[mythtv-users] AppleTV, lirc, and a Bose Lifestyle RF Remote

[John Andrunas]

http://code.google.com/p/atv-bootloader/wiki/UpdateIRDriver

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Scott D. Davilla <davilla at 4pi.com> wrote:

> >Do a little research: apple remotes send some sort of special ID code
> >along with every message, so its super unlikely that some standard
> >pack of codes would work. Your best bet would be obtaining a remote
> >that can learn codes, find about 15 friends with apple remotes and
> >teach each button on your learning remote one of the codes from the
> >various remotes, then set up lirc to use those codes. I think the high
> >end harmony remotes work with RF systems so you could still use your
> >bose system (but not its remote unless it has learning capabilities).
>
> There's someone on the atv-bootloader mailing list that is doing this
> a learning remote. You don't need 15 friends, it can be done with a
> single Apple IR remote
>
> >Why on earth apple crippled their IR hardware as such is a mystery.
> >Especially since you don't have to pair your remote with your
> >computer/aTV (that would make some sense so your neighbor holding down
> >the play button on his remote won't put your laptop to sleep).
>
> Apple is not responsible for making sure that other IR remotes work
> with their IR controller. Why should they? That's not it's design
> function. They designed their IR controller to preprocess IR signals
> and only pass valid HID events to the OS. It's very robust and works
> every time with their IR remote and off loads the grunt work to the
> IR controller. If you want raw IR signal processing, well that's a
> different product.
>
> Why they did this is no mystery. It's a real pain in the rear to
> design a robust IR controller that handles every existing and future
> IR remote. Many protocols, many frequencies to handle, software
> wizards that need to work, etc. Doing this would add to the design
> cost and ultimately result in a higher product cost.
>
>
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John
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