Re: xPL FirM Serial

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

Hi Shane

> Would it be possible to use the USB UIRT to do the decoding, but
rather
than
> regenerate the optical IR to feed into the USB UIRT could be directly
couple
> the electrical IR signals and avoid the optical connection for both TX
and
> RX?
Not sure what your saying here...The USB UIRT  decodes all received ir and
passes i think a 6 byte message to xPL UIRT....When txing xPL UIRT would
send i assume a 6 byte message of the signal it wants to tx and the UIRT
would generate the signal ???

> or is that what you are doing since it isn't clear from you
description
what
> the interface is between the FirM serial and the USB UIRT....?

Sorry im not very good at explaining....The USB UIRT is used only yo encode
/ decode ir signals...The FirM Serial is used only for zone tx  selection
and reporting of zone sending ir....
The USB UIRT has a ir out jack which connects to FirM IR IN....FirM IR OUT
goes to a stick on emitter adjacent the USB UIRT.......
HTH
Frank




----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Harrison" <shane.harrison@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 6:35 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] xPL FirM Serial


> Hi Frank,
>
> Currently as you know I use FirM (still trialling as I haven't got
into
our
> new house yet !!) with a serial interface and use LIRC to decode the
IR.
> Would it be possible to use the USB UIRT to do the decoding, but
rather
than
> regenerate the optical IR to feed into the USB UIRT could be directly
couple
> the electrical IR signals and avoid the optical connection for both TX
and
> RX?
>
> or is that what you are doing since it isn't clear from you
description
what
> the interface is between the FirM serial and the USB UIRT....?
>
> 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
> >
> >
> > Hi Shane
> >
> > > 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....
> >
> > Hardware .....USB UIRT......FirM Serial.......FirM
> >
> > Software.......xPL UIRT.....xPL FirM.....Determinators...
> >
> > HTH
> > Frank
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- 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
> >
> >
> > > 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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