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I may try this on the ha pc, unfortunately the
laptop has nothing in bios to map the irda to a comm port (it's a tosh
4060). I actually tried this approach earlier today on the tosh, just in
case,
but so far with no success.
Thanks
Tony T
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 10:06
PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Fuji and Pace
NTL
try this article
let me know how you get on
i have a irda device which i can plug into the
com port
and i sure there is software out there that
will
allow me
to learn and then replay irda codes. it makes
sense ?? right ? :-)
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 9:57
PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Fuji and Pace
NTL
I've ordered an external Irda device to hang
off a comm port.
In the hope that XP won't see it as anything
other than a normal comm port (rather than irda).
If it works, I'll pass on the details.
Or does anyone know how to expose an irda
device as a comm port in XP (maybe I should downgrade my ha pc to
win95)?
Thanks
Tony T
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 9:45
PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Fuji and Pace
NTL
how hard (or easy, hopefully) would it be to make a device to hang
off the serial port that would send irda commands? i'm thinking in
particular of hooking one up to the multitainers a few of us have recently
bought. i've just checked the m/b and i can't see an irda pins. there is
an led on the front that says "video refresh" - i have no idea what that
is?
i have a similar thing i made with a standard ir emitter but it has
to be connected to a linux box (it's to control a sky digibox which needs
raw codes and i've yet to find windows s/w to do that). if anyone knows
any windows s/w that can send raw codes, that'd be useful too.
thanks.
Amar,
The code is simply a for .. next loop which
extracts each character from the required string, pop's it into a
variant (necessary for the MS comm control) and then calls the output
method of the comm control.
I'll send you the text file of
codes.
Tony T
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 9:20
PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Fuji and
Pace NTL
can i take a look at the vb code please
?
i have a plugin irda device that i would
like to try out on.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002
9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Fuji and
Pace NTL
Amar,
I'm using a simple vb form using the MS
Comm control for testing (have to send the string in binary format,
character by character to get stable control).
I assume that this is how hyperterminal
is sending the string during a paste.
Tried sending as a string thru vb and
it skipped channels all over the place. Nearly gave up on the idea,
until I twigged it needed a binary send.
My laptop has Irda, but cannot work out
how to expose the Irda port as a com port at the moment. So the Fuji
is the only machine I've tried it on.
Regards
Tony
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002
9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Fuji
and Pace NTL
tony
what software would i use if want to
control the pace ntl
from a irda port i have on my pc. The
only missing link
i have at the moment to my HA project
is controling
the NTL PACE box.
Thanks for you input
amar
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, April 07,
2002 8:48 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Fuji and
Pace NTL
Hi all, I'm new to the group.
Never
posted to a group before, so if I do anything wrong - please let
me
know..
Don't know if anyone is still interested in
the Pace/NTL DITV1000 remote
control saga, but the Irda on
the Fuji Pen Pads is great for controlling it.
Works a treat
(got all the remote control functions running and didn't get
a
missed selection during testing upto about 2m). Just a
shame the IR is on
the bottom edge of the tablet, rather than
the top! Also, the size/weight of
the Fuji doesnt really make
it very useful as an IR device...
Should get my HA pc
fitted with an Irda port this week.If this works, the
NTL box
will get relegated to the loft with it. Will start with just
channel
changing thru an X10 keyfob, then upgrade to Pronto
(is this the best
controller?) with the ha doing the
conversions, or something like that
anyway.
If
anyone's interested I can post a text file of the function
strings, you
can try them by 'paste to host' function in
Hyperteminal.
But need to expose the Fuji IR port as COM2 in
CMOS, and use 115200,8,n,1
settings.
Tony
T
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