Hello,
I am trying to capture the codes emitted by an Infrared remote control and play them back in order to automate my home theater. I am using a "Jeteye PC" infrared receiver/transmitter (it converts the IR pulses into information that the standard RS232 interface uses).
I can not seem to figure out how to capture the data that this device sends to my serial port. I have tried several ways and I can only receive the odd peice of the data. I am quite new to VB2005, I used to use VB4, but it is not like riding a bike and I have lost a lot of my skill.
Has anyone tried this sort of idea if so, could you be nice enough to share some experience / source code
Thank you
Remote Control for T.V.
mitasid
Thank you,
I will give hyperterminal a try, I didn't even think of that. I have played around with VB2005 serial port item with little success. It looks like it is a powerfull item that you can use, however I guess it is an experiance kind of thing. I will let you know how this works, if it does...
thanks again,
Chris
Dawa
Oh, Oh, Serial Port question!
Your first bet is to use hyperterminal to ensure that you can capture reliably (or not!) and have a look at what data you do capture. You'll have to decipher the protocol, to a certain extent, because you want to know exactly what a 'message' consists of.
Then, create a program in VB that replicates the ability to capture data. VB has a serial port control in the tool box. Put it on a form, and hit the good old standby key (F1) to get help on that control. I've been poking around it and it looks pretty good: now I just need a computer with a serial port...
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Hope that gets you started.