Re: Fuji and Pace NTL

["Aashram" <amar@xxxxxxx>]

Title: Message

can;t get this to work

can you send me your vb code  to check i am doing this right ?

----- Original Message -----

From: Tony Tofts

To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 9:57 PM

Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Fuji and Pace NTL

I've ordered an external Irda device to hang off a comm port.

In the hope that XP won't see it as anything other than a normal comm port (rather than irda).

If it works, I'll pass on the details.

 

Or does anyone know how to expose an irda device as a comm port in XP (maybe I should downgrade my ha pc to win95)?

 

Thanks

Tony T

----- Original Message -----

From: John Risby

To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 9:45 PM

Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Fuji and Pace NTL

how hard (or easy, hopefully) would it be to make a device to hang off the serial port that would send irda commands? i'm thinking in particular of hooking one up to the multitainers a few of us have recently bought. i've just checked the m/b and i can't see an irda pins. there is an led on the front that says "video refresh" - i have no idea what that is?

 

i have a similar thing i made with a standard ir emitter but it has to be connected to a linux box (it's to control a sky digibox which needs raw codes and i've yet to find windows s/w to do that). if anyone knows any windows s/w that can send raw codes, that'd be useful too.

 

thanks.

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Tofts [mailto:home@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 07 April 2002 21:23
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: Re: [ukha_d] Fuji and Pace NTL

Amar,

 

The code is simply a for .. next loop which extracts each character from the required string, pop's it into a variant (necessary for the MS comm control) and then calls the output method of the comm control.

 

I'll send you the text file of codes.

 

Tony T

----- Original Message -----

From: Aashram

To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 9:20 PM

Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Fuji and Pace NTL

can i take a look at the vb code please ?

i have a plugin irda device that i would like to try out on.

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Tony Tofts

To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 9:12 PM

Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Fuji and Pace NTL

Amar,

 

I'm using a simple vb form using the MS Comm control for testing (have to send the string in binary format, character by character to get stable control).

 

I assume that this is how hyperterminal is sending the string during a paste.

 

Tried sending as a string thru vb and it skipped channels all over the place. Nearly gave up on the idea, until I twigged it needed a binary send.

 

My laptop has Irda, but cannot work out how to expose the Irda port as a com port at the moment. So the Fuji is the only machine I've tried it on.

 

Regards

Tony

----- Original Message -----

From: Aashram

To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 9:10 PM

Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Fuji and Pace NTL

tony

 

what software would i use if want to control the pace ntl

from a irda port i have on my pc. The only missing link

i have at the moment to my HA project is controling

the NTL PACE box.

 

Thanks for you input

 

amar

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Tony Tofts

To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 8:48 PM

Subject: [ukha_d] Fuji and Pace NTL

Hi all, I'm new to the group.

Never posted to a group before, so if I do anything wrong - please let me
know..

Don't know if anyone is still interested in the Pace/NTL DITV1000 remote
control saga, but the Irda on the Fuji Pen Pads is great for controlling it.
Works a treat (got all the remote control functions running and didn't get a
missed selection during testing upto about 2m). Just a shame the IR is on
the bottom edge of the tablet, rather than the top! Also, the size/weight of
the Fuji doesnt really make it very useful as an IR device...

Should get my HA pc fitted with an Irda port this week.If this works, the
NTL box will get relegated to the loft with it. Will start with just channel
changing thru an X10 keyfob, then upgrade to Pronto (is this the best
controller?) with the ha doing the conversions, or something like that
anyway.

If anyone's interested I can post a text file of the function strings, you
can try them by 'paste to host' function in Hyperteminal.
But need to expose the Fuji IR port as COM2 in CMOS, and use 115200,8,n,1
settings.

Tony T







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