[ILUG] Infra Red Question

[John Orford]

I think I might settle for a serial port infra red receiver, USB seems v 
tricky, and see what I can do with it...

Thanks for the advice!


Pada Rabu 01 Desember 2004 16:25, Martin List-Petersen menulis:
> On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 13:04, John Orford wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is it possible to plug a generic USB infra red receiver into your PC and
> > then use an average TV remote control to control your PC?
> >
> > I checked out http://www.lirc.org/ and it looks like it is possible, but
> > I wanted to run it by you people first!
>
> I have never gotten any remote to work with lirc and a std. infrared
> port. IrDA is so much different from consumer infrared devices.
>
> However: using my realmagic consumer infrared receiver (serial), lirc
> and the remote for that or the infrared port that comes with the WinTV
> cards works grand.
>
> Slán leat,
> Martin List-Petersen
> Dublin, Eire
> (contact info on --> http://www.marlow.dk/)