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Thread: Ir
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Jul 21st, 2001, 06:12 PM
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Ir
Hi
my friend has an IR port on his laptop, and he wants to know if he can control his television or VCR via his IR port on his laptop, he can find out the frequency for his television (i think) but how would he go about interfacing between the two ??
any ideas anyone ??
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Jul 21st, 2001, 06:17 PM
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Perhaps monitoring everything that comes into the port and pointing the remote at it? I don't think it'll work too well because the IR port is serial :-s
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Jul 21st, 2001, 06:24 PM
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do you or anyone know of any programs that are capable of doing such a thing ?
Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had.
-- Linus Torvalds
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Jul 22nd, 2001, 06:21 AM
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"One logical slip and an entire scientific edifice comes tumbling down." - Robert M. Pirsig
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Jul 22nd, 2001, 06:25 AM
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i have been actually considering that, i found a great deal of information at www.irda.org but would i be able to write the whole program in VB ?? i have a feeling that i will need some c or even asm, plus i need to get myself an ir port for my computer to test it out.
Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had.
-- Linus Torvalds
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Jul 22nd, 2001, 08:22 AM
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if you want a hand, give me a shout.
td.
"One logical slip and an entire scientific edifice comes tumbling down." - Robert M. Pirsig
[email protected]
"but if Einstein is right and God is in the details, reality requires that we sometimes get religion." - Scott Meyers.
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Jul 22nd, 2001, 08:24 AM
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cheers mate, i will keep you in mind 
Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had.
-- Linus Torvalds
[ Galahtech.com] | [ My Site] | [ Fishsponge] | [ UnixForum.co.uk]
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