The Acer Liquid E uses an IR reflection sensor to detect when it's against a surface. If you look carefully in the dark you'll notice the red light from it as it tries to detect.
I wonder if it's possible to hack the kernel to use that IR port as a TV remote or as an IRDA transceiver.
Just an odd thought. Anyone have any ideas?
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If you look closely at the IR port on the 2i, it appears to be blank, just a line moulded out of the same plastic as the case.
Any ideas what's going on?
what range does anyone get on IR?
cheers
TinyT
it's a fully working IR port, used it a few times although havent tested out the range
my xda2 have a range of 3m or something when used as a remote
would not think it likely that if i were using it to connect to another ir device that the range would be that long
read somewhere that they recommend 20cm or something
Hi to all.
Does anyone know if we can use our PDA as remote control via IrDA port ?
If so, what would be necessary to install ?
Thanks in advanced.
http://www.novii.tv/products/noviirppc/
Doesn't work
In the learning mode I want to learn,I tap on any button and it should be learned and beep afterwards. But when I tap on the button,it just appears some text on the screen for a short while(less then 0.5sec=unreadable). Know someone why? Qtek2020 is in the list of supported devices.
it works 100% on my himalaya
but then i dident try to teach it
i just picked my philips tv from the profile
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And what's the distance that it can be used for? I thing,that IrDA port is not so powerful as IR LEDs in RC...
when i sit in my sofa i could get it to work
it was 3m
but IR on such devices have a pretty narrow beam compared to one way IR's like on a normal remote so you really have to aim
Is there software out there that will let you use your ppc as a mouse on your laptop? If not would it be possible to do have such an app that could use the touch screen as a mouse? Or better yet, would it be possible to use the camera on the ppc as sort of a laser mouse? Also could it be used over bluetooth and or USB? Then set up parts of the screen as left and right click buttons with a scroll area.
Just a thought.
JD
not laser i think you mean optical mouse
problem is that optical mice have a dieode to give it
light so it can detect the movements
if you just put your phone on the back
all it will photo is darkness
yes, im current use Salling Clicker to control my PC via Wifi, it have some plugins to control WMP, BSPlayer, and the default system controls are mouse (touch the screen to move the cursor), shutdown, restart work great!
good luck
Sorry, yes it is optical. When I was thinking of this I flipped my mouse over and that darn light shot right in my eye. From that point on all I could think about was LASER's LOL. Going to give Salling Clicker a try, looks very promising although it would be cool to be able to use my phone as an OPTICAL mouse using the camera. And your right with the camera flat on a surface all you see is black, but with the flashlight on and the camera raised slightly off the serface you would be able to detect motion.
Still just thinking out loud.
JD
JudgeDredd67 said:
Is there software out there that will let you use your ppc as a mouse on your laptop? If not would it be possible to do have such an app that could use the touch screen as a mouse?
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Please use the Wiki. PPCTablet is what you're looking for - see http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=FullTextSearch&s=ppctablet
Or better yet, would it be possible to use the camera on the ppc as sort of a laser mouse? Also could it be used over bluetooth and or USB? Then set up parts of the screen as left and right click buttons with a scroll area.
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Not yet - albeit, for the Smartphone platform, there are some attempts to implement this (see http://wiki.xda-developers.com/inde...e news: new betas of SmartToolkit and IM+ etc ). It certainly will be MUCH worse (if it will be implemented at all) than the hardware accelerometer-based solutions (see for example Nokia N95), though.
the PPC wifi or bluetooth mouse would be cool! on the wizard the flash diode could supply the light to the camera. I've wanted this ever since I tried PPCtablet.
I can already use my Wizard as a webcam using coolcam. To be able to use it as a mouse would really rock. the ultimate laptop accessory!
Does anyone know if when choosing one of the ports under bluetooth printer , it is possible to choose the IR port and to print to an IR printer (canon IP90) ?
Second question , which is the IR port , does it have a number ?
Thanks
If you have an athena, you will know that it doesn't have IR.
I have a few usb IR blasters laying around and was woundering if anyone has done anything interesting with them? Maybe there is a program out there thatis a really cool universal remoteor something?