simple DIY IR transceiver/receiver

gwidijanto · Post by **gwidijanto** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 9:45 am

Hi,

Can I use this simple DIY IR receiver:

http://www.cesko.host.sk/girderplugin.htm

or this simple DIY IR transceiver/receiver:

http://www.veg.nildram.co.uk/remote.htm

I want to use the receiver so HouseBot can learn the code from hardware remote control and the transceiver so HouseBot can transmit the code to the hardware, all from Serial/RS232 port.

thankyou,

Gunawan.

Post by **ScottBot** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:19 pm

Gunawan,

I personally don't have any experience with either of these two devices to say for sure whether it would work. However, HouseBot does have a Device to control Girder, but it doesn't allow Girder to talk to HouseBot. Here's a link to a plugin for HouseBot that I think will allow Girder to control HouseBot. I've never used it myself, but it sounds like what you would need.

For your second link, you might be able to use the HouseBot Generic Serial Interface/Device to control the the hardware through the RS232 port. You may need to do a bit of scripting to get it to work like you want.

Another option is to write your own HouseBot plugin and have it interface to any hardware you want.

kbosscawen · Post by **kbosscawen** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 5:27 pm

In my experience with HB and obscure IR transceivers, if it can speak serial to HB and you know the syntax of what the transceiver is expecting, you can make it work. I have an Infrared Xpander from JDS technologies. It's not supported natively by HB, but having the documentation on the command syntax from JDS, I've been able to put together a pretty effective IR solution. The key is having the documentation from the transceiver manufacturer.

gwidijanto · Post by **gwidijanto** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 11:40 am

Hi,

I'm back after out of town for 2 weeks, anyway thank's for your quick response.

Sorry, I forgot to mention that 2 links just showing the hardware I want to use.

What I need is capturing raw signal transmitted from, let say: TV remote control using DIY IR receiver and save it in code and later fire back the code from keyboard via DIY IR transceiver to the TV set.

I have difficulty to understand how to capture the IR signal with HouseBot and how to fire it back.

Could you explain it step by step procedure?

Thankyou.

Gunawan.

Post by **ScottBot** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 3:22 pm

Generally speaking, to capture the IR signal using HouseBot, you must have a HouseBot Hardware Interface (software plugin module) that has been designed specifically to work with the IR hardware you are dealing with. HouseBot does not currently support the two IR devices you listed.

If you have any software development experience, you can download the HouseBot Hardware Interface SDK and write your own hardware interface for the IR equipment yourself. This means that you will be writing your own plugin for the equipment.

HouseBot currently supports the SlinkE, USB UIRT, ADI Ocelot, and Global Cache GC-100 for IR transmission. If you need help configuring HouseBot using these plugins, let me know which one you are using and I can give you step-by-step instructions.

If you are really technical, you may be able to use the existing Generic Serial Plugins to interface with your IR equipment (assuning it connects via serial port). I believe this is probably what kbosscawen has done. To do this, I really can't give you much help because the steps needed to make this work involve intimate knowledge of the serial protocol of the particular equipment (and may not even be possible).