> >Has anyone done anything yet with the IR transmission of PB5300cs and a Robosapien, which receives its instrucitons via IR? > > I don't think it can be done. The IR port on the 5300 only supports one protocol - IRTalk. It can't do IrDA or any other infrared comms protocol, and Apple never released the specs & documentation on the hardware to allow 3rd parties to develop new protocols for the IR port. > > Don't let that stop you, though. People have done harder things... > Drew --
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