From: Alex S. <ros...@st...> - 2002-05-12 18:01:20
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Hi Christoph & all, On Sunday 12 May 2002 11:40, you wrote: > Hi! > > Alex Stragies "ros...@st..." wrote: > > [...] > > > My serial dongle runs with the logitech driver. I dont have a logitech, > > i have an adaptek, but that is the driver that works the "best" for my > > hardware. ( i think) > > [...] > > > Now, I dont know, where to go from here. > > I'd suggest that you begin with the basics: read the IrDA physical layer I thought this dongle (Adaptek AIRport 2000) and other serial IR IRDA dongles dont "process" the IRDA signals by themselves, but send it on to the host to have it processed there. So it should give me some sort of raw output, which i do get. (and should be able to use as input) > specification and a description of remote control protocols, e.g. my c't > article. That should at least make clear why what you are trying does not > work. Why should it not work? - My dongle receives a signal over several meters - It outputs predictable Strings containing the code of each button I will add more info to my reply to Karl Bonger's mail. Thankx for your reply, Alex > Next step would be to study the lirc_sir driver to see what can be > done with IrDA hardware. > Christoph > |