IR Fun – Make Ocelot and Xantech play well
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:43 pm
One item that dogged me for a while was getting IR out of the Ocelot to work reliably.
I thought I was going to improve things when I installed a Xantech 791-44 10 emitter amplified connecting block.
However, getting the Ocelot to directly drive the input of the Xantech was a total bust. I first wired a mini-plug to the bare wire input blocks on the Xantech. And wile the input received LED would blink, none of the emitters was sending valid IR.
I tried re-learning the output IR, and no dice.
The reason is the Ocelot has very, very low levels of IR drive. As noted in this referenced article at Applied Digital’s site, it requires isolation and amplification to work well with a Xantech system.
http://www.appdigusers.com/forum/showfl ... #Post15338
That thread show how to ‘roll your own’ solution, however, there are commercial solutions.
If you happen to have an old Smartlink IR Link opto-isolator device, it can be wired up to work. However, it’s no longer sold.
A more current solution is the Global Cache GC-CGX - IR Converter Cable. For around $40, solves the problem as well.
See:
http://www.asihome.com/ASIshop/product_ ... ts_id=1326
http://www.smarthome.com/8124.html
I thought I was going to improve things when I installed a Xantech 791-44 10 emitter amplified connecting block.
However, getting the Ocelot to directly drive the input of the Xantech was a total bust. I first wired a mini-plug to the bare wire input blocks on the Xantech. And wile the input received LED would blink, none of the emitters was sending valid IR.
I tried re-learning the output IR, and no dice.
The reason is the Ocelot has very, very low levels of IR drive. As noted in this referenced article at Applied Digital’s site, it requires isolation and amplification to work well with a Xantech system.
http://www.appdigusers.com/forum/showfl ... #Post15338
That thread show how to ‘roll your own’ solution, however, there are commercial solutions.
If you happen to have an old Smartlink IR Link opto-isolator device, it can be wired up to work. However, it’s no longer sold.
A more current solution is the Global Cache GC-CGX - IR Converter Cable. For around $40, solves the problem as well.
See:
http://www.asihome.com/ASIshop/product_ ... ts_id=1326
http://www.smarthome.com/8124.html