RE: IR Blasters

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Exactly ... [Shock, horror] the Pronto isn't perfect.

I am getting p'd off with my missus at the moment who for some reason
insists on waving the pronto around and then putting it down on the side of
the couch and blocking the IR while it's running macros and then tells me
that my AV system isn't working right.

If you have IR relay emitters strapped to the front of each device then
each
device gets IR squirted directly into its receiver ... someone standing in
front of it or some kid smearing jam on the front panel will no longer
affect its ability to receive commands.

Ideally all pieces of equipment would have some form of hardwired control
... IR is good but not infallible. Remember the diagrams in the manuals for
your kit ... "Point the remote directly at the unit for reliable
operation".
IR works very well, I think it works amazingly well given how it does what
it does, but it does have limitations and it's best to try to work to
eradicate those limitations.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennethwatt@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 13 May 2001 19:55
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] IR Blasters
>
>
> 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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