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Re: PC IR Control


  • Subject: Re: PC IR Control
  • From: "darren_karp2001" <darren@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 12:52:54 -0000

Hi James,

I user a USB UIRT to control the channels of my Sky Digibox from my
PC. www.usbuirt.com is where to go and place your order...BTW I'm
the UK stockist so you could have it next working day!

Regards
Darren




--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "James Ingham" <james.ingham@o...>
wrote:
> Apologies if this is a FAQ people, I just feel a bit overloaded
with
> information!
>
> I want to use my PC to send IR commands to a Freeview Set Top Box
to
> change channel.... Does anyone have any simple solutions (hardware
&
> software) that might help me do this simply and cheaply? (sadly I
> know little about electronics and nothing about programming!)
>
> FYI the reason I want to do this is to record the audio channels
> from Freeview using Digiguide as the trigger...(I happened to have
> an old Freeview box lying around)...I can do the triggers in
> Digiguide if I can just find some way of getting the channels to
> change!!
>
> TIA !
> James




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