Hi Trenton,
The real expert for the IrDA stuff is Dag Brattli, but I remember this
question popped up on the Linux IrDA mailing list. As I remember, the
frequencies specified for IrDA hardware are quite different and not as
variable as most remote controls and this makes it infeasible to use most
IrDA hardware as a remote control. A project was started to create a program
to use the Palm Pilot as a universal remote but never really acheived much
because of this hardware limitation.
Cheers,
Jim Ewing
----- Original Message -----
From: Trenton D. Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: DagBrattli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 8:08 AM
Subject: [Linux-IrDA]irda
> I noticed your wrote some irda stuff for linux. I figured I would ask you
a
> question if you don't mind. Since you probably know irda quite well, I
was
> wondering. Is it possible to interface a regular TV or VCR remote control
> with an irda compliant device such as my irda infrared port on my laptop?
> What exactly happens when you do this? Would you simply receive some byte
> codes corresponding to the infrared signal that was decoded?
>
>
>
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