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    IR remote for the Ferrari series

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by jerry007_cia, Nov 2, 2006.

  1. jerry007_cia

    jerry007_cia Newbie

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    Hey guys, I have a Ferrari 4002 and I want to build my own remote controller for the rig, mostly for me media player. I am in 4th year of electrical engineering, so I know a fair bit about what I need to do to make the remote. The only thing I'm stumped on, is writing an application to retrieve IR signals from the IR port. I can probably write the application once I know how exactly to get a piece of software to interface with the IR port (even on a bit-wise level is fine). Any ideas? Thanks!

    - Jerry
     
    jerry007_cia, Nov 2, 2006
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  2. lewdvig

    lewdvig Notebook Virtuoso

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    Use Bluetooth. The guy who wrote Salling Clicker figured it out with BT-enable cell phones as the remote.

    The IR port is not CE grade - you need to be pretty close to it.
     
    lewdvig, Nov 2, 2006
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