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Re: Direct control of IRDA
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 19 Nov 1998 15:45:04 GMT
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lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Eric Eilebrecht) writes:
> I don't think you can do it. They use different carrier frequencies, and
> slightly different signal timing. If you could get low-level control of the
> infrared transciever, you might be able to do it - but I'm guessing most PC
> IrDA ports are hardwired for standard IrDA. In any case, there's no chance
> of it being compatible with the Mindstorms software.
Well, I was thinking of using custom software, something that just downloads a
program to the RCX over IrDA. It seems silly having to plug an IR tower into
my notebook PC when it has a perfectly good IR transceiver on it. I guess it
needs more investigation, I've never seen an IrDA spec.
Matt
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| I don't think you can do it. They use different carrier frequencies, and slightly different signal timing. If you could get low-level control of the infrared transciever, you might be able to do it - but I'm guessing most PC IrDA ports are hardwired (...) (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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