IR on D54250WYK - how do I know if it works?

Hi there,

I had an Ubuntu box with built-in IR receiver.

I installed XBMC and used a generic MCE RC6 compatible remote control and all worked well.

I have now bought a new D54250WYKH and installed W8.1 (not pro) and XBMC.  I installed the latest driver pack from Intel downloadcenter.  

However, it seems that the remote control doesn't do anything.  It cannot power on/off the NUC and it doesn't do anything inside XBMC.

Is there any software that I can use to check the IR receiver output?  Is there anything that will show me that what my remote control is sending is really MCE compatible?

If anybody can help with that or suggest something that I could try I'd be grateful.

Thanks,

webj