Re: anybody hacked a Streamzap sensor?

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Quoting Florin Andrei <fl...@an...>:

> Yet another option would be to build a custom sensor. This shouldn't be
> difficult, as in a past life I designed and built everything from LED
> blinkers to full microprocessor-based systems, and I may actually still
> have an IR diode collecting dust somewhere from previous experiments
> with LIRC and custom hardware years ago, but:
> - I'm not sure whether it's doable (can this remote be paired with an
> arbitrary sensor and still work with LIRC?)
> - I'm kind of running out of connectors on the motherboard; the only COM
> port is already taken by a Crystalfontz CFA633 display. Maybe I can use
> the LPT for the sensor?
> - It's a lot more work than just using the existing sensor (sounds kind
> of lame, but it's a fact).


I keep meaning to build a usbirboy for that sort of situation.

But yeah, the parallel port is still an option i think. does your  
motherboard have an irda header by any chance? I think there were some  
hacks for that as well.