This has been asked for for years now. it can be done just no interest the codes are even available publicly. It would be a good use for a port that I have no need of in any case.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rusty Perez Sent: September 13, 2006 8:45 PM To: 'Braillenote List' Subject: [Braillenote] Wouldn't this be neat!!! Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:55:55 -0400 From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [PM] FSCommander and satellite TV To: "The PAC Mate User List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Kasondra. If your satellite receiver has an infra-red remote control, FSCommander will be able to learn it with your help. In our own case at my home, we have a reader that visits us once a week. Just the other day, I made every remote control in the house accessible via PAC Mate. You can do this completely without sighted help if you are familiar with what the buttons on your remote control do. If not, simply ask a sighted person to work with you as you put FSCommander into Learn Mode. The software will ask you to press a key on the PAC Mate, then to press a key on the remote control. Following JAWS conventions of the key on its own moving you forward, and shift with the key moving you back, I assigned v for volume up, shift+V for volume down. C for Channel up, shift+C for channel down etc. It's a very simple process, and of course you can programme as many remotes this way as you want to. My PAC Mate now controls our media system, our two separate air conditioning units and other devices. I find myself using a lot more functions on these devices, because I know exactly what keys perform what function. I should say that I was in a bit of a hurry when our reader was here, so later, I was able to go back and reassign some of the keys to make them more logical. I'm sure you'll find this free utility really useful. You can download it from our web site. The direct URL is http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/PACmate_FSCommander.asp Jonathan Mosen. Vice President, Blindness Hardware Product Management Freedom Scientific BLV Group LLC 11800 31st Court North St. Petersburg, FL 33716-1805 ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
