Re: [NTLK] low level IR reception

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Tue Jun 19 2001 - 06:49:43 PDT


on 19/06/01 02:16, Henri Delebecque at delebecq_at_supelec.fr wrote:

>
> hello,
>
> I have a "programmable" IR Remote Control Device, that's to say
> a device able to "learn" how to control my TV, VCR, CD, and others.
>
> To be able to learn, this programmable device has two kind of IR LED,
> one for receiving (and "learning"), and one to emit, and control the TV.
>
> Unfortunately, I have bought only one of these, and it becomes less
> reliable. My goal is to write a Newton App able to have the same
> capabilities.
>
> I have read in some Apple Tech Docs that the Newton IR receiver
> is "hardware filtered" and thus unable to recieve from IR remote
> control devices. Actually, I have found functions and docs to emit
> IR binary frames ( sendRemoteControlCode,...) which seems
> to be supplied by the NTK and not in ROM, but nothing to recieve.

Henri,

I'm not sure, but I think that David Arnold did some preliminary work with
IR. Sorry, I don't have any URL handy, but if you do a search on his name,
you should find a few hits.

-Laurent.

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