I remember finding on freshmeat a utility that would open the IR port as a
regular serial port (no linux-irda necessary), and would communicate with
some remote controls. It was primitive but could do some nice things. It
could learn and replay the codes. If you can find it, I can search for it
somewhere here.
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Pete Popov wrote:
>
> I saw a few emails on this list regarding Consumer IR, but I'm still not
> clear on the linux IR support when it comes to such devices.
>
> I've got a device with an on-chip CIR peripheral. According to the spec,
> CIR is a programmable amplitune shift keyed (ASK) serial communication
> protocol. "By adjusting frequencies, baud rate divisor values and
> sensitivity ranges, CIR registers are able to support the major
> protocols such as RC-5, NEC, and RECS-80." On the other hand, an other
> embedded cpu I'm working with has built-in IrDA peripheral with support
> for SIR, MIR, and FIR modes. It appears the linux IrDA support is for
> the latter, so I'm unsure if there's any support for "Consumer IR" in
> linux at all.
>
> Also, does anyone know just what CIR devices are available out there
> (are there keyboards and mice that support CIR)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete
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