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?
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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
Is it possible to use my Cingular 8125 as a Nintendo Wii remote? I was wondering if there was a software of some sort that would allow this. Thanks ahead of time.
You've got to be joking right
After all the news about people breaking TVs/remotes because the remote slipped out of their sweaty hands... and you want to do that with a £££$$$s device?
Anyway, I'm no expert, but the wiz does not have any motion sensing hardware - so no it can't
Endangering your device aside, the 8125 cannot be used as a Wiimote because it lacks accelerometers. This is what allows the Wiimote to be used as a motion device.
Nice try.
k, thnx....as for the "endagering my device" thing...i put one of my extra wii strap on the bottom of my 8125
My Apache ppc 6700 detect wiimote in bluetooth, but no sinc and dont work! Maybe need some drive... I look for this.
Anybody help?
Thankyou
OK, well i have searched for about a week now and feel either it doesnt exist or im just not looking in the right place. I'm interested in programming a universal remote for my EVO but the problem i am having is finding the hardware to make it work.
What is needed:
Wifi to RF converter OR
Bluetooth to RF converter
Does anyone have any clue where to find one? You would think that with Iphones popularity with their phone attached junk someone would have gotten smart and made one that you could just sit next to your entertainment system so that you dont have to plug in a device to your phone....
Anyways, i didnt find anything on here, not online, nor in the underground layer of electronic geeks... jk. I dont have the skills to build my own device or i would. I'm taking computer engineering so maybe someday i will.
Any help from you gods at Xda would be appreciated.
You can buy a Bluetooth to Serial port converter, like this one:
http://www.totalpda.co.uk/+/Bluetooth-Serial-RS232-Adapter.7562.html
Maybe you could then find a serial or legacy IR transmitter device to send the IR signals to your devices. I'm assuming they are IR and not RF.
You could use something like this for the IR unit:
http://www.expansys.com/actisys-ird...=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=base
So you connect both units near your equipment, Power them somehow, point the IR device towards the Equipment, Connect via Bluetooth to the Serial Port Profile and assuming you are sending the right signal for the device you should have control.
Of course because it works both ways, you could 'Read back' the signal from your remote control into your android application and store it against the event you want to fire via your GUI controls. Simples.
hmmmm yes...I think that'll work
Logicalstep
I think the easiest solution would be to write an android app to use the ir dongles that plug into the headphone Jack. There are a couple out there... most of the iPhone adapters plug into the headphone jacks, I believe. Also there was one out for winmo years ago.
Anyways, I think they just convert audio signals into ir remote signals, so the app would just need the collection of audio signals for the various ir signals needed. I bet you could get one of the iPhone ir dongle companies to help out in writing an app, cause that would mean another market to buy their hardware.
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I'm liking the first one. But not the single idea. Not. Many people I know would want to buy a single and risk losing it when you could have a stationary device sitting right there. Plus if it could be wifi connected then you could control it from anywhere.
Maybe I did not look hard enough, but I could not find a "similar" Android Universal Remote systems like the ones below for the iPhone. I'm looking for an Android UR application that allows an Android Smartphone, that has no IR, to interface to an existing IR blaster via WiFi or Blutooth to control AV components. It is possible that I miss it, so if someone can point me to one I'd appreciate it. If none is available, maybe someone can write an Android UR app that can interface with one the "existing" IR blasters that work with the iPhone. These IR blasters, as you can see below, are not that expensive.
I was impressed by how the UI is easily customizable in the iPhone app in the video for the UnityRemote... Who knows... maybe gear4 is already writing an Android app for it.
http://us.gear4.com/product/_/93/unityremote/?cid=31
http://www.slashgear.com/griffin-beacon-makes-your-iphone-4-a-universal-remote-07124546/
http://www.slashgear.com/peel-fruit-turns-iphone-into-show-suggesting-universal-remote-08118392/
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?
Anyone know how I can enable USB hosting on AOSP? CM12
I'm pretty much stuck on this ROM for reasons that take too long to explain.
I already got IR blaster to work so i can remote shutter my camera. If I got USB hosting to work so I can use the DSLR controller with my phone again, I would be ecstatic and not hate my ROM anymore.
Thanks!