Re: I need some help from someone possessing an IRMan interface

["Patrick Lidstone <patrick@xxxxxxx>" <patrick@xxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Dan" <dtoma@f...> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> If someone who has an IRMan interface can learn some remotes using
InfraX Remote Manager 1.4 and export the data to a file, it will help 
me a lot to improve the IRMan support in the plugin version.
> I have no way to get such an interface for tests..

Dan, I'm not sure it would help you very much.
IR Man periodically (once a second or so) outputs a string of 6 
characters. It does this *even if no IR signal is present* -- in this 
case the characters are just random junk. This is a great pity - it 
means you can only use IRMAN if you have previously configured the 
listening software with the known buttons you want to intercept 
because it's impossible to differentiate between random junk and a 
real key press.

When a remote control is pressed it outputs a fixed sequence of six 
digits for the remote key. This is always the same for the given 
remote key. e.g. Sony TV channel 1 is always 001000 for my remote (as 
ASCII characters). So if you see 001000 in the stream of junk 
characters, you've got a good match.

That's it basically.

Oh, and there is a strange start up sequence required. You must send 
the letters IR to the IRMAN and then it responds OK, before 
outputting the six digit sequences. These have to be sent slowly 
(half a second or so between each character)

HTH 

Patrick

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