IR keyboards as normal keyboards

[Mike F. <va...@ge...>]

i'm not entirely sure lirc is the right place, but i cant seem to scrounge=
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stuff from google on the topic ... i'm trying to find info on how to hook u=
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a non-standard IR keyboard (not IRDA compliant).  the keyboard in question:
http://www.fentek-ind.com/kbmwtbpsb.htm
would you create a custom "remote" config file for it and then you could on=
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communicate with lirc clients ?  or is there some better kernel driver for=
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this that would expose it as a regular keyboard input device ?
=2Dmike