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- From: tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan)
- Subject: Re: Need encoding scheme for TV remote infrared controller
- References: <1992Sep2.181547.28000@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <1992Sep2.003540.24065@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <BtyE2K.3ts@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 21:09:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep2.181547.28000@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> mancus@zaphod.jsc.nasa.gov (Keith Mancus) writes:
- >In article <BtyE2K.3ts@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan) writes:
- >
- >>> (2) Is the encoding scheme standardized?
- >> Not by a long shot.
- >
- > Odd. I've seen "generic" controllers that can be programmed to
- >drive a wide variety of remote-controlled devices. It seems pretty
- >difficult to do this w/out any standards!
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- Not so odd. A $20 cassette tape recorder can record and playback
- spoken English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Afrikaans, etc. etc.
- without their being any "standards" among the languages. Programmable IR
- remotes work in precisely the same way: they memorize the signals your
- remotes send, and duplicate those signals.
-
- >> Borrow/obtain an oscilloscope....after playing around a bit,
- >>you should be able to determine the encoding scheme used, or at the very
- >>least which patterns go with which....
- >
- > <groan> That's just what I was hoping to avoid. Sigh.
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- Hey, it's not THAT bad. You'll definitely learn a lot! ;-)
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