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

["Dan" <dtoma@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Patrick,

> 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.
Not really like that. Just try my application . select the right COM
port
then click on Autodetect.
It must initialize as IRMan and display a confirmation message. Then try
to
record some commands.
IRMan support is implemented for record only, but the reason I ask for
help
is to try to implement
a compatible send function for the IRMAn captioned commands.

> 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.
More than that. It is the binary representation of the transmitted code.
I
have checked it for
Sony and it is 100% correct, even if the rest of the bits (till 48) are
all
'0's.


> 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)
I know... the initialization routine is implemented in my application
starting with the version 1.4.x. Just check it.

Best regards,
Dan