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Peter Newman <peternewman@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> I know this may be a bit off topic, but didn't know where else to post,
> I own an IR tower and remote control, and was wondering if it is possible to
> use the IR tower for other things. eg using PC + tower to control stereo/TV,
> or using IR remote to control PC like mouse.
> If anyone knows anything, please help me,
> or at least point me in the right direction.
Not really -- the tower uses its own proprietary communcations format. It's
similar enough to that used by remote controls that learning remotes can
pick up the signals, but I haven't heard of anyone going the other way
around.
--
Matthew Miller mattdm@mattdm.org <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
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