stuart wrote:
> ...an IR transmitter is usually not much more than an inferred LED
> and a resistor.

True, providing the carrier frequency and modulation are both being 
generated in software. That approach will give you the widest range of 
compatibility, providing your software can keep up, but also the highest 
CPU load.

If you know the carrier frequency your device uses (typically 40 to 80 
KHz), you might be better off finding a commercial IR blaster that 
included the appropriate hardware to generate that, so the computer only 
need to supply the data signal to modulate the carrier.

Your best bet at figuring out what is going on is to get an IR 
phototransistor and hook it up to an oscilloscope (that you can perhaps 
borrow from a friend). Then compare the signal from the original remote 
to the one produced by the IR blaster.

  -Tom


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