RE: Laptop IR

[Andy Bovingdon <bov@xxxxxxx>]

Actually after both, although the question with the answer "no"
was
the main one I was getting at - suspected that was the case but
there is no harm in asking...

I guess I'll have to stop putting off that purchase of a new control
PC.

Cheers.

At 01:56 PM 13-02-02 +0000, you wrote:
>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.
>
>--
>Very funny Scotty. Now beam down my clothes!
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