Setup of Panasonic UB-820

I assume this device will need to be controlled via IR, so I downloaded the BluRay Player IR Control Driver.

When viewed under Drivers, BluRayIR says it requires the GlobalCache driver.

So it's back to the System Software Updater.  I found GlobalCache, but it says it is deprecated.

Is this the right driver for my player?  Should I install GlobalCache, or not?

IR:
allonis.com/support/documentation?view=category&id=408

If you go to allonis.com / support / Documentation and search for "Infrared", you can find this document.
 

Now I understand.  "Drivers" are for any device that the server needs to connect to over the network.  The only driver I need for controlling IR devices is the one that allows the server to speak to the IR emitter.  In my case, this is the Smart Remote.

I went to: Management IR Database.  In the box under Brand Name, I typed in the letter P, and it says "No Data Found".  Do I need to setup the Smart Remote first, or do I have a different problem?

Note that clicking the How To on the System IR Database page sends me to the Allonis website home page.

A Driver is software to talk to hardware / software on a device.
An App has logic in it like the Weather app pulls data at a regular time cycle, for specific markets, parses it, creates variables.
The GenericIR is a driver.  That's what is used for all supported IR devices.  The GlobalCache line of hardware included.
What's not clear from your post - did you read the GenericIR documentation?  I think that's everything you need to know.
If not, let me know what's a mystery and we will improve the doc.

This is where I am stuck:

"In myServer's Dashboard, there is the Management / IRDatabase.  This is where you create your IR controlled devices like a "Samsung TV".  You can look up in the cloud database your model Samsung TV and save those IR codes to the myServer IR database (in your local system)."

Either I am doing something wrong, or the cloud database is empty.

check the document again.  It wasn't very clear.  maybe it is now.