hi, im looking for recomendations on what universal remote is best to use in my media room and support the isy. im also interested in controlling my sonos if possible.

I don't know about the sonos but normal AV equipment and the ISY I put in a vote for the Logitech Harmony. They make several models depending on how many different pieces of equipment to be controlled. The Harmony is loaded from the web with the definitions needed. I've used a simple Harmony 300 for a year or so with good success. Although I do not use it to control the ISY IR day to day I did load up the default ISY IR definitions initially to see how well it worked. I'm sure there are other good remotes. The Harmony has worked well for me.

The Sonos is controlled via TCP/IP so you can't control with an IR remote such as the Harmony.

There is a dedicated (expensive) Sonos remote or free control apps for Windows and mobile devices.

 

You can use the ISY-99's network resources to send it some basic commands.

 

Check this thread for details:

http://forum.universal-devices.com/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=5984&hilit=Function+exporter