[mythtv-users] suggestions for IR receiver

Steve Tate srt at cs.unt.edu
Wed Jun 15 14:23:29 UTC 2005


Thanks -- that's exactly what I need...  time to break out the old
soldering iron....

-- 

Steve


On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, John Clabaugh wrote:

>> I have a simular situation and was wondering that to.  I have a pvr350
>> sensor with a bad plug.  I was going to repair it with a new one, but
>> if I could just wire it up and use it as a serial LIRC that would be
>> great.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> On 6/12/05, Steve Tate <srt at cs.unt.edu> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 11 Jun 2005, Carl Fongheiser wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 6/11/05, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 6/11/05, Paul Harvey <paul.l.harvey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> It isn't a IrDA dongle....it is an IR receiver.  When I set it up a
>>>>>> while ago it required the latest version of LIRC, but did work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul,
>>>>>    Thanks. So I'll order a StreamZap this evening and try it out next
>>>>> week when it arrives. I've not found anywhere to purchase it locally
>>>>> in San Jose although I'm sure someone must sell them. Guess I'll go
>>>>> Amazon for now.
>>>>>
>>>>>    So there's a difference between an 'IrDA dongle' and an 'IR
>>>>> receiver'? I know absolutely nothing of this technology.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, there's a big difference.  IrDA is a data communications protocol
>>>> that uses infrared.  The IR receivers being talked about here are for
>>>> CIR (short for consumer infrared), which is a catchall term for the
>>>> sort of IR used by remote controls.  It's just happens that a few IrDA
>>>> transceivers can be coaxed into handling CIR as well (the Actisys
>>>> IR-200L, for example.)  I don't think any of the USB ones are capable
>>>> of this.  The Actisys I mentioned is a serial model, and I don't
>>>> really recommend it; the range is pretty lousy.
>>>
>>> Here's what I'm wondering: I've got a Hauppauge PVR-250, which came
>>> with an IR receiver and remote.  However, then I decided to stick the
>>> tuner in the backend (different room) and have a play-only frontend
>>> based on an EPIA motherboard.  That means using the PVR-250 remote is
>>> a bit of a problem, but I hate for it to go to waste and buy another
>>> remote.
>>>
>>> The EPIA has a CIR header on the board.  Is it possible to somehow
>>> wire the Hauppauge IR receiver to this block and use it without having
>>> the PVR-250 in that box?
>>>
>>> I've googled a bit to try to figure this out, but haven't found
>>> anything.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Steve Tate
>>> srt at cs.unt.edu
>>>
>>>
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>
> Take a look at:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/116658?search_string=Hauppauge%20grey%20remote%20without%20a%20PVR250;#116658
>
> This shows how to wire your existing IR sensor into a homebrew serial port.
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