TV Control from iPAQ Infrared

[GStrring]

Has anybody written any code to use the IR for TV control. Indeed does the OS allow enough control to achieve this.<br><br>If you have any routines written C++ or VB or you know of any such routines I would be interested.

[Moose or Chuck]

Yes, it's possible. Someone wrote a program for CE 2.11 devices, which I Have. It didn't work to well on my Casio, but maybe it just didn't have my particular TV programmed in.

[randall]

The remote doesn't work well on my device either (e-125). I couldn't get it to control a damn thing.

[Dan East]

The CE OS provides such a layer of abstraction that it's not directly possible. However some hardware (the Cassiopeia E-105 in particular) provides a method of direct access through which Consumer IR can be implemented via software. To my knowledge most devices support IrDA directly at the hardware level, which makes it impossible to achieve the type direct control needed to produce Consumer IR output. Finally, the IrDA standard emits IR at a much, much lower intensity than Consumer IR, which would require the Pocket PC to be within a couple feet of the device you are trying to control. The Casio program Moose mentioned is the only one I've ever heard of. Someone came up with a method to modify their Casio to increase the IR output intensity, which boosted the range to several feet or so. Even then I believe that program had to be "tuned" to match a particular device (since even identical pieces of hardware vary slightly in performance due to the manufacturing process).<br><br>This issue has been brought up since the beginning of Windows CE, because obviously a Pocket PC could easily be the world's most advanced remote control. It would be incredibly cheap for an OEM to add Consumer IR capability to their hardware, even if it was simply done in parallel to the existing IrDA hardware.<br><br>Dan East

[phr0ze]

If they could make a palm do it a Pocket PC should.  The palm one did work well, but had limited range.

[CheezBoy]

These people made one i don't know what it works on or how well it works but you could check it out<br><br>

[Moose or Chuck]

[randall]

[randall]

[Moose or Chuck]

[randall]

[Moose or Chuck]

[DeFrAgGeD]

[Paul]

[DeFrAgGeD]

yeah i never used any skins or anything i just used the learn button and held the remote in front of the ir senser and press the button and it beeps and prompts for a file name i save it as the name of the button. then in order to execute that remote command i go into windows explorer point the ir and double click the file. Works just fine. Freaks people out to... LOL... The address where i got it is: