<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Jul 23, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Craig Partin wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style=""><div><div class="Wj3C7c"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"> <div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div>Hello all,<br><br>You might remember I sent out a notice of an upcoming iPhone/iPod Touch application I've been working on called MyMote. It is a MythTV specific user configurable remote control with a program guide built in. I am pleased to announce that MyMote is now available. Please see <a href="http://trac2.assembla.com/mymote/wiki" target="_blank">http://trac2.assembla.com/mymote/wiki</a> for details. Note that although MyMote is now available through ad hoc distribution, it has not been approved by Apple for their App Store. Please read the information about ad hoc distribution on the main page for instructions on how to acquire MyMote.<br> <br>Feel free to comment, suggest, or constructively criticize!<br><br>Thanks<br><br>P.S.: The screenshots and video at the MyMote site are a little out of date. I will be updating them shortly, but MyMote has only undergone improvements without restructuring the user interface or general flow.</div> </div><br><br></blockquote></div><br>That's really exciting, I hope to try it soon. Thanks!<br><br>What do you think the possibility of getting something like this working?<br><br><a href="http://features.engadget.com/2004/07/27/how-to-turn-your-ipod-in-to-a-universal-infrared-remote-control/" target="_blank">http://features.engadget.com/2004/07/27/how-to-turn-your-ipod-in-to-a-universal-infrared-remote-control/</a><br> <br>If it could do volume control on the amp it would definitely be a killer app for remote control.<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div><div>It's certainly possible, but I'm not sure how many users would find it useful. I'll gladly accept patches to add extra functionality. I think the better route, however, is to use LIRC with an IR blaster from another machine. That way the user doesn't have to carry around another attachment to the iPhone just for the remote control.</div> <div><br></div><div>Thanks</div></div></blockquote><div><br>Would that work with the LIRC buttons already in the code? That is a better idea.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>The LIRC buttons in MyMote send the configured remote "button" key press to the LIRC daemon on the master backend. For instance, I have a TV with a serial port which I can send control commands to. I set up LIRC on my backend to run my tv_remote program to tell the tv to turn on or off when lircd receives a "pc_power" key press. So, on MyMote I created a LIRC button named "Power" which sends the "pc_power" key press to the master backend's lircd.</div><div><br></div><div>An IR blaster would work just as well as the serial port control I have on my TV. Also, lircd messages can be rerouted to other lircd servers I believe, so MyMote is not confined to commands being sent only to the master backend.</div></body></html>