I am convinced that there is a bug relating to the IR extender for the wetek hub on all LE 8.X.X versions where the range is limited to 1ft or 30cm.. The IR extender works fine in all versions LE 7.X.X and Android that I have tried. I have never been happy with the wetek IR remote so I am going to move on to either bluetooth or RF.
If anybody else has this problem I would be glad to provide any information about my hub to help.