From: Tom H. <tom...@ad...> - 2006-04-26 23:30:17
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I've got a palmtop computer that can speak wi-fi. I occasionally consider turning it into a universal remote by having it talk to my computer which in turn talks to various devices that can be controlled via rs-232 and wot-not. In the unlikely event that I should ever work up enough energy (or boredom) to actually implement such a thing, I'm wondering if it sounds feasible to plug it into lirc as a new kind of device driver. Since lots of linux software already knows how to listen to lirc, I'd get linux remote control "for free" by adding the lirc interface. Just curious right now (I'm not promising to work on such a thing just yet, merely exploring feasibility :-). |
From: Buzz <bu...@os...> - 2006-04-27 03:05:02
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Tom, Well, I've been thinking about the same thing, but instead of wifi, I was going to use Bluetooth from my J2ME enabled mobile phone. Christoph, Since MANY applications support lirc interfaces now, and lirc does a great job of "interpreting" button presses into their relevant action/keyboard_event/mouse_event/etc, what would you suggest would be the best way to link a program into lirc as a virtual local key-press generating device? Is there an existing good way to do that? Buzz. > -----Original Message----- > From: lir...@li... > [mailto:lir...@li...] On Behalf Of > Tom Horsley > Sent: Thursday, 27 April 2006 9:30 AM > To: lir...@li... > Subject: Wi-Fi remotes? > > I've got a palmtop computer that can speak wi-fi. I > occasionally consider turning it into a universal remote by > having it talk to my computer which in turn talks to various > devices that can be controlled via rs-232 and wot-not. > > In the unlikely event that I should ever work up enough > energy (or boredom) to actually implement such a thing, I'm > wondering if it sounds feasible to plug it into lirc as a new > kind of device driver. Since lots of linux software already > knows how to listen to lirc, I'd get linux remote control > "for free" by adding the lirc interface. > > Just curious right now (I'm not promising to work on such a > thing just yet, merely exploring feasibility :-). > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web > services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make > your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server > v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057& dat=121642 > |