On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 13:04, John Orford wrote:
> Hi all,
>> Is it possible to plug a generic USB infra red receiver into your PC and then
> use an average TV remote control to control your PC?
>> I checked out http://www.lirc.org/ and it looks like it is possible, but I
> wanted to run it by you people first!
I have never gotten any remote to work with lirc and a std. infrared
port. IrDA is so much different from consumer infrared devices.
However: using my realmagic consumer infrared receiver (serial), lirc
and the remote for that or the infrared port that comes with the WinTV
cards works grand.
Slán leat,
Martin List-Petersen
Dublin, Eire
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