Hi all,
I have a skybox f3 satellite receiver that i would like to use my S4 as a remote for it; however, it is not mentioned within the devices name list so is there work around & /or any other compatible device within the list that i can use instead that can work with my set top box?
your help is appreciated,
Related
Hi,
For my robotics project at uni I want to control my robot using my PDA (magician) by doing all the processing on the PDA and sending signals via IR to the IR Input of the robot's handyboard.
I want to use c#.net to develop the program that can do this.
The handyboard's IR input takes Sony-format IR protocol signals
My question is that I've only found IRDA information for programming for the pocket pc not sending specific IR signals, I'm not sure though I haven't looked extremely hard, but obviously it can be done as there are remote control software around...
Thanks
Phi
Hi Phi!
The reason you could not find any info on sending general IR signal with a PDA is because most PDA only support the IRDA format and not custom protocols used by remote controls like SONY's protocol.
There is however a way to trick the IRDA port in to sending a signal similar enough to that of a remote control. I succeeded controlling my sony TV and VCR using my iPAQ 1710.
The problem is that due to the low strength of the signal I only got the distance of 1.5 meters tops (not very good for remote control app).
You should look for information on how to write remote control programs for Pocket PC's for more information. I will post the links I used when I get home.
If you want I can send you the code I wrote, but it’s in C++ not C#!
Hope this helps! :wink:
Using PDA as IR remote controll
Ok, here is what you have to do:
1. Open the IR as a regular serial port (on my iPaq its COM2 but you should check HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\IrDA for your device).
2. Set the port to 115200bs 7bit NO PARITY 1 stop bit.
3. Send the byte 0x5b for as log as you need the ‘ON’ signal.
For this you need to know the exact format of the command you want to send.
This page contains a full and detailed description of the process:
http://www.veg.nildram.co.uk/remote.htm
Here are some more links I used in my research:
http://www.epanorama.net/links/irremote.html
http://scv.bu.edu/GC/shammi/ir/
http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=slv1-wave&p=Sending+Remote+Control+Signals+with+IRDA
I still have to remind you that most PDA IR ports are designed for close range data transfer and there for emit a very weak signal so you will have to point it carefully at the sensor.
Still, controlling a robot with your PDA sounds like a cool idea, let me know how it turns out.
Good luck!
Try this for some pointers:
An article describing how to use the IR port on a pocket PC to control a TV.
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http://www.codeproject.com/ce/tvremote.asp
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Hi all,
I am for Uni looking into using a GPS device (just a receiver) to pass your location to a PDA and with some work on some software on the device do some calculations and useful stuff re where you have gone, how fast etc. But the app on the PDA must be custom written
All i need from the GPS device is location (in longitude+latitude?) and this would be queried about every second.
a) how easy is it to get such an output from a receiver without a lot of premade software overhead?
b) just how accurate can GPS be? i read about 10m but down to 2/3m with WAAS?
c) anyone know of any good documentation on using GPS output for a PDA app?
d) any advice on good GPS devices that can do just this but as accurately as poss. i hear about the ability to get down to a few inches but this isnt publically available? (maybe wrong there)
any help or pointers would be very, very much appreciated.
Andy
Most GPS units send navigation data using the NMEA 0183 protocol, which is text-based (and thus easily parsable). Since you mention the XDA mini exec, I assume you're looking at Bluetooth GPS units -- these units will look like a COM port to the XDA, so you can use standard serial comms code to receive the NMEA data.
If you look around the net (e.g. google, sourceforge.net) you should be able to find a number of Windows applications that do what you want. Most of them will have been written for big Windows, but should be easily portable to the XDA platform.
hi, im using novii remote controler on my hermes but it sems he ir is not owerful enaugh to operate the applicationi need to be very close to the tv to change the channel,about 10 inches.is there a way to increase the strenghton the ir on my hermes? or it isjust the application? i used it with my universal before and there were no problms at all i could have changed the channels standing at the very end of the room. so it seems it is hermes and its ir.am i right?
the second question is the an application whcih will allow me to turn on and off the camera flash to be used as a torch without accessing camera app and the on and off flash? the best would be a today plug in.any help is appriciated. cheers
cudo
This is what you need for your second question;
http://www.vijay555.com/?Releases:VJCandela
When I used novii remote it needed to be pointed directly at the sensor and would only work from about 1.5-2m but I do remember that there was a version of the hermes that had a transmitter of lesser strength?
cudo said:
hi, im using novii remote controler on my hermes but it sems he ir is not owerful enaugh to operate the applicationi need to be very close to the tv to change the channel,about 10 inches.is there a way to increase the strenghton the ir on my hermes? or it isjust the application? i used it with my universal before and there were no problms at all i could have changed the channels standing at the very end of the room. so it seems it is hermes and its ir.am i right?
cudo
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I had the same problem when I had installed NoviiRemote Deluxe... I need to go about 10cm distance to my television that it changes the chanal... thats crapy...
Can anyone may help?
Cheers
I use Novii Remote, change channels when I'm 7 or so feet away from the TV.
This is because of the weak IR range of the 8525, with my old HP the range was bigger, 15 feet I think.
this is like the 5th thread ive seen on this topic in the last month!
IRDA on a mobile purpose : to connect while next to a computer.
remote control for the TV purpose : to change the channel from the other side of the room, not to be confused with someone who is walking past or walking upto a tv inorder to also change the channel.
been wanting to ask this question for a while now...
is there a universal remore with touch screen that runs windows mobile? or some other stripped down version of windows? like tablet edition?
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hi, im using novii remote controler on my hermes but it sems he ir is not owerful enaugh to operate the applicationi need to be very close to the tv to change the channel,about 10 inches.is there a way to increase the strenghton the ir on my hermes? or it isjust the application? i used it with my universal before and there were no problms at all i could have changed the channels standing at the very end of the room. so it seems it is hermes and its ir.am i right?
the second question is the an application whcih will allow me to turn on and off the camera flash to be used as a torch without accessing camera app and the on and off flash? the best would be a today plug in.any help is appriciated. cheers
cudo
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Anything of this ? http://www.novii.tv/up/forum/viewforum.php?f=33
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this is like the 5th thread ive seen on this topic in the last month!
IRDA on a mobile purpose : to connect while next to a computer.
remote control for the TV purpose : to change the channel from the other side of the room, not to be confused with someone who is walking past or walking upto a tv inorder to also change the channel.
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Well, my good old medion pda was able to change the channel from very long distances so it should be possible for the TYTN to do the same.
the Medion wasnt that running 2003 and almost when Bluetooth was a novelty?
Being a German brand who knows what magic they put in it, most likely it has a rod of Uranium 234 in it to help charge the batteries.
I tried several of those remote control softwares. Common problem is weak IR on the TyTN that was designed for other purposes as st3v3 pointed out.
Hello there! Happy New Year!
I have JVC MX-D302T (hi-fi) but unfortunately i've lost my remote control.
I have Samsung Galaxy S4 and I want to use it as a remote control. Yesterday I've tried so many apps that use IRDA but with no success.
It was interesting that with "Samsung IR - Universal" I was able to control my TV (the brand of the TV is NEO, but in app I choose Philips, and it works).
Is there any app that support JVC MX-D302T (or some similar device) that could work?
Wish you all the best,
Boris
Hi, I have an issue related to odb2 that need your help guys,.
Currently, I have a HUD to show the speed and battery of car. I also have an ELM327 running by Torque app which help me keep track with many technical data realtime. All 2 devices are connected to the odb split wires.
The problem is when i use both device, only the elm327 show data via Torque app. The HUD only works if only I close the app Torque. It means each time I could only use 1 device. I even changed many type of device either many type of odb split wires but no use.
I would be grateful and appreciate your support to solve my issue.
Rgds,
I don't know if this feasible and as i am thinking it whatever connects uses a connection with specific baud rate and a standard like in the old days we had dialup modems.... that times you wasn't able to put 2 modems in the sane line, but maybe im wrong.