Re: remote control for my computer

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

dmehling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>On Aug 13, 6:56 pm, nob...@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston) wrote:
>> dmehl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> >I have been trying to figure out ways of remotely initializing macros
>> >on my computer.  There are remotes that are made for that purpose but
>> >they are too bulky and have far more buttons than I need.  I need a
>> >very compact remote with no more than 10 programmable buttons.  At
>> >this point I will probably need to use either WinLIRC or Girder to
>> >interface with the type of remote I am needing.  Which of these two
>> >programs would be better and would they be compatible with this remote
>> >and IR receiver:
>>
>> >http://www.x10.com/automation/kr22a_s.html
>>
>> >http://www.x10.com/products/x10_mr26a.htm
>>
>> Both of those are RF not IR but Girder should be able to handle the MR26A
>> serial output.
>
>If both of those devices are RF does that mean they are probably
>compatible with each other?  Also, how complicated are the codes or
>whatever you want to call it that are transmitted by RF?   I would
>like to write a program in Visual Basic that could take the input from
>the serial port to execute different macros.

Yes, they are compatible.

The MR26A outputs a 2 byte header, 2 data bytes and a 1 byte footer. The
details are given here...

     http://software.x10.com/pub/manuals/cm17a_protocol.txt


In hexadecimal, it's always <d5><aa><data><data><ad>.