 | | IR Tower Use —Peter Newman
| | | | I know this may be a bit off topic, but didn't know where else to post, I own an IR tower and remote control, and was wondering if it is possible to use the IR tower for other things. eg using PC + tower to control stereo/TV, or using IR remote to (...) (24 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: IR Tower Use —Matthew Miller
| | | | | | (...) Not really -- the tower uses its own proprietary communcations format. It's similar enough to that used by remote controls that learning remotes can pick up the signals, but I haven't heard of anyone going the other way around. (24 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: IR Tower Use —Kekoa Proudfoot
| | | | | | | (...) This isn't true at all. The tower converts an RS-232 serial transmission directly into IR and vice-versa. It is a pretty standard protocol. -Kekoa (24 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: IR Tower Use —Matthew Miller
| | | | | | | (...) Ooops, sorry. I didn't really mean proprietary -- I meant "not normal for remote controls". (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: IR Tower Use —Dan Boger
| | | | | | | (...) nod, but that made me think if we can use the IrComm package, and use a laptop's ir port to communicate with the rcx - didn't get a chance to try it yet - did anyone? Dan (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: IR Tower Use —Dave Baum
| | | | | | | (...) The only IrCOMM I know of is part of the IrDA standard. It provides something that looks just like a typical serial port to the application, but underneath is layered on top of IrLAP (packet based link level prototocol for IrDA). This means (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: IR Tower Use —Kekoa Proudfoot
| | | | | | (...) You can't really do what you are trying to do. The tower is designed to operate in request-reply mode. It sends a request, waits a few seconds, receives a reply during that time, then turns off. The idle state of the tower is off, and (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: IR Tower Use —Scot Wilcoxon
| | | | | If you're using Linux, see if Linux IR tools can chat with a tower -- or if some other RS-232 IR device can chat with a Lego device. I haven't had time to do such tests yet. (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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