Re: [Project] IR emitter thingy (was Re: The project, habuy, sourcefordge, ukha)

["Andy Powell" <Andy@xxxxxxx>]

>Few thoughts for the pot...
>
>It seems a great pity not to include an IR receiver on each node too.
>Add local storage, and each node can then replay IR either captured
>locally or downloaded from a fileserver.

Certainly make it two way....

>
>The units could be configurable to do selective repeating - decode IR
>commands, filter them and re-broadcast on ethernet based on rules
>(for subsequent retransmission by other units). This would give fully
>flexible zoned IR control, but with no central point of failure.


>Plus, with local storage, there's then the option of macros (a la
>pronto).

Yes, good idea, but the control box must be able to execute the macros
remotely too.


>As Ant's mail suggested -- and I've banged on about this on the ukbuy
>list -- for this to be maintainable you need a self mapping naming
>service - whether it's JINI, DHCP based or something else. One option
>would be assigned a multicast address to be shared by all IR units,
>and then devising an embedded discovery and sub-addressing protocol.
>

I would suggest something like (wot) is used in the AXIS webcams you
basically do

arp -s MAC_ADDRESS IP_ADDRESS

and then ping the IP_Adress, the device then basically says Ooo that's
my mac address and they're giving me my IP address. you don't need
anything as advanced as DHCP...

A.


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