Re: Ability to drive multiple IR transmitters independantly from PC

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston) wrote:


>The RS232 serial commands are listed in the user manual. I would forget
>about IR.
>
>You can get single port USB-serial adapters for $10 each. Run 4-wire modular
>cable from the RS232 end of each adapter to each projector. Cost: $10 +
>cable + connectors per projector. The only problem is getting 20 USB ports
>to plug the adapters into. I have 4-port USB expanders on a couple of
>machines but I haven't seen a 10-port or 20-port version.
>
>http://www.byterunner.com/byterunner/product_name=Y-105/user-id=/password=/exchange=/exact_match=exact

An more costly alternative, if the PC has enough ISA or PCI slots available,
is to do it with true RS232 ports using Byterunner 8-port serial cards.

http://www.byterunner.com/byterunner/category=8+Serial+(RS-232)+ISA-bus+cards/exact_match=exact
http://www.byterunner.com/byterunner/category=8+Serial+(RS-232)+PCI-bus+cards/exact_match=exact

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