> This detector cannot talk to your Visor's IR port. All > this one does is watch for the short burts of codes that > remote controls for TVs and VCRs send. Right.. all I'm really talking about is sending these codes. > Okay then you will be using completely different parts > and protocols. The Visor has an IrDA transceiver, which > has both transmit and receive channels, designed to > carry streams of serial data just like an RS232 port > but riding on infrared transmissions. The universal IR > remote is much simpler, for one thing the remote is > only a transmitter and the radio shack IR decoder is > only a receiver. The universal IR remote sends short > bursts of unique codes, and the IR decoder simply reads > them and passes them to the microcontroller in a TTL > serial connection at 893 baud. The IrDA device OTOH > is a complete serial communications port. > You're getting ahead of me a bit.. I'm going to keep it simple this time and basicly follow your design. I'm not going to have 2 way comunications, just 1 way, from the Visor to the IR Decoder. I've seen several programs for the PalmOS that allow you to use the IR port as a universal remote. I've used one of them before to turn my VCR on and off. It was fun but the range was to short to make it worth while when I tried it. That's not a problem for this application. No this is not using the full capability of the IrDA port on the Visor, but like I said "it's a good start" I think that if I have 2 or 3 menus that control things like MP3's and email on the Visor, all of which are programed to send out comon IR signals (That I would get from the universal remote) it will still be very usefull and cool. Not to mention keeping the complexity down and allowing me to use your hard work instead of redesigning :) >From what I've seen I think my idea is possible.. if not I'll learn some more and do it again :) > > Where can I find a BX-24 for the best price? So far > > I've only seen them listed on the manufactuers web > > site for $49.. although this isn't at all > > bad, I'm wondering if I can find it for better. > > I have some bad news. Last time I checked the price was > up to $59 for individual BX24s. Also you need to buy > the software. There is a kit for $100 that includes a > proto board, one BX24, serial download cable, and the > software. More bad news: it only runs on windows. It > is literally the ONLY peice of windows software I use. > Sounds like the $100 kit is the way to go then. M@ -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org please, Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/false domain
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