Yuck, we have no less than four different remote systems for the various flat panels around the house. And now the venerable Crestron is giving us fits. Josh recommended we try iRule. At last something that makes some sense. It is programmable (like the old Philips Pronto) and it is IP based (sort of like the proprietary Crestron).
It has a long thread on AVS Forum http://www.avsforum.com/t/1333129/whos-converting-to-irule-remote-control