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Re: Direct control of IRDA
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Thu, 19 Nov 1998 03:30:03 GMT
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Matthew Bates <train_depot@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well, I read all that and I'm still none the wiser, has anyone talked to an
> RCX using a Windows PC's 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 and the IR port looks just like a magic serial port
to applications.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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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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