Sending radio frequencies and IR codes
 

hello !

back in my old highschool days, i used my hp48gx as an IR remote control for my tv or car

it could listen on the ir port and send back the code received from the remote

could we do this with the n900 ?

and could we do it with the fm transmitter ?

my garage door has a radio frequency remote control....

thanks !

Re: Sending radio frequencies and IR codes
 

I too would like to know how to send a specified IR code from the phone. need to send 0119 to my tv to get to the service menu i need!

cheers, elliot

Re: Sending radio frequencies and IR codes
 

hi there!
check this out: http://maemo.org/packages/view/qtirreco/

Re: Sending radio frequencies and IR codes
 

Hi rod.rio
i've tried qtirreco, but it doesnt seem to allow anything else than downloading preset remotes from various brands...
what if i cant find mine? (that is the case, unfortunately)
i'd love to do a step by step button by button, send and save to the n900...

Re: Sending radio frequencies and IR codes
 

Then take a look at this.. http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/irreco/ and http://maemo.org/packages/view/irrec...internal-lirc/

Have not tried so cant say anything about it.

Re: Sending radio frequencies and IR codes
 

OS2008 aint N900 , right ?

Thanks for the links, but there's nothing useful there yet...

Re: Sending radio frequencies and IR codes
 

OS2008 is an older version of Maemo used by other internet tablets.
N900 uses Maemo 5 also known as fremantle.

Re: Sending radio frequencies and IR codes
 

The N900 IR port is a transmitter only, not a receiver, so cannot be used to record other remotes.

Re: Sending radio frequencies and IR codes
 

ah damn...

Re: Sending radio frequencies and IR codes
 

Evidence?durrrr, durrrr da da durrrr

Re: Sending radio frequencies and IR codes
 

there is no specs about receiver. so unless we get a proof of concept or something, the ir module is only for Tx

Re: Sending radio frequencies and IR codes
 

I see.

FYI Wikipedia (aka 'the truth' ;)) states that the N900 has an "Infrared transceiver".

Re: Sending radio frequencies and IR codes
 

No IR receive seems very unusual. Mostly IR ports are designed to permitt IR communication between devices, which requires the ability to recieve. If it says 'IR port' is should be both tx and rx- otherwise it isnt really a 'port'. It should say 'transmitter' and not 'port' if there is no receiver.

I suspect the receiver is there, but perhaps undocumented.

Re: Sending radio frequencies and IR codes
 

it isn't irda at the first place (no communication, only for Tx)

Re: Sending radio frequencies and IR codes
 

But this IR port isn't for communication, it's for sending IR codes to TVs etc. Most remote controls only have IR transmitters too, and the N900 is just the same.

Re: Sending radio frequencies and IR codes
 

I'd be really upset about the lack of a receiver if there was anything worth watching on TV these days :D I used to use OmniRemote on my Treo to copy TV remotes and stuff. My old Treo 180 was even better for this, it got much better range than the 650.

Re: Sending radio frequencies and IR codes
 

Why include an IR port if it is only a transmitter? The emitter is too low power to make it useful as a replacement for a normal remote control, thus it must be for device to device transfer.