#24 IR decoding with Arduino

[Alex]

I was wondering if it's possible to interface Winlirc with Arduino.
I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, I don't have a clue how Winlirc works.
I currently use Serial receiver but the way Windows works with interrupts makes IR decoding very unreliable.
If WinLirc could use Arduino as receiver for IR decoding would be great.

[Ian]

Yeah it could probably be made to work. Trouble is I don't have an Arduino, and no one has written any plugins for it

[Alex]

Are the plugins open source?
I'd like to see the serial receiver plugin source to try to understand how it works.
Or Is there maybe any documentation on the plugins for developers?

[Alex]

I was trying the wrong approach.
All I had to do was programming the Arduino to decode and send RC codes to a serial port.
Then with the help of a VB program, it translates to WinLirc format and sends to port 8765.
So in short, my program emulates a WinLirc server.

[Alex]

Ian, is the learning part of Winlirc in the core?
Would it be possible for Winlirc to "learn" from decoded keys instead of raw code?
I think this would help a LOT of people.

[Ian]

Hi Alex,
it's par tof IRRecord, which comes with winlirc. If you learn one button and decode the protocol, you can then learn the rest later easily. Or at least that is the theory :)

[Alex]

Thanks Ian, I'll take a look into it.