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HB to control a TV set and VCR
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
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Wed, 17 Feb 1999 10:06:13 GMT
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Alf Hendrik Kuchenbuch <alf.kuchenbuch@ofw.pr.siemens.de[NoMoreSpam]>
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alf.kuchenbuch@ofw.pr.siemens.de <alf.kuchenbuch@ofwIHATESPAM.pr.siemens.de>
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Hi everyone!
I'd like to control a TV set and VCR with my HB, because I want it to wake
me up e.g. with "The Simpsons". So I need some source code to transmit code
via the built in IR cirquit. I need to transmit "TV: switch on", "VCR:
switch on" and "VCR: play". Did anybody do that before? Any hints
appreciated!
Alf
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Message has 2 Replies: ![](/news/x.gif) | | Re: HB to control a TV set and VCR
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| Why not just buy a universal remote control (make sure it works for your TV and VCR of course). Then, take off the faceplate and interface those 3 switches to the outputs?? Saves the hassle of writing a driver for the I/R port.... --phil (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| (...) Sure, the IR routines at (URL) can do that for you. Just follow the instructions in the readme to find the configurations values for your TV and for your VCR separately, and then in your program switch back and forth between the configurations (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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