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The iMac computer has a direct infrared (IR) communication link connected internally to serial port B. When the computer is placed within range of another device with an IR interface, it can send and receive serial data using the IrDA protocol. The other device can be an IrDA-equipped Macintosh PowerBook or some other device that complies with the Infrared Data Association (IrDA) standard. The minimum range of the IR link is approximately 2 inches, and the maximum range is 1 meter.
The IR link in the iMac computer supports IrDA at up to 4.0 Mbps. The IrDA modulation method complies with the IrDA physical layer standard, which can be found at: