IR Port control

[SSK]

Does anybody know how to read the IR port on a laptop? I want to be able to decipher signals from a TV remote and use it in my app.

 

[x508]

I did some web searches for what you are looking for.

Unfortunately I do not have too much time now to research it, but what I have found is that your IR port is refered to as a Generic IR Serial Port (COM).

Check out this link

http://www.irda.org/use/index.asp

let me know if you get anywhere with this, I am also very interested

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x50-8 (X Fifty Eigt)

 

[x508]

It seems that IR communications works a lot like the Winsock control, except you have to use the mscomm control to read data from it. Don't know which serial port it will be though...

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[SSK]

Thanks for your efforts so far x50-8, I will keep you posted of any progress on this thread.

SSK