How to use IRDA form Notebook to control a TV, anything .

The target is to control a RoboSapien, and futher to do a delphi program to control him with a lot of other features...

have no ideia to do this so I ask for your knowlege ...

Thanks to all,

with my regards ...
"Resmas" - From TugaLand (Aka Portugal)

[Link: therobosapien.com]

How about that?

ps... thanks alot, now I wanna run out and buy a robosapien!

Thanks, gonna try it right now ...

It needs the USB-UIRT device to transmit the IR signals.

I has thinking in useing the builtIn IRDA of my NoteBook,

But thanks anyway

I guess the search is over ...

The result of hours of googleing ... has that Notebook have an Infrared Data Association (Irda) that only comunicate with other devices so (Pda, Notebooks and Mobile Phones), can't transmit signals like an tv controler ... so the IRDA of my notebook is useless to this metter ... must find some kind of an InfraRed sender that can send signal (for exemple Tv, Vcr or even Robosapien). Or even Better, receive from an Tv controller, copy the result to a file and wend we want send that signal back... ( a litle complicated ). I leave this to tomorrow ...

If AnyOne knows some kind of device or a circuit (like Usb or Parallel) I would apreciated ...

As you learned Consumer IR and IRda are not the same. As for a device that will transmit consumer IT, well I'm not sure why you are asking since you just named it in your last post. The USB-UIRT is exactly what you are talking about. It is a USB Consumer IR transmitter and receiver. You just plug it in to your USB port.

http://www.usbuirt.com/

If you don't want to buy one, there are schematics out on the net for building your own.

Just buy the USBUIRT. Cheap and easy solution.

resmas

A que conclusão chegas-te???

CONCEPTRONIC INFRAVERMELHOS USB - CIR4U

- Adaptador externo de infra-vermelhos USB 2.0;
- Permite conectar 2 dispositivos por infra-vermelhos para troca de informação;
- Ideal para ligar desktops / notebooks a:
* telefones móveis (GSM);
* PDA´s;
* outros computadores ou dispositivos equipados com infra-vermelhos;
- Perfeito para transferência de dados a velocidades elevadas, toques de telemóveis, imagens ou sincronizar agendas / livro de endereços;
- Permite, também, ligar 2 PC´s por infra-vermelhos para troca de dados;
- Interface: USB 2.0 (retro-compatível com USB 1.1;
- Velocidade de transferência de dados: 4 Mbps "Fast Infrared" (FIR) ou 115 Kbps "normal infrared" (SIR);
- Totalmente compatível com IrDA 1.1;

preço 26.9€

achas que este dá??????

um abraço
fica bem!!!!

i take back what i said earlyer i dont need to look for one any more and is posabel to use the computers ir to remot control other stuff like the tv by brothers program has just proved so tho the lap top we did it on is quite old so i dont no with new computers if they may have changed them