Re: remote control for my computer

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

dmehling@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

One thing I missed was that you want "programmable" buttons on the remote.
The KR22A allows you to assign an X-10 address (from a set of 256) to the
first set of buttons. The next 3 sets automatically follow in sequence and
the last set (Dim/Bright) send codes that depend on which address was
assined to the first pair. While I suspect it will do what you want, the
button "progammability" is extremely limited.

     ftp://ftp.x10.com/pub/manuals/kr22a-is.pdf