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  Re: Direct control of IRDA
 
(...) Part of the trick is that the RCX doesn't use irda at all... (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Direct control of IRDA
 
In message <slrn754ka8.5r2.matt...a.bu.edu>, Matthew Miller <lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com> writes (...) What then? give us a clue. (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Direct control of IRDA
 
(...) Check here: (URL) all nicely described. (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Direct control of IRDA
 
(...) Well, I read all that and I'm still none the wiser, has anyone talked to an RCX using a Windows PC's IrDA ? Matt (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Direct control of IRDA
 
(...) Short answer -- the IR protocol used by the RCX is more akin to that used in TV remotes than it is to the IrDA standard. If you could talk to your IR port directly, you could probably do that. But mostly, the low-level functionality is hidden (...) (26 years ago, 19-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Direct control of IRDA
 
In article <slrn75745o.9uh.matt...a.bu.edu>, Matthew Miller <lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com> writes (...) He he - how about using a digital watch then - the ones that can 'learn' TV operation. Now having said that flippantly, now 'we' are able to write (...) (26 years ago, 19-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Direct control of IRDA
 
(...) Yes, learning remotes have been trained to send the IR messages. No problem. (26 years ago, 19-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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