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Re: Laptop IR




How short is short distance? My Niles IR repeaters can pick up a
signal from about 3m away. The laptop actually sits on top of the
hi-fi in a small darkened room about 1m from the IR flood emitter.

At 12:14 PM 13-02-02 +0000, you wrote:
> > Is there any way to get a laptop with a built in IR port to talk
to
> > other things like hi-fi or to listen for commands from a Pronto?
> > This is all using homeseer?
> >
> > Bov!
>
>
>Yes and no. The IR port on your laptop will be IRDA and only usable for
>short distance transmitting.
>
>Q.
>
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