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Subject: 
Re: IR Tower Use
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lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date: 
Fri, 25 May 2001 18:30:54 GMT
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mattdm-usenet@STOPSPAMmattdm.org
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Peter Newman <peternewman@ntlworld.com> wrote:
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 control PC like mouse.
If anyone knows anything, please help me,
or at least point me in the right direction.

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.

--
Matthew Miller           mattdm@mattdm.org        <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux      ------>                <http://linux.bu.edu/>



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  Re: IR Tower Use
 
(...) 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 (23 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  IR Tower Use
 
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 (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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