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RE: IR Blasters


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  • Subject: RE: IR Blasters
  • From: "Kenneth Watt" <kennethwatt@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 19:54:52 +0100
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How so Mark? I cannot see the reason giving a signal from a blaster or
signals from the likes of a Pronto are any different.

K.

-----Original Message-----
From: 	Mark McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
Sent:	13 May 2001 15:20
To:	ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject:	Re: [ukha_d] IR Blasters

Blasters (in my opinion) are a bad idea.  They are easily setup but rarely
as reliable as individual emitters on each bit of gear.

M.


----- Original Message -----
From: Kenneth Watt <kennethwatt@xxxxxxx>
To: UKHA <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 2:27 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] IR Blasters


> Keith, oh great one,
>
> You probably know the answer to this one although you may not be
alone!
>
> What I want to be able to do is flood a room with an IR signal, kinda
like
a
> Pronto does. So I'm guessing that there are high outputs IR transmit
LED
> thingys or suchlike available, any ideas on how I could achieve this?
It
> saves the need for mini emitters all over the shop and a hell of a lot
of
> wiring that would become redundant I am using a Xantech amplifier
block at
> the moment and I have tried the blasters from Mike at Let's Automate
but
> they do not have enough range on them to achieve what I want.
>
> K.
>
>
>
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