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Re: IR tower for ordinary infrared communication
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Tue, 7 May 2002 01:46:39 GMT
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I have heard of people using universal remotes that can "learn" commands
to control their RCXen. Try a web/lugnet search.
Richard Carver wrote:
> Is it possible to use the IR tower or RCX as a TV remote?
>
> Or use a universal remote to control an RCX?
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> > Miles Gentry wrote:
> >
> > I don't think this will work. There are two kinds of IR comms out there,
> > one kind is called 'IRda' and is used for computer-to-computer types
> > of communications and the other kind is the sort that TV remotes use.
> >
> > The Lego adaptor is of the second kind and your Laptop will be using the
> > IRda type - so they won't work together.
> >
> > ----------------------------- Steve Baker -------------------------------
> > Mail : <sjbaker1@airmail.net> WorkMail: <sjbaker@link.com>
> > URLs : http://www.sjbaker.org
> > http://plib.sf.net http://tuxaqfh.sf.net http://tuxkart.sf.net
> > http://prettypoly.sf.net http://freeglut.sf.net
> > http://toobular.sf.net http://lodestone.sf.net
> >
> >
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