Re: Infra Red over TCP/IP

[Dan <haguru@xxxxxxxxx>]

Judging by the product list, it is a seperate product, so they are
marketing it as a stand alone product
(http://www.barix.com/en/products/products_overview.php).  Have you
tried contacting them about this?

dan

brigman wrote:
> Nice try Dan, but if you look a bit further you'll see they (Barix) are
> just banging on about the technology that is integrated into the
> Exstreamer Digital product (among others) and not actually marketing a
> stand alone IR over IP solution. Perhaps there is something under
> development, but I need a solution a little sooner.
>
> Thanks anyway,
>
> Denys
>
>
> Dan wrote:
>
>>What about this Barix product?
>>
>
> http://www.barix.com/index_en.php?http://www.barix.com/en/products/ir_ethernet_gateway.php
>
>>the datasheet
>>(http://www.barix.com/en/datasheets/barix_ir_gateway_v04en.pdf) seems
>
> to
>
>>indicate it would do what you want.
>>
>>Not sure if you can buy it yet, but it does look interestng
>>
>>
>>dan
>>
>>Denys Williams wrote:
>>
>>>I appreciate that this isn't strictly home automation, but the
>>>concepts are the same if you have a big enough house.
>>>
>>>I am hoping to control a device (e.g. an ordinary DVD player) using
>>>the supplied remote control over a distance of 100's of miles. In
>>>order to do this I am hoping to acquire an IR receiver that can
>>>encapsulate the output from the supplied remote and encapsulate it
>
> in
>
>>>a datagram (TCP/IP) and throw it down an ethernet link such that it
>>>can be reassembled by a similarly capable IR transmitter an
>
> arbitrary
>
>>>distance away (over a low latency 34Mbps link) and control the
>
> device
>
>>>as if the remote was within the typical operating distance of the
>>>device/remote pair. In fact the solution must have an ethernet port
>>>and communicate via a TCP/IP link.
>>>
>>>(I have a couple of Barix Exstreamer digital's, but they only relay
>
> IR
>
>>>received from the supplied Barix IR remote control)
>>>
>>>Can anyone recommend a device-pair/solution?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Denys Williams
>>>
>>>If you think of a device/remote pair for which this will never work
>>>then that isn't the device I want to control, but you are really
>
> quite
>
>>>clever.
>
>