any suggestions for linux compatible laptop projector remote?

[Colin McGregor]

--- Alex Maynard <amaynard-vQ8rsROW2HJSpjfjxSPG1fd9D2ou9A/h at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Colin McGregor wrote:
> > I sent this out earlier and it appears to have
> fallen
> > down a TLUG black hole.... Anyway, I have been
> looking
> > into Linux Infared stuff for other reasons, and
> you
> > may want to look at:
> >
> >    http://www.lirc.org
> >

> Thanks very much. This "VERY simple to build" one
> sounds good to me, but I
> can't quite figure out which model your pointing to.
> Is it a commercial or a home brew?

Both :-) .

What happens is that you can build the hardware, such
as the following examples:

- The simple (not fully RS-232) home built design:
  http://www.lirc.org/receivers.html
- The full RS-232 home built design:
  http://www.tb-electronic.de/vdr/lirc/lirc_rx.html
- The home built USB design:
  http://usbirboy.sourceforge.net/

Or you can buy pre-built hardware from places like the
following:

- http://www.zapway.de/e_index1.htm

As well the IR ports on SOME laptops and SOME TV
capture cards is support by the LIRC people (details
on their site).

Are you comfortable holding a soldering iron? Do you
want to try the simple design? If the answers are yes,
then track down some parts (and except for the IR
detector the parts are EASY to find and CHEAP), and
warm up that soldering iron.

If you can not handle a soldering iron, well get out
your cash...

> Generally, I got the impression that www.lirc.org
> was more for experts
> than for newbies. For example, under documentation
> they have the warning
> that "Setting up LIRC currently is not an easy
> task". Maybe there isn't an
> easy way to do this yet? I was hoping it might be
> like the situation for
> printers, where some are difficult to use with linux
> but others work
> without much trouble.

Well, I am planning to take the plunge and actually
build an interface this weekend as I plan weave that
bit into an article I am planning to write :-) . So at
this point I am not sure how easy/hard the software
end of things will be. The hardware construction end
of things I expect to be a very manageable challenge,
as I have built some electronic kits before :-) .

But again if anyone knows any local place where I
could get more of the IR detectors listed on the
following I would appreciate:

   http://www.lirc.org/receivers.html

Colin McGregor
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