Re: help with onkyo "remote interactive"

[James K. <jk...@co...>]

On Mon, 14 May 2007, Bengt Martensson wrote:

> I have successfully managed to control an Onkyo TX-SV9041 (dating from
> the time when Dolby Prologic was the finest thing on earth) with the
> so-called MR-connectors. This is just the modulated IR-signal inverted.
> However, the RI is probably a different animal.
>
> <guessing_mode>
> Most likely, they just contain the ir-signal, with or (like Sony
> Control-S format) without the modulation frequency, possibly inverted. I
> severly doub that it has anything to do with RS232. Got a 'scope?
> </guessing_mode>

No.  I might have to break down and get one.  It would likely be some
sort of computer based one though (USB, serial?).  I do seem to be
getting into more projects that need it.  What about feeding the signal
into a sound card.  I guess I could look at that.

I was thinking I would be able to get something from using irrecord in
raw mode.

> James Klaas wrote:
>
>  > I was hoping someone could help me here.  I've yet to receive any
>  > responses to any of the queries I've posed.
>  >
>  > Someone has had some success getting the "Remote Interactive" feature
>  > working with an Onkyo receiver of some sort:
>  > http://lirc.sourceforge.net/remotes/onkyo/Remote_Interactive
>  >
>  > However, there is no attribution there and only a diagram for attaching
>  > the RI plug on the receiver end to a serial port.  I got a TX-SR304
>  > receiver but the diagram indicates it was done with a TX-SR502E.
>  >
>  >> From what it looks like on the diagram listed, I need to run the tip to
>  >
>  > pin 1 and the ground to pin 5.  I've got the 10K resistor going between
>  > the two.  This seems correct.
>  >
>  > Has anyone had any experience with this receiver and an RI cable?  If
>  > someone would just say no, that would re-assure me that I'm not sending
>  > my e-mails into a black hole.
>  >
>
>
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			James Klaas

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