[mythtv-users] Lirc and laptop IR ports

[Brett Kosinski]

>
> > To the best of my knowledge, lirc will not run on an IRDA port.  IRDA
> > modulates the IR signal in a completely different way than used by
> > remote controls.
> >
> > See http://www.lirc.org/irda.html
> >
> > Jeff.
> >
> >
>
> Note, my previously mentioned configuration was only for capturing ir
> signals and was not tested for sending them.
>

Even for capturing an IrDA port is unlikely to be able to properly receive
CIR (consumer IR) signals reliably.  Even if you could get it to work, it
would likely only operate at very specific distances, with rather limited
range (see the aforementioned page for details).

Brett.
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