RE: xPL FirM Serial

[Shane Harrison <shane.harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Frank - think I understand now.

Cheers
Shane

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Mc Alinden [mailto:fmcalind@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, 20 September 2004 11:17 p.m.
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] xPL FirM Serial
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> Hi Shane
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> > Don't understand the purpose of the USB UIRT
>
> Im my case using the USB UIRT Hopefully will extend my ir library from
256
> (max in homevision)
> to many many more.....
> The USB UIRT does all the hard work like Homevision ie ..learns ie
signals
> encodes and decodes them.........When the USB UIRT receives an ir
signal
> the plugin "xpl uirt" reports the signal to the xPL
network...The User can
> create a Determinator to watch for this particular xpl message
> and then send
> ir to a FirM Zone by sending  two xPL messages first one to
> xPL-FirM ....ie
> tx zone number and then a second message to xPL UIRT  (with a short
delay
> between) the actual ir signal which gets passed onto the USB
> UIRT....Even 3
> pieces of hardware is involved its quite quick....
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> Hardware .....USB UIRT......FirM Serial.......FirM
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> Software.......xPL UIRT.....xPL FirM.....Determinators...
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> HTH
> Frank
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shane Harrison" <shane.harrison@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 9:06 PM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] xPL FirM Serial
>
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> > Hi Frank,
> >
> > I'm interested but got a bit lost :-)
> >
> > Don't understand the purpose of the USB UIRT.  I can sort of
understand
> that
> > it is useful as it can convert an IR signal to an xPL message
> (am I right
> ?)
> > but don't understand how the zoning information is passed to it,
through
> it,
> > over it...
> >
> > An ASCII picture might help or it might confuse me :-)
> >
> > Cheers
> > Shane
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Frank Mc Alinden [mailto:fmcalind@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Monday, 20 September 2004 10:25 p.m.
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [ukha_d] xPL FirM Serial
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi All
> > >         Thought some might be interested so have pasted
> (below)  a part
> of
> > > my post to the xPL List of my progress so far...........Im
> using the USB
> > > UIRT which has a xPL plugin  ....and can send ir from the
USB
> > > UIRT to any of
> > > my 8 FirM Zones....using USB UIRT / FirM Serial / FirM and
of course
> > > xPL...........Quite surprized how responsive this setup
actually
> > > is.....Now
> > > got to do the zone receiving ..so xPL can take actions
depending on
> which
> > > zone a signal came from.......
> > > More Soon
> > > Frank
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi All
> > >         Well it looks like everyone is busy with work at the
> moment..which
> > > is good .....
> > > Just a little update on my progress with my xpl serial FirM
> > > Interface........
> > > During the week nights i put the hardware together and have
been
> > > modding my
> > > tvosd code to use on the FirM Serial ....
> > > At the moment have got the config messages working  and have
just got
> the
> > > transmit zoning working ;-)).....
> > > I have a FirM system setup on my computer desk with a zone
receiver
> > > connected to zone 1...The ir out of FirM goes to an emitter
> > > adjacent the USB
> > > UIRT.....I send a vol up signal from my dvd remote to the
FirM
> > > receiver..onto FirM and out to the USB UIRT ... xpl uirt
reports
> > > back to xPL
> > > (Thanks John)...a Determinator runs........sends a zone 4
command to
> > > xpl-FirM (via devcom) and another action (within the same
> determinator)
> > > sends my ha menu signal and it works ok.........
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