Can IrDA be manually controlled?

[Dennis Nedry]

Is it possible for me to use the IrDA port on my Pismo to send out custom signals, like remote control codes?

 

[quinterro]

I don't know but I like the idea. It would drive my wife nuts! :lol:

 

[porter]

Is it possible for me to use the IrDA port on my Pismo to send out custom signals, like remote control codes?

Presumably you need an IrDA Communications Toolbox Tool?

 

[Dennis Nedry]

You might need some sort of direct hardware access to do that because it isn't a typical serial signal. I really don't know where to start, though.

IrDA can also receive IR signals, so maybe you could "record" remote control codes and play them back.

 

[Christopher]

Like trick it into thinking your sending a file but it is actually the code to change the the channel or something.

 

[chris]

There was a utility to do this with Windows laptops I saw a while ago... can't remember the name.

 

[wood_e]

Hell, my newton used to control my Sony TV... I bet it can be done...

 

[sircabulon]

you would have to use os 9 because it is disabled in osx

 

[Dennis Nedry]

you would have to use os 9 because it is disabled in osx

Are you sure? I've never used it but I have IrDA options in Network system preferences and Internet Connect.

 

[sircabulon]

now that i think about it, I am probably wrong because i seem to remember it being a bug with xpostfacto

 

[paws]

An IrDA port is just a serial port, I think, so it should be trivial to programme. The bondi iMac I took apart certainly had its IrDA ports connected to a standard mini-DIN serial port...

 

[porter]

An IrDA port is just a serial port, I think, so it should be trivial to programme. The bondi iMac I took apart certainly had its IrDA ports connected to a standard mini-DIN serial port...

Does it appear as a separate port in the Serial Tool when you use a Communications Toolbox aware program, eg Claris Works?