Re: Infra Red solutions?

["Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

You can use xantech kit which is readily available from some of the uk ha
suppliers....Also in the near future my FirM Jr will be released which is a
cat5 base ir repeater system...check out the link...
http://skybax.rapidhoster.co.uk/~armagh/page80.html

HTH
Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: "big_red_frog" <anthony.tod@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 11:18 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Infra Red solutions?


> Hi all,
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> I am just about ready to try to get my homeseer intergrated with my
> AV and other infra red driven devices.
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> I have a PC running homeseer 24/7 in my garage on the ground floor,
> with X10 etc.
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> All the AV and other equipment to be linked is in the living room.
> (Projector, AV amp, dvd player, Velux window controls etc.)
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> To the living room I have extra runs of cat5 that I can patch up to
> whatever I wish.
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> I would expect to cut up the cables on the infra red solution and
> connect the wires over cat5 as long as there is not too much voltage
> drop, it is only 10 meters max.
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> Anyway, what hardware is out there, and what experience do people
> have.
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> I am aware of redrat, but I am not clear on how much interface
> software is about, I don't know of other solutions.
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> Any hints and tips?
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> The other question I have is, I am looking for an RF keyboard with a
> good range to use the computer in the garage from the living room, or
> a solution that I can patch through cat5 again, as there is foiled
> celutex in the floor space to insulate the underfloor heating and
> this probably greatly reduces RF effectiveness.
>
> So any experiences on remote keyboard solutions?
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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