[mythtv-users] Standalone IR receiver

[Eric Sharkey]

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Pretty sure that's a pure HID receiver that does hardware decode and
>> then passes along HID usages, rather than a raw IR receiver driven
>> by the mceusb driver, so, uh, have fun. Should be usable, but not as
>> easily as an mceusb device.
>
> Hmm, some of the stuff I was googling did say the IR receiver worked as mceusb.


This one?

http://www.pcusacorp.com/product/HA-IR-01SV.html

I believe it uses the MCE IR protocol, meaning that it can receive IR
signals from a genuine MCE remote.  On the USB side (which is all that
the operating system will see), it looks like a hid.  The above page
says: "Microsoft HID class compliant".

Eric