Re: Need Programable IR remote driven by usb port

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

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Steve in San Marcos <dr.dr.steve@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I have a Robot ( ERnie ) running around my house. The eye for the
>robot is a SHarp Camcorder with a zoom lens.
>
>I would like to zoom the camcorder lens under USB software control.
>I can currently do this only with a handheld remote.
>If I could find a IR learning remote then I can train it from my
>existing camcorder remote.  Then I just need to run an executable file
>to drive the USB port and drive the learning remote.
>
>I think I could do this with an Adicon Ocelot, but that would be too
>bulky and expensive for this application.
>
>Any ideas ?
>Steve