Re: [maemo-developers] Using the N770/N800 as a remote control.

2007-01-11 Thread Kimmo Hämäläinen
On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 09:36 -0500, ext Jon Smirl wrote: ... So how about the N800, does it have power? Is it a complete USB OTG implementation? ... AFAIK, N800 does not provide power for USB devices either. BR, Kimmo ___ maemo-developers mailing

Re: [maemo-developers] Using the N770/N800 as a remote control.

2007-01-10 Thread Kate Alhola
Did a SIR transmitter make in into the N800? I have a Phillips RC9800i remote control and I would like to replace it with my N770 or a N800. http://www.hometheatermag.com/accessories/0406philips/ I've been looking around for a IR transmitter/receiver in the form of a USB dongle and can't

Re: [maemo-developers] Using the N770/N800 as a remote control.

2007-01-10 Thread Dave Cridland
On Wed Jan 10 02:58:24 2007, Jon Smirl wrote: The other trouble with using radio is the you have to tell the remote which room it is in. IR doesn't travel between rooms. If you carry an IR remote to another room, it won't still control the TV in the first room. You could use a GPS receiver

Re: [maemo-developers] Using the N770/N800 as a remote control.

2007-01-10 Thread Kees Jongenburger
You could use a GPS receiver to sort that out, then have your music follow you about the house. I guess it is cheaper and does not require you to carry a gps receiver to have a few wifi spots or bt receivers and measure the signal strength on the wifi spot/bt reciever. Dave. (Now scared

Re: [maemo-developers] Using the N770/N800 as a remote control.

2007-01-10 Thread klaus
Am 9 Jan 2007 um 21:52 hat Jon Smirl geschrieben: Is it no power at all, or just not very much power? With no power you No power. Rumors said, that it is because there is nowehere inside the N770 +5 Volt, the device runs with 3.3 V or less. Since I don't have the schematics, I can't prove

[maemo-developers] Using the N770/N800 as a remote control.

2007-01-09 Thread Jon Smirl
Did a SIR transmitter make in into the N800? I have a Phillips RC9800i remote control and I would like to replace it with my N770 or a N800. http://www.hometheatermag.com/accessories/0406philips/ I've been looking around for a IR transmitter/receiver in the form of a USB dongle and can't find

Re: [maemo-developers] Using the N770/N800 as a remote control.

2007-01-09 Thread Daniel Stone
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:44:18PM -0500, ext Jon Smirl wrote: Did a SIR transmitter make in into the N800? I have a Phillips RC9800i remote control and I would like to replace it with my N770 or a N800. http://www.hometheatermag.com/accessories/0406philips/ No, it did not. signature.asc

Re: [maemo-developers] Using the N770/N800 as a remote control.

2007-01-09 Thread Jon Smirl
On 1/9/07, Daniel Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:44:18PM -0500, ext Jon Smirl wrote: Did a SIR transmitter make in into the N800? I have a Phillips RC9800i remote control and I would like to replace it with my N770 or a N800.

Re: [maemo-developers] Using the N770/N800 as a remote control.

2007-01-09 Thread klaus
Jon Smirl wrote: You can get IrDA versions everywhere. http://www.buyextras.com/irdaadapters.html?gclid=CNDDxsHW1IkCFRFBgQodfF4i4Q But these are in the wrong frequency band for a remote control. There is another problem: The N770 has a USB-Host mode (which is necessary if you want to run such

Re: [maemo-developers] Using the N770/N800 as a remote control.

2007-01-09 Thread Brad Midgley
hey There is another problem: The N770 has a USB-Host mode (which is necessary if you want to run such IrDA adapters) but it does not power the USB port. I have made an adapter cable to power 5 Volts to an external HDD drive via USB and it worked very well. But I think for a IR

Re: [maemo-developers] Using the N770/N800 as a remote control.

2007-01-09 Thread Jon Smirl
On 1/9/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jon Smirl wrote: You can get IrDA versions everywhere. http://www.buyextras.com/irdaadapters.html?gclid=CNDDxsHW1IkCFRFBgQodfF4i4Q But these are in the wrong frequency band for a remote control. There is another problem: The N770 has a

Re: [maemo-developers] Using the N770/N800 as a remote control.

2007-01-09 Thread Jon Smirl
On 1/9/07, Brad Midgley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey There is another problem: The N770 has a USB-Host mode (which is necessary if you want to run such IrDA adapters) but it does not power the USB port. I have made an adapter cable to power 5 Volts to an external HDD drive via USB and it