RE: IR Distribution {Scanned for Viruses}

["Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)" <haweste@xxxxxxx>]

Ross,

I've been looking to do something similar.

Xantech stuff is very highly rated. It's not cheap but does work straight
out of the box, http://www.xantech.com and at the bottom
of this page http://www.letsautomate.com/index.cfm?CFID=44860&CFTOKEN=99331959&Nav=IRAccessories&;.

If you want to roll-your-own, there are circuits on the 'net, Google will
bring up loads. One design that was mentioned quite a lot on here in the
past is a circuit by Nigel Orr. Nigel states, though, that the chip he used
is no longer available - has anyone else found a suitable alternative ?

What's the "best" option for an IR distribution circuit (I don't
need the IrDA stuff either)  ??

Cheers,

Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ross McKillop Sent: 01 December 2003 00:28
>
> What's the best option for IR distribution, only two (maybe 4
> in time)
> rooms, to control Sky / TiVo (if I ever get one or some other
> PVR box)
> / Audio Sources (Probably one of those MediaMVP thingys / CD player
> etc) - nothing funny like some of those cable boxes or B&O kit
which
> doesn't use 'normal' IR.
>
> Currently we're using the little TV-Link Sky Eye, but the picture
> quality over RF isnt that great so we're moving to Keith's
> Kat5 Modules
> at some point soon... problem is, no IR!
>
> All rooms have Cat5e cable to them, so something that runs over that
> would be ideal.
>
> - Ross

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