<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Eric A. Boney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mailinglists@vanhlebarsoftware.com">mailinglists@vanhlebarsoftware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;"><div class="im">On Friday 04 September 2009 11:46:43 Raymond Wagner wrote:<br>
> Eric A. Boney wrote:<br>
> > Do I still need to have lirc setup on the front-end machine? Do I need<br></div></div></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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> ... you cannot use the receiver on the 1600 for<br>
> obvious reasons.<br></div>
Ok, the machines are not backends at all, just frontends. So what you are saying is that it isn't possible to put the ir receiver on the frontend and program it to control just the front end? I am not needing to interact with the tuner card at all, just the ability to select shows/music/videos, stop/play etc in those items.<br>
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<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><br></p>-Eric</font><br></div></blockquote></div><br>Eric,<br><br>You can use the remote control from the 1600 for your frontend, but not the IR receiver (since it plugs into a special port on the 1600 tuner itself). So you'll need external IR receivers to each of your frontends.<br>
<br>The easiest solution IMHO is a Microsoft MCE USB remote and receiver set - which can be purchased somewhat inexpensively nowadays. (~25 or so if you shop around a bit) (best search term I've found for ebay is "Microsoft RC6")<br>
<br>OR... If your frontends have serial ports and you're handy with a soldering iron, you could roll your own IR receiver - just have a look at <a href="http://lirc.org">lirc.org</a> and the "Supported Hardware" "Homebrew Receivers" "Serial Port Receiver" section... <br>
<br>J-e-f-f-A<br>