Jon,
Yeah I tried removing the Denon IR codes from the group with no difference. However, when inserting a 4-5 second wait the Dish on is usable consistently with and without the Denon IR stuff in the command group.
So it appears I have a usable solution at the moment, the delay is ok because it takes my receiver and monitor a couple second to kick into a usable state.
Odd though, looking at the LED on the unit, it appears that when it is receiving the power from my remote that it is only as long as I hold it down which is a split second, and I can see (based on LED activity) that it is sending IR out after but the dish just never responded without this delay.
-pd