RE: xPL FirM Serial

[Shane Harrison <shane.harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK that helped - I thought by FirM serial you meant the PC Serial interface
like I have.  I think I am being a bit slow here Frank so don't be too hard
on yourself :-)

So my question is could you take the FirM IR out directly into the USB UIRT
(by modifying the USB-UIRT) and bypass the optical bit.  Maybe I am being a
little silly here but I just think the optical bit adds some
un-reliability.
On more thinking though I can't see why I really think that as long as it
is
out of direct sunlight.

Anyway - very interested in the progress because I have been thinking about
getting rid of the LIRC component for some time since it is quite demanding
on the PC and slow.  Maybe this USB-UIRT idea is the caper.

Is the xPL stuff for the USB-UIRT and the FirM written in C - I could port
to Linux I guess (I assume the xPL stuff is running on a Windows PC at the
moment - or have I got that wrong as well :-) )

Cheers and thanks for sharing
Shane

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Mc Alinden [mailto:fmcalind@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, 23 September 2004 8:46 p.m.
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] xPL FirM Serial
>
>
> Hi Shane
>
> > Would it be possible to use the USB UIRT to do the decoding, but
rather
> than
> > regenerate the optical IR to feed into the USB UIRT could be
directly
> couple
> > the electrical IR signals and avoid the optical connection for
> both TX and
> > RX?
> Not sure what your saying here...The USB UIRT  decodes all received ir
and
> passes i think a 6 byte message to xPL UIRT....When txing xPL UIRT
would
> send i assume a 6 byte message of the signal it wants to tx and the
UIRT
> would generate the signal ???
>
> > or is that what you are doing since it isn't clear from you
description
> what
> > the interface is between the FirM serial and the USB UIRT....?
>
> Sorry im not very good at explaining....The USB UIRT is used only
> yo encode
> / decode ir signals...The FirM Serial is used only for zone tx 
selection
> and reporting of zone sending ir....
> The USB UIRT has a ir out jack which connects to FirM IR IN....FirM IR
OUT
> goes to a stick on emitter adjacent the USB UIRT.......
> HTH
> Frank
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shane Harrison" <shane.harrison@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 6:35 PM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] xPL FirM Serial
>
>
> > Hi Frank,
> >
> > Currently as you know I use FirM (still trialling as I haven't
got into
> our
> > new house yet !!) with a serial interface and use LIRC to decode
the IR.
> > Would it be possible to use the USB UIRT to do the decoding, but
rather
> than
> > regenerate the optical IR to feed into the USB UIRT could be
directly
> couple
> > the electrical IR signals and avoid the optical connection for
> both TX and
> > RX?
> >
> > or is that what you are doing since it isn't clear from you
description
> what
> > the interface is between the FirM serial and the USB UIRT....?
> >
> > Shane
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Frank Mc Alinden [mailto:fmcalind@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Monday, 20 September 2004 11:17 p.m.
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] xPL FirM Serial
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Shane
> > >
> > > > Don't understand the purpose of the USB UIRT
> > >
> > > Im my case using the USB UIRT Hopefully will extend my ir
library from
> 256
> > > (max in homevision)
> > > to many many more.....
> > > The USB UIRT does all the hard work like Homevision ie
..learns ie
> signals
> > > encodes and decodes them.........When the USB UIRT receives
> an ir signal
> > > the plugin "xpl uirt" reports the signal to the
xPL network...The User
> can
> > > create a Determinator to watch for this particular xpl
message
> > > and then send
> > > ir to a FirM Zone by sending  two xPL messages first one to
> > > xPL-FirM ....ie
> > > tx zone number and then a second message to xPL UIRT  (with
a short
> delay
> > > between) the actual ir signal which gets passed onto the USB
> > > UIRT....Even 3
> > > pieces of hardware is involved its quite quick....
> > >
> > > Hardware .....USB UIRT......FirM Serial.......FirM
> > >
> > > Software.......xPL UIRT.....xPL FirM.....Determinators...
> > >
> > > HTH
> > > Frank
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Shane Harrison"
<shane.harrison@xxxxxxx>
> > > To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 9:06 PM
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] xPL FirM Serial
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi Frank,
> > > >
> > > > I'm interested but got a bit lost :-)
> > > >
> > > > Don't understand the purpose of the USB UIRT.  I can
sort of
> understand
> > > that
> > > > it is useful as it can convert an IR signal to an xPL
message
> > > (am I right
> > > ?)
> > > > but don't understand how the zoning information is
passed to it,
> through
> > > it,
> > > > over it...
> > > >
> > > > An ASCII picture might help or it might confuse me :-)
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > > Shane
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Frank Mc Alinden [mailto:fmcalind@xxxxxxx]
> > > > > Sent: Monday, 20 September 2004 10:25 p.m.
> > > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > > Subject: [ukha_d] xPL FirM Serial
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi All
> > > > >         Thought some might be interested so have
pasted
> > > (below)  a part
> > > of
> > > > > my post to the xPL List of my progress so
far...........Im
> > > using the USB
> > > > > UIRT which has a xPL plugin  ....and can send ir
from the USB
> > > > > UIRT to any of
> > > > > my 8 FirM Zones....using USB UIRT / FirM Serial /
FirM
> and of course
> > > > > xPL...........Quite surprized how responsive this
setup actually
> > > > > is.....Now
> > > > > got to do the zone receiving ..so xPL can take
actions
> depending on
> > > which
> > > > > zone a signal came from.......
> > > > > More Soon
> > > > > Frank
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi All
> > > > >         Well it looks like everyone is busy with
work at the
> > > moment..which
> > > > > is good .....
> > > > > Just a little update on my progress with my xpl
serial FirM
> > > > > Interface........
> > > > > During the week nights i put the hardware together
and have been
> > > > > modding my
> > > > > tvosd code to use on the FirM Serial ....
> > > > > At the moment have got the config messages working
 and have just
> got
> > > the
> > > > > transmit zoning working ;-)).....
> > > > > I have a FirM system setup on my computer desk
with a
> zone receiver
> > > > > connected to zone 1...The ir out of FirM goes to
an emitter
> > > > > adjacent the USB
> > > > > UIRT.....I send a vol up signal from my dvd remote
to the FirM
> > > > > receiver..onto FirM and out to the USB UIRT ...
xpl uirt reports
> > > > > back to xPL
> > > > > (Thanks John)...a Determinator runs........sends a
zone 4
> command to
> > > > > xpl-FirM (via devcom) and another action (within
the same
> > > determinator)
> > > > > sends my ha menu signal and it works ok.........
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