erland wrote: > I'm not talking about a IR blaster system accessible from a smart phone, > that's totally useless, I have to look at the touch screen but the > feedback is shown on the actual device I'm controlling. For a universal > remote control solution for smart phone/tablets to work, it needs to > show the feedback of the action directly on the touch screen and that > means all devices need to be connected to the network and expose some > kind of API which can be used by the app on the smart phone/tablet. > Unfortunately we are no where close to a solution like this, there is > just too many manufacturers and no standard, so based on this I think we > will really have to live with IR based solutions where the Harmony is > excellent for another 5-10 years, at least. > > This is also why a IR based solution really need hard buttons on the > remote, which you can feel without looking at the remote, without hard > buttons you will end up with the same problem as the IR blaster based > solution you describe.
iRule can use feedback if the device are providing it , i have not tried myself yet . iRule with iTach (global cache devices) is what i use I like it because it removes the clutter of remotes and used on a iPad it's visible enough i just keep it in front of and see both the tv and the pad and it can use the hard buttons for volume . iRule can use ip and http control to for some devices I use serial and ir . I supose serial or ip devices can give feedback . As the iTach devices are network i can controll my main hifi from any room (or the internet) . They also have a relay box , but i never tried that one but I would if I owned a house . Turn on sauna open garage and similar stuff . But imho i dont think normal devices need that much feedback . Squeezeboxes are another thing with the whole context changing and browsing and stuff thatÂ’s a lot of information . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97925
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