Re: Thought of the day : HA with a Pocket PC ?

["Jon Boden" <jrboden@xxxxxxx>]

You have got me thinking now ))) I never got round to trying Ant's=20
Gameboy solution=20
http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article.php3?story_id=3D1212


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Ward, David" <David.Ward@s...>
wrote:
> Reg.
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> That sounds like a great job!
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> For a very simple hardware PC > IR blaster try=20
> www.geocities.com/tdanro/
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> http://www.laser.com/dante/irman/irremote.htm#Hardware
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> Dave
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alistair Watkins [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx...]
> Sent: 05 December 2003 12:55
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Thought of the day : HA with a Pocket PC ?
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> Gareth,
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> Exactly that... although the wall mounting i am building has yet to=20
be
> screwed to the wall!
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> I have a journada 525 (about =A350 on ebay now i think) and a =A330=20
Wifi CF
> card from ebuyer..
> I have a xAP client that logs all the useful xAP messages into a
> database.. I then use PHP to create a web page that fits nicely on=20
the
> screen, but there is still a bit of work to be done on the UI.. i=20
wanted
> to use flash, well I did use flash, until i realised that the UI i=20
spent
> about a week developing didnt work on the pocket PC version of=20
flash!
> ho hum!
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> I use graphics instead of text on the screen so i have have it=20
mounted
> horizontally to get a better display... i like it though, and if i=20
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> find an affordable (to me, a student) PC > IR blaster, I will
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some
> telly controls to it as well.  At the moment it is lighting only!
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> Reg.
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> ALi
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> Gareth Cook said:
> > Curious - does anyone use a Pocket PC , say mounted to a wall,=20
which has a
> > web browser to either monitor/control HA ?
> >
> > Seems to be a easy way into touch screen wall mounted control...
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> > G.
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