Re: MUX serial remote control

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

I think you can manage this with your Ocelot. Have it respond to the IR by
sending an ASCII string. The ASCII string can contain non-printable
characters by preceding the ASCII number with ^. See p44 of the Ocelot PDF
manual.

However, it will tie up your Ocelot's RS232 port. I don't know whether the
serial Bobcat can send ASCII strings. I haven't kept up with all of the
Ocelot's offspring.

"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I have a 16 channel MUX that is controllable via a three-letter command set
>using an RS-232 connection.  I would like to be able to control at least
>some basic functions of this unit via an X-10 8-in-1 remote.
>
>What's the best way to implement such a system?  Can an Ocelot be programmed
>to recognize IR commands from an unused function like AUX1 or AUX2 on the
>remote and convert them to serial commands that the MUX can understand?
>
>Whatever I select, some of the commands are not printable characters and
>require sending an 8-bit binary address or hex value to select which
>daisy-chained unit to control.