IIRC, in the posts I saw (many moons ago), the hacker set up a similar kind of data stream capture,
and then used the remote to change the temperature, one degree up or down.
That allowed him to find the location of the temperature bits/commands in the stream.
I think he did the same thing for finding the 'mode' command byte(s?)
and decoded the function of each bit.
Which bit equals Fan only, Heat or Cool etc.?. Seems like a lot of work.
I've surfed the web over an hour, trying to find info on the CadillacKid (aka) Christopher in Columbus Ohio.
I'll bet he has a bunch of data we would be interested in seeing..
Maybe he will Google up this page and come join the struggle.