On January 12, 2006 11:28 am, James C. Dastrup wrote: > >> I have an IR keyboard. The BIOS is configured > >> to power-on with any key-press. I programmed my remote to send > >> the key-presses from my keyboard. That's also how I send all other > >> commands. I don't use LIRC at all on the front end. My keyboard > >> is always put away and I only need it if I'm working on that > >> computer for some other purpose. > > > >So why doesn't a remote signal meant for your TV, VCR, stereo, etc wake > > your computer? This always seemed to be the biggest roadblock for using > > the remote to wake my frontend. > > If your logic is correct, then every command sent by any remote would > activate any IR receiver and process any command on any device. The answer > is the same reason that when you power on your TV with your remote, you're > DVD player doesn't also turn on. > > The signal sent for the TV is ignored by the keyboard's IR Receiver. The IR > Keyboard receiver only picks up keyboard commands. If I program one > button on my remote to send the letter A, and another button to send > the TV's Volume Up, only the letter A will turn the computer on, since the > keyboard doesn't even have a Volume Up button, much less matching > the same IR signal that the TV would accept. >
Ahh, that makes sense. The keyboard IR receiver is a little bit smart about things. Unfortunately that rules out doing a similar thing with lirc, since the computer would have to power-on to decide whether the signal was something that it was supposed to pay attention to or not. Mark _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
