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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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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)
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(...) 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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