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title: roIRDownEvent, roIRRepeatEvent, roIRUpEvent
slug: develop/roirdownevent-roirrepeatevent-roirupevent
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createdAt: 2025-03-11T07:07:18.732Z
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An IR event object is generated when an IR button input (button press, button repeat, button release) is received by the *roIRReceiver* object. Use these objects to retrieve the message body of the IR input. 

:::hint{type="info"}
The *roIRUpEvent* object is generated with the Iguanaworks IR transceiver only.
:::

## ifInt

### GetCode() As Integer

Returns the IR code received by the *roIRReceiver* instance.

### SetCode(a As Integer)

Overrides the IR code received by the *roIRReceiver* instance, replacing it with the specified binary code. 

## ifUserData

### SetUserData(user\_data As Object)

Sets the user data that will be returned by `GetUserData()`.

### GetUserData() As Object

Returns the user data that has previously been set via `SetUserData()`. It will return `Invalid` if no data has been set. 

## ifReceivedEvent

### GetEncoding() As String

Returns the encodings setting of the *roIRReceiver* instance. This setting can be one of the following strings:

- "NEC"
- "RC5" (supported on the Iguanaworks IR transceiver only)