From 95f93e639eba2fa111a4d45b2c277003d2730790 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Piotr Dobrowolski <admin@tastycode.pl>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:30:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Cleanup sendSharp and fix reliability

---
 IRremote.cpp | 46 +++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/IRremote.cpp b/IRremote.cpp
index deb2307..2c0f90d 100644
--- a/IRremote.cpp
+++ b/IRremote.cpp
@@ -1109,35 +1109,27 @@ linked LIRC file.
 void IRsend::sendSharp(unsigned long data, int nbits) {
   unsigned long invertdata = data ^ SHARP_TOGGLE_MASK;
   enableIROut(38);
-  for (int i = 0; i < nbits; i++) {
-    if (data & 0x4000) {
-      mark(SHARP_BIT_MARK);
-      space(SHARP_ONE_SPACE);
+
+  // Sending codes in bursts of 3 (normal, inverted, normal) makes transmission
+  // much more reliable. That's the exact behaviour of CD-S6470 remote control.
+  for (int n = 0; n < 3; n++) {
+    for (int i = 1 << (nbits-1); i > 0; i>>=1) {
+      if (data & i) {
+        mark(SHARP_BIT_MARK);
+        space(SHARP_ONE_SPACE);
+      }
+      else {
+        mark(SHARP_BIT_MARK);
+        space(SHARP_ZERO_SPACE);
+      }
     }
-    else {
-      mark(SHARP_BIT_MARK);
-      space(SHARP_ZERO_SPACE);
-    }
-    data <<= 1;
+    
+    mark(SHARP_BIT_MARK);
+    space(SHARP_ZERO_SPACE);
+    delay(40);
+
+    data = data ^ SHARP_TOGGLE_MASK;
   }
-  
-  mark(SHARP_BIT_MARK);
-  space(SHARP_ZERO_SPACE);
-  delay(46);
-  for (int i = 0; i < nbits; i++) {
-    if (invertdata & 0x4000) {
-      mark(SHARP_BIT_MARK);
-      space(SHARP_ONE_SPACE);
-    }
-    else {
-      mark(SHARP_BIT_MARK);
-      space(SHARP_ZERO_SPACE);
-    }
-    invertdata <<= 1;
-  }
-  mark(SHARP_BIT_MARK);
-  space(SHARP_ZERO_SPACE);
-  delay(46);
 }
 
 void IRsend::sendDISH(unsigned long data, int nbits)