Re: [WinLIRC] Trasmitter problems under win2k

[Jim P. <ji...@jt...>]

> I've built the trans/recv circuit and run winlirc on windows 2000.
> I've "learned" my remote" and it is now recognized, but I was
> unable to transmit.
>  
> After playing for a few hours, I've loaded up Win98, and everything
> works perfectly...
> 
> I presume the problem is Windows 2000 delays in access to DTR
> on/off...

Scott (who added the transmit support) told me that we have yet to
hear from anyone who has gotten transmitting working under Windows
2000, so I'm guessing that it's just broken.  

> Has anyone found a solution to this? Maybe turning DTR on all 
> the time and just running RTS or CTS instead? I only need
> the transmitter as I'm trying to control the cable box
> from the PC.

That might work.  I haven't looked at Scott's transmit code, but it
probably wouldn't be too difficult to disable the receiving and modify
the transmit code to use RTS or CTS.  Do you think Win2000 would be
faster with switching those than DTR?  (I don't see why it would be
different, personally)

> My application is neat: I'm running win2k desktop PC on my
> house' 2nd floor...

Wow, that's pretty cool.  Now you just have to figure out what to do
when two people want to watch different channels on different
notebooks at the same time.  :)

-jim