this time, to avoid non-stock in future.
- 11/1/2004 - Package of parts finally arrived. Working hard to build units to send out.
- 10/20/2004 - Expecting more parts within a week
- 10/5/2004 - Pre-orders upto now will ship, any more pre-orders will be delayed till more stock arrives in 3 days.
- 9/28/2004 - Sorry for delays, Pre-orders have begun shipping.
- 9/25/2004 - Parts received today, units being assembled and will ship ASAP.
- 9/15/2004 - PCB's were shipped on the 10th, expect next week, pre-orders will ship then.
- 9/3/2004 - All orders upto Sept 1st have been shipped.
- 8/27/2004 - Finished a small batch of XIR's and some orders have been sent. I will have the majority of the XIR's done tommorow and sent out.
- 8/22/2004 - Im Back and building XIRs. Will try and ship all pre-orders asap.
- 8/16/2004 - Received more parts, but I will be going away Wed-Fri so pre-orders upto today will ship tommorow, any other orders will go out saturday.
- 8/5/2004 - Ran out of XIR Easy and Pro's due to non arrival of parts. Ill keep this updated of when I receive the nessesary parts, most likely next week.
- 7/21/04 - Dont worry I have not dissapeared. Something urgent came up two days ago which i had to attend to. Orders will ship asap.
- 7/16/04 - All orders are shipping promptly.
- 7/16/04 - All orders upto the 14th have been shipped.
- 7/16/04 - I was not able to go away for a few days as planned so I took a small break anyways.
- 7/13/04 - Well Iam going nutz over the other project (SPI2Par) so im going away for a few days and should return by sunday at the latest. Any order upto Tuesday midnight will ship on wednesday, any orders after that will ship Monday/Tuesday coming up. Sorry for the inconvinience.
- 7/12/04 - Today and in the next few days you may experience some trouble accessing the website, currently doing some hardware upgrades. Upgrade went excellent.
- 7/12/04 - If you have any problems with orders, etc, please contact me directly at green@nicolas.cx
- 6/1/04 - All orders are shipping promptly.
- 5/7/04 - Preview of the new XIR Programming Software. XIR Development
- 5/5/04 - Custom XIR that uses Sony TV/VCR IR Codes is available upon special request.
- 4/5/04 - My host has bought a new domain, http://xir.us , thanks to all for the donations. I hope to have it fully running in the next few days.
- 3/29/04 - Iam taking Pre-Orders ! Order now to be sure to get your XIR as soon as stock arrives.
- 3/28/04 - I have been overwelmed with orders, I will have them all out tuesday at the latest. Please note I donot have any more XIR Easy kits, only Pro Kits. Should get more in the coming week.
- 3/27/04 - A large number of orders have been received over the past day or so, all orders shipping out promptly but there may be slight delays (1 or 2 days). Note there is no shipping on weekends.
- 3/8/04 - Received XIR v3 PCB. All orders are shipping next day. Everything is in stock.
- 2/18/04 - XIR easy are out of stock, pro version available with 2 days delay.
- 1/25/04 - I have been working hard over the last couple of days on new code for the XIR from scratch. Its working very nicely, using a Sony remote works beautifully. Is also programable by the end user, and expandle with 4 I/O pins for anything you wish. Expect to see it on sale soon.
- 1/17/04 - D0 Installation Guide added to install guides.
- 1/17/04 - Added Picture of 1.1-1.5 Xbox molex connector to installation guides.
- 1/12/04 - Looking into using FedEx/UPS for shipping. Or at least offering that method as a shipping option.
- 1/8/04 - Took pictures of one of the sets of the new XIR stock. View Here
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