On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 03:09:39PM -0600, Adi Linden wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 07:00:52AM -0500, Sumit Birla wrote:
> > > I have a set top box from allwell
> > > (http://www.gctglobal.com/Products/Terminal_Box/terminal_box.html)
> > > that has an infrared port built in. The goal is to use a palm
> > > pilot as a remote to control this box. How do I go about doing
> > > this? My first problem is to figure out if the infrared port
> > > is detected by linux (currently nothing in the bootup sequence
> > > indicates that it did).
> > >
> > > I understand that the kernel has to understand the IrOBEX protocol
> > > in order to communicate with the palm. Are there other options
> > > that need to be enabled as well? Any tips/pointers would be
> > > appreciated. Thanks.
> >
> > Hmmm... are you specifically wanting *Pilots* to be able to control
> > it, or IR remotes in general? If the latter, you probably want to
> > grab that remote control package for the Pilot; name eludes, but
> > it's like $30, and test with that.
>
> I am working with that set-top box for a different project. I don't
> believe the infrared port on that box is IrDA compliant, rather it is
> a receive only keyboard port.
>
> So you might be able to control the box using the pilot as a remote
> but you won't be able to do erial communications via the IR port.
>
> Makes sense?
Makes sense... but I'm not the person who cared, Sumit is. :-)
Cheers,
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