Re: Mouse control from Pronto - WAS - letsbuyit.com

["Neil F" <automated@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jeff!!

that looks just the ticket :-)

did you order from the US?   holland looks to be the nearest reseller to
us,
plus no customs hassles

Neil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff" <jeff@xxxxxxx>
To: "ukha_d" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Mouse control from Pronto - WAS - letsbuyit.com


>
> I've an ir receiver on my pc which I use to control the pc including
the
> mouse and operate it through an ir repeater. Didn't cost much from
> www.evation.com and I use IRassistant for the software.
>
> Jeff.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neil F" <automated@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 2:48 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] Mouse control from Pronto - WAS - letsbuyit.com
>
>
> > thanks for the run down Doogie...
> >
> > Does anyone know if it's possible to control an IR mouse Reciever
from a
> > pronto? I run A PC with a TV out plumbed into my Rf coax
network...this
> > allows me to browse the web and browse digiguide from any TV in
the
> > house...at the moment i use a marmitek mouse-remote to operate
it....this
> > means i still need 2 remotes:-(
> > I was thinking if the pronto could learn the IR being sent from
an IR
> mouse,
> > i could have all on one (especially cool if i could use that
zoomy
> keyboard
> > feature on the pronto) anyone tried anything similar?
> >
> > Neil
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Doogie Brodie" <dbrodie@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 2:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] letsbuyit.com
> >
> >
> > > >Thats what i've done for the moment....couldn't get all
of my channel
> > logo's
> > > >there though....thats where digiguide and painstshop pro
came in
handy
> > ;-)
> > >
> > > Yep :-)
> > >
> > > >Has anyone come up with interesting uses for the home
section? I
think
> I
> > > >will make this an x10 section for sending commands to
homeseer....but
> > that
> > > >sort of fits in the macro section too ?!?!
> > > >what other ways have people handled the macro / home /
device
sections
> > >
> > > I barely use the home screen. It has links to my device
screens, and
my
> > system power up button (turn on TV, turn on amp, set tv to sky
digital,
> set
> > amp to sky digital, set jump to tv favourites page 1) but nothing
> exciting.
> > On my Lights control panel, the power button does system
shutdown, runs
> X10
> > macros etc. It then jumps to home so that it has the switch on
system
> easily
> > to hand.
> > >
> > > Most of the time I use devices. I don't use the pop up
device changer,
I
> > have next device/ previous device buttons on the screen. Each
device has
> > several tabs which link to the other pages of it. Every screen
has a
link
> to
> > lights, and a link to TV favourites. Under macros, I have all of
the
> hidden
> > items used to perform other functions - eg my TV (toshiba)
doesn't
support
> > discrete input selection, so have the macros to change to
specific
inputs
> on
> > there, but these are just aliased to buttons in the proper
section. I
keep
> > my timers under there too, so that they are easyish to get to if
I want
to
> > change them from the couch (eg, the other day when Sky changed
the
> Simpsons
> > from 6:30 to 7:00 and it switched itself on only to find Happy
Days
> > onscreen....! Quick change and everything was right in the world
again
:-)
> > Damn you Sky for trying to make me watch such poop!
> > >
> > > <RANT SUBJECT="Sky Dodgital">
> > >
> > > (Is it just me or has Sky One quality been plummeting
recently? I mean
> > content wise, not technically -  Smash Hits TV and the Dream Team
seem
to
> be
> > on all the time at the weekend - new Simpsons at 18:30, new
Futurama at
> > 20:30 with a Simpsons repeat and bloody Dream Team in the middle
- I
> > wouldn't watch that if they gave me free subscription!. And
they've lost
> > first run to Friends to E4, which still hasn't been confirmed as
being
> > available on Sky Digital, even though it launches in like 6
days.....
> > >
> > > </RANT>
> > >
> > >
> > >
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