Re: Automating TV from my PC using IR

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

emoreno <emoreno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I would like to automate my TV , DVD player, etc, But since none of
>them have an interface to communicate with my PC, I think that I
>should attempt to send IR commands to each device from my PC. However
>I have no idea how to do it and have no Idea where to learn.
>
>I have a SMK IR Receiver included with my MCE and I think that I can
>use it to replay IR commands but I can?t find any documentation of how
>to use it from my c# app.
>
>Can anyone give me some guidance of where and how to start?

Look at...
     http://www.lirc.org/
     http://winlirc.sourceforge.net/

It has been some time since I looked at these but, IIRC, both have example
schematics for IR transmitters and receivers.