RE: Laptop IR

["Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>]

Have I misunderstood the question?

girder is a program that can capture IR signals and trigger a PC to run
or control a Windows program.

What I thought Andy was looking for was a way to use a laptop's IRDA
port to control other IR devices.

The answer to _that_ question is broadly "no" - there are _VERY_
few
devices in the UK whose IR control mechanism is compatable with IRDA
transmissions. Likewise there are _VERY_ few laptops whose IR ports are
capable of tranmitting anything other than to the IRDA standard.

Mark Harrison
Head of Systems, eKingfisher

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-----Original Message-----
From: Quinten Uijldert [mailto:yahoogroups@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 13 February 2002 12:49
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Laptop IR


> How short is short distance? My Niles IR repeaters can pick up a
> signal from about 3m away. The laptop actually sits on top of the
> hi-fi in a small darkened room about 1m from the IR flood emitter.

Those circumstances might be just enough to push the working distance a
bit
further than what would normally work. In that case you just need the
software to capture and relay the source signals. I suggest you have a
look
at www.girder.nl for that. There are support forums where this question
has
been asked and answered many times before.

HTH

Q.

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