Re: [misterhouse-users] Computer IfraRed vs. Sterio IR - lirc.pl

[Clive F. <sc...@fi...>]

> Which of the circuits are you using?  I was thinking about trying out the
> first one (just an IR LED, transistor, and resistor, I think) because I
> already have the stuff around the house, but wasn't sure about the
> disclaimer not to use it 'if you value your serial port'.  I guess the
> second one listed doesn't look much more difficult.

A few months ago I built a parallel port one and integrated it with mh.  i
reported my experiences here:
http://www.fircone.co.uk/mh/cir/

It has not been working for a while and I have been busy on other projects.
It is difficult to troubleshoot if it is not working, as you have to reboot
after each single test.

Clive