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Re: Built-in IR
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lugnet.robotics.palm
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Sat, 4 Dec 1999 00:28:37 GMT
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Robert,
you don't need to set the frequency. Just set the baud rate to a high
frequency. Like 76K.
Then try the things we talked about via email.
MIke
Robert Eddings <webmake@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:38484B10.636C8C8B@bellsouth.net...
> Mike,
> I've done quite a bit of investigating and I can't find a way to change
> the Palm IR transmission frequency. The IR library is supposed to allow
> low level configuration of the IR port but I don't see any way to set
> the frequency. This seems very odd because different IrDA devices use
> different frequencies so there must be a way to set this. The program
> OmniRemote can transmit at different frequencies but I think the person
> that wrote it is the only one that knows how to write directly to the
> hardware registers to make this happen [1]. Even 3COM, on the web site,
> says that this is impossible.
>
> Sense OmniRemote is not freeware, I can understand why they would want
> to protect this information. Until someone comes along that knows enough
> about the Palm hardware, and is willing to share the information, I
> think we are stuck.
>
> [1] There is another remote control program that I found at PalmGear
> H.Q. written buy a guy in Japan. Supposedly you can train it for new IR
> signals but I can't get it to work. It wont even work with my TV or VCR
> for that matter. Whatever trick he used, I don't think he is doing what
> OmniRemote is.
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> By the way, I have found that the transmitting portion of OmniRemote to
> be very reliable. Its just that the training portion is flaky. Once it
> learns the right signal it works consistently. Teaching it the right
> signal is the hard part. I did a test were I trained ten buttons with
> the same signal under the same conditions (same ambient light and
> distance). Looking at the data file, six of the ten trained codes were
> different. If we only knew how they were transmitting we could plug the
> correct codes into our own programs and I'm sure it would be very
> reliable.
>
> Robert Eddings
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| Mike, I've done quite a bit of investigating and I can't find a way to change the Palm IR transmission frequency. The IR library is supposed to allow low level configuration of the IR port but I don't see any way to set the frequency. This seems (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.palm)
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