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Re: Direct control of IRDA
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 19 Nov 1998 09:14:41 GMT
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Tony Firshman <tony@firshman.demon.co.uk#AvoidSpam#>
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In article <slrn75745o.9uh.mattdm@jadzia.bu.edu>, Matthew Miller
<lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com> writes
> 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 ?
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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.
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 our own
code, then maybe that isn't so silly. A basic raw code could be
downloaded, and the remote could take over from there - ie L, R, STOP
etc. - or change 'program'.
Is all this dreaming? RCX with remote control using a programmable
handset? In the UK these are very cheap.
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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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