On 9/18/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jonathan Smith</b> <<a href="mailto:jonathanlsmith@gmail.com">jonathanlsmith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I have been doing some googling on this topic and coming up with mixed<br>results. I know that the LIRC FAQ says that USB to Serial does not<br>work, but there were some that say they got it working. Most of the<br>discussions drop off from 2 years ago and was wondering it is possible
<br>to use a USB to Serial adapter with Lirc? My ultimate goal is to move<br>my BE/FE down to my basement and just feed the S-Video, Audio and IR<br>through the floor, feeding my TV on the main floor, my only sticking<br>
point is the IR receiver. I have found long run IR receivers using<br>serial for Lirc and the reason I am posting. Does anyone have any<br>suggestions for an alternate solution that will allow me to run an IR<br>recevier around 25 feet?
</blockquote><div><br>It's simply not possible with the simple IR receivers of the sort you find on the lirc home page. IR receivers that actually use a serial protocol should work just fine. Some of the ones that should work are the IRMan, the IR-3, the UIRT and the UIRT2.
<br></div><br></div>There are also some IR receivers that connect directly via USB, like the Tira, and the USB-UIRT, although the USB-UIRT isn't offically supported in lirc.<br><br>Carl Fongheiser<br>