<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 12:22 PM, steve <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:networks1@cox.net">networks1@cox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<p>>the "send_power_new" script I see the
emitter (red light) blink each</p>
<p>>time a code is sent. Sometimes the blinking looks a
little different,</p>
<p>If you can see it, you’re not seeing the IR emitter. They
must have a visible light led in there too, unless there is a type of LED that
emits both at the same time. If I were you I would check the business end of
the emitter per earlier suggestion. </p></div></div></div></blockquote><div>Nearly everyone has a cell phone with a camera nowadays -- put your cell phone in 'photo' mode and look at the IR emitter with it. You should see a WHITE light emit from the IR section as seen with the camera's viewfinder. Test it with a 'regular' remote control to see what to look for, then test your IR blaster.</div>
<div><br></div><div>And if your IR emitter looks like this: <a href="http://www.avocent.ca/img/product_images/avocent-irb-100-lg.jpg">http://www.avocent.ca/img/product_images/avocent-irb-100-lg.jpg</a></div><div><br></div>
<div>...then I've found the IR to be emitted out the 'fatter' end of the emitter, and in one case it was so weak that I had to tape a small piece of paper at a 45 degree angle on the end to reflect the IR signal into the receiver. (Something like this: /=== - Where the / represents the paper reflector, and === represents the emitter - sorry about the ASCII art...)</div>
<div><br></div><div>J-e-f-f-A </div></div>