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IR to RS-232 ??
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Post 1 made on Tuesday December 18, 2001 at 12:28
Don Woodward
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Hi,

I have a universal remote control that does both IR and RF (Denon Aktis) and I want to make it use RS-232 to control my Panasonic 50" plasma TV.

Here's my idea:
Get a programmable IR to RS-232 gateway that will receive an IR command of my choosing and convert it to an RS-232 command of my choosing and send it out a DB9 connector to a serial cable hooked up to my TV.

I've scoured the web for such a device but have only found the Xantech IR-DC4 which seems to be specialized for control of a specific device.

Question: Are their any generic programmable IR to RS232 gateway products out there?

Any help would be appreciated.
-Don Woodward
Post 2 made on Wednesday December 19, 2001 at 00:53
Matt
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There is a company called Inline that makes such a device, actually it does contact closure/IR to RS-232, 422, and 485 protocols... it's model number CTL101.

Here's the link to the page.

[Link: inlineinc.com]
Post 3 made on Wednesday December 19, 2001 at 22:16
logicpro
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try celadon.com
Post 4 made on Wednesday December 19, 2001 at 23:24
Tony Golden
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Xantech recently released a new IR-to-Serial adapter, model number IR-S232, [Link: xantech.com]
Post 5 made on Thursday December 20, 2001 at 01:40
logicpro
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THE XANTECH PIECE IS GREAT IF TIME DOESN'T MATTER
Post 6 made on Saturday December 22, 2001 at 10:34
DBDElectronics
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What do you mean about time not mattering, does it react too slowly?????
Post 7 made on Saturday December 22, 2001 at 13:16
quest51459
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Celadon will an ir-232 to your spec for any product with a rs-232 port.

www.celadon.com
Post 8 made on Sunday December 23, 2001 at 10:51
Art K.
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about how much is the celadon unit?
Post 9 made on Thursday December 27, 2001 at 00:54
logicpro
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$89.00 if they already have data, like $139.00 if they don't, I think. very pro., very good, worth it.
BY TIME, I mean the xantech requires effort, the celadon is plug and play.
Post 10 made on Wednesday February 13, 2002 at 07:48
TommyE
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Hello.

It may not exactly what you're after, but I created a little PIC16x84 program once do do exactly what you want, but for a projector instead.

The PIC code is small, runs on 4800BPS, can be modified to whatever commands you would like to send.
Accepts RC5 ir commands. It can all be tucked inside a
DB9 shell.

I can probably give you the PIC code, but this requiers you to be handy with a PIC assembler yourself, as I can't give that much support...


Regards
TommyE


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