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pmbsa

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IR over cat 5
« on: April 16, 2008, 08:09:11 pm »
Hi, I am looking into being able to control remote IR devices, I believe it is possible to do this using cat5 network devices which relay the IR signals (as you can probably tell I dont know much about any of this.) I am hoping there may be somebody here who knows about this subject, and more importantly if its something that can be used within LINUXMCE.

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Re: IR over cat 5
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2008, 10:24:57 pm »
Hello Paul, Welcome.

LinuxMCE fully supports USBUIRT's out of the box.  If you have a Media Director in that room, you can send it codes natively through LinuxMCE.

If you do NOT have a MD in that room, I would suggest a GC100.  This is a network device that has IR blasting functions.  This device is also natively supported by LinuxMCE.

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Re: IR over cat 5
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2008, 02:54:50 pm »
Thanks Dan, thats exactly what I was looking for!