I bought a one-for-all remote that I drove from FreeBSD just in the last year or two. You might try www.smarthome.com. I bought the remote, cable, and docs for how to use it for under US $100. They also have RS232 learning IR devices for $180. Expensive, but I wasn't willing to do the electronics work.
-Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: David Kelly [SMTP:dke...@hiwaay.net] > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 8:48 PM > To: Josef Karthauser > Cc: Roger Hardiman; multime...@freebsd.org; hack...@freebsd.org; > s...@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: IR Remote for AverMedia and FlyVideo > > Josef Karthauser writes: > > > > I've got a phototransistor plugged into my DTR line on the serial > > port. Is there any working software for FreeBSD for utilising this? > > (I want to never lose a remote control again!) > > Oh My Goodness! I don't know whether to laugh or cry. > > Can somebody get me started with links to whatever online IR > technology > is out there? I am in need of a bunch of IR remote control units which > > can be controlled via serial port or other simple computerized means. > > While in the past One For All made inexpensive IR remote controls with > > a serial port, they changed the design about 4 years ago and refused > to > publish the spec. Do not know if they still include any kind of serial > > port in current models. Wouldn't do me any good unless I have > documentation. > > As for "phototransistor plugged into my DTR line", this is a job for a > $2 microcontroller, not a task for a multiuser multitasking OS. I > *think* you can start at http://www.mcu.motsps.com/ and follow the > 68HC05 family and find a reference design using a 68HC705K IR > controller. It is a very simple design and does very few commands. Its > not intented to be a "build to print IR controller." Only a example to > get one started. The code is given for generating IR commands. The > 68HC705K family features IRQ and pullups on some of its I/O pins > allowing one to connect to a keyboard with zero external components. > Probably would want to substitute another '05, possibly one with a > serial port. > > Other Motorola app notes provide example code to implement UARTs in > software. > > Also at the same site is a DOS-based 68HC05 assembler. I've been > meaning to see if it runs under doscmd. > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, dke...@nospam.hiwaay.net > ===================================================================== > The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its > capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
