Re: Remote Mouse and Keyboard

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

OOH, I just had another thought....

>From what you've said, I presume you must have a coax cable between the
PC &
the TV?

There are ways & means of sending an IR control signal back up the same
coax
cable that the signal is coming down... a number of devices do this as part
of "distribution systems", - check out labgear and maxview for
some ideas...

Paul G.



>From: "Simon Brazier" <simon@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] Remote Mouse and Keyboard
>Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 11:21:04 -0000 (GMT)
>
>I've managed to get the output of my main PC to display on the TV in
the
>lounge thanks to an RF modulator I had knocking around and the loftbox
I
>have installed. The only trouble is that I don't have mouse or keyboard
>control.
>
>The PC is only about 10 metres away from where I would sit in front of
the
>TV, but it is on a different floor of the house so it's not very easy
to
>run cables.
>
>How do people normally achieve control ? Would an RF keyboard and mouse
>transmit through a ceiling, is it worth trying a Bluetooth keyboard and
>mouse, or is it best to get an IR keyboard and mouse and use something
>like a Powermid to do the transmission ? Or would the best results come
>from a video sender which transmits the IR as well as audio and video ?
>
>Main reason I'm wanting to do this is so that I can play music from the
PC
>upstairs in the lounge without having a noise PC in the lounge. The
sound
>and vision works, but without mouse control I can't add any tracks.
>
>Thanks
>
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