Re: IRDA extenders?

["Tony T" <home@xxxxxxx>]

I wasnt able to find any irda extenders on the market.
The Fuji works great, except for the irda port being on the bottom edge
so
you have to hold it upside down :-(
Any pc with an irda port that can be addressed as a com port (very
important) should work though.

Regards
Tony T

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Laurence" <andy@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] IRDA extenders?


> Currently planning the redecoration of the living room with cable
routing
> etc. My main problem at the moment is how to control my Pace /
Telewest
> digital box Di4000 without having the whole box on view all the time.
As I
> am sure most are aware the box uses IRDA instead of the usual
infra-red
> system to accept commands from controls, so will not work with
normal
> learning remotes, pyramid tranmitters, etc. I am sure IRDA extenders
must
> be available out there somewhere so at least I could hide the thing
away
> even if I have to use a second remote just for the cable box. For all
my
> looking however, I can't seem to find them. Of course that doesn't
solve
> the problem of changing channels on the cable box from another room,
so if
> anyone else has solutions I'd love to hear them - on the rear of the
box
it
> does have an IR input for "hideaway" applications, Dual USB
ports, an
RS232
> sockeet, plus Ethernet 10/100 Base T socket but both PACE and
Telewest
tell
> me that none of these have been enabled and no hardware ever made
for
them.
> Not sure if I beleive them about being enabled so possibly an option
to
> control via a PC connection to one of these sockets.

I spoke to someone earlier this week about controlling these boxes. 
They
said they'd manage to read in the string from the remote into the IRDA
port
on a Fujitsu 510, and play it out again to control the TV.  I'm going
to try
the same soon, and see what I come up with.  If it works, I should be
able
to control the box with my PC.

Andy


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