Re: LZ-Adv: IR-link ideas
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Re: LZ-Adv: IR-link ideas
You would need to know the protocol for the remote. This has been done
on the HP and perhaps there's some source out there which can at least
give us info on how the protocol works.
On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Mark D Lippmann wrote:
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> A friend of mine came up with this idea:
>
> 1. Build an IR-link sender/reciever.
>
> 2. Take a remote control from any TV and point it at the reciever of the
> IR link on the calculator.
>
> 3. Hit a key on the remote and somehow have the IR-link record the imput
> it gets from the remote.
>
> 4. The IR-Link on the calculator could then reproduce the signal.
>
> 5. This would create a sort of universal remote.
>
> 6. A program could be set up like this:
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> Menu:
> 1. TV remote
> 2. VCR remote
> 3. TV at office remote
>
> Then after the selection was made another list would follow:
> ex. if "1" was pressed you would have a list of options to send out of
> the calc IR link.
>
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> The key would be having a Z-shell program to record and interpret the
> signals revieved from remotes etc.
>
> I have no experience in this type of matter at all. Anyone can take up
> this project, just let me know. I will do this by myself or with help if
> no one else wants to do it. I just need some plans for an IR-Link. Tell
> me what you think.
>
> Thanks.
>
> .\\ark
>
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