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mat at lessermatters

Jul 23, 2008, 1:16 AM

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Nova-T remote without a Nova-T card?

Hi there folks,

Now I have moved my backend into myt garage, I'mkind of left with a
useless (but excellent) remote control. So, my question is: Can I somehow
make use of this remote without a Nova-T card in the vicinity?

I mean, can buy just a reciever card to put in my livingroom PC?

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knowledgejunkie at gmail

Jul 23, 2008, 1:48 AM

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Re: Nova-T remote without a Nova-T card? [In reply to]

2008/7/23 mat <mat[at]lessermatters.co.uk>:
> Hi there folks,
>
> Now I have moved my backend into myt garage, I'mkind of left with a
> useless (but excellent) remote control. So, my question is: Can I somehow
> make use of this remote without a Nova-T card in the vicinity?
>
> I mean, can buy just a reciever card to put in my livingroom PC?

You should be able to use the remote (sure it uses RC-5 protocol like
most/all other Hauppauge remotes) with another IR receiver. I use
cheap homebrew serial-port IR receivers/transmitters, but USB IR
devices are increasingly popular and easy to setup.

The important point to take from this is that remote controls in
general are not tied to any particular IR receiver, but the converse
is not always true (you can probably still only use RC-5 based remotes
with Hauppauge TV cards). I currently use RC-5 and RC-6 remotes with
my serial IR receivers and have no problems - although finding
motherboards with onboard serial ports will be increasingly difficult
in the future.

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mat at lessermatters

Jul 23, 2008, 1:59 AM

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Re: Nova-T remote without a Nova-T card? [In reply to]

> 2008/7/23 mat <mat[at]lessermatters.co.uk>:
>> Hi there folks,
>>
>> Now I have moved my backend into myt garage, I'mkind of left with a
>> useless (but excellent) remote control. So, my question is: Can I
>> somehow
>> make use of this remote without a Nova-T card in the vicinity?
>>
>> I mean, can buy just a reciever card to put in my livingroom PC?
>
> You should be able to use the remote (sure it uses RC-5 protocol like
> most/all other Hauppauge remotes) with another IR receiver. I use
> cheap homebrew serial-port IR receivers/transmitters, but USB IR
> devices are increasingly popular and easy to setup.
>
I like the sound of a homebrew reciever. I have a bunch of IR LED
recievers and I want to make use of them. Is it a simple enough circuit?
Do you have details available? I don't want to go down the boring route of
just buying a pre-made reciever if can help it! I wouldn't be messing with
MythTV (or linux for that matter) if I wanted the easy option!

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knowledgejunkie at gmail

Jul 23, 2008, 2:05 AM

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Re: Nova-T remote without a Nova-T card? [In reply to]

2008/7/23 mat <mat[at]lessermatters.co.uk>:
>
>> 2008/7/23 mat <mat[at]lessermatters.co.uk>:
>>> Hi there folks,
>>>
>>> Now I have moved my backend into myt garage, I'mkind of left with a
>>> useless (but excellent) remote control. So, my question is: Can I
>>> somehow
>>> make use of this remote without a Nova-T card in the vicinity?
>>>
>>> I mean, can buy just a reciever card to put in my livingroom PC?
>>
>> You should be able to use the remote (sure it uses RC-5 protocol like
>> most/all other Hauppauge remotes) with another IR receiver. I use
>> cheap homebrew serial-port IR receivers/transmitters, but USB IR
>> devices are increasingly popular and easy to setup.
>>
> I like the sound of a homebrew reciever. I have a bunch of IR LED
> recievers and I want to make use of them. Is it a simple enough circuit?
> Do you have details available? I don't want to go down the boring route of
> just buying a pre-made reciever if can help it! I wouldn't be messing with
> MythTV (or linux for that matter) if I wanted the easy option!

See lirc.org for all the details.

Your mail client appears to be dropping quote-attribution when replying.

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mat at lessermatters

Jul 23, 2008, 2:12 AM

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Re: Nova-T remote without a Nova-T card? [In reply to]

>
>> 2008/7/23 mat <mat[at]lessermatters.co.uk>:
>>> Hi there folks,
>>>
>>> Now I have moved my backend into myt garage, I'mkind of left with a
>>> useless (but excellent) remote control. So, my question is: Can I
>>> somehow
>>> make use of this remote without a Nova-T card in the vicinity?
>>>
>>> I mean, can buy just a reciever card to put in my livingroom PC?
>>
>> You should be able to use the remote (sure it uses RC-5 protocol like
>> most/all other Hauppauge remotes) with another IR receiver. I use
>> cheap homebrew serial-port IR receivers/transmitters, but USB IR
>> devices are increasingly popular and easy to setup.
>>
> I like the sound of a homebrew reciever. I have a bunch of IR LED
> recievers and I want to make use of them. Is it a simple enough circuit?
> Do you have details available? I don't want to go down the boring route of
> just buying a pre-made reciever if can help it! I wouldn't be messing with
> MythTV (or linux for that matter) if I wanted the easy option!
>
Actually, I already have an IR diode from my card. I also read about,
using the sound card to sample the 'noise' from the diode and decode using
lirc. Has anyone here done this?

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mat at lessermatters

Jul 23, 2008, 2:14 AM

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Re: Nova-T remote without a Nova-T card? [In reply to]

> 2008/7/23 mat <mat[at]lessermatters.co.uk>:
>>
>>> 2008/7/23 mat <mat[at]lessermatters.co.uk>:
>>>> Hi there folks,
>>>>
>>>> Now I have moved my backend into myt garage, I'mkind of left with a
>>>> useless (but excellent) remote control. So, my question is: Can I
>>>> somehow
>>>> make use of this remote without a Nova-T card in the vicinity?
>>>>
>>>> I mean, can buy just a reciever card to put in my livingroom PC?
>>>
>>> You should be able to use the remote (sure it uses RC-5 protocol like
>>> most/all other Hauppauge remotes) with another IR receiver. I use
>>> cheap homebrew serial-port IR receivers/transmitters, but USB IR
>>> devices are increasingly popular and easy to setup.
>>>
>> I like the sound of a homebrew reciever. I have a bunch of IR LED
>> recievers and I want to make use of them. Is it a simple enough circuit?
>> Do you have details available? I don't want to go down the boring route
>> of
>> just buying a pre-made reciever if can help it! I wouldn't be messing
>> with
>> MythTV (or linux for that matter) if I wanted the easy option!
>
> See lirc.org for all the details.
>
> Your mail client appears to be dropping quote-attribution when replying.

I use SquirrelMail - is there some setting or other to fix this?

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gregcope at gmail

Jul 23, 2008, 6:55 AM

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Re: Nova-T remote without a Nova-T card? [In reply to]

If it is any help I just extended the cable using some USB cable.

An extra 3ms worked a treat to get all the host into the garage.

Greg

2008/7/23 mat <mat[at]lessermatters.co.uk>:
> Hi there folks,
>
> Now I have moved my backend into myt garage, I'mkind of left with a
> useless (but excellent) remote control. So, my question is: Can I somehow
> make use of this remote without a Nova-T card in the vicinity?
>
> I mean, can buy just a reciever card to put in my livingroom PC?
>
>
>
> ------------------
>
> .-. Share this penguin.
> /v\ If you do,
> // \\ lucky end for
> (V_ _/) them and you.
>
> www.lessermatters.co.uk
>
>
>
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colin.mc151 at gmail

Jul 23, 2008, 7:29 AM

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Re: Nova-T remote without a Nova-T card? [In reply to]

On 7/23/08, mat <mat[at]lessermatters.co.uk> wrote:

[snip]

> I like the sound of a homebrew reciever. I have a bunch of IR LED
> recievers and I want to make use of them. Is it a simple enough circuit?
> Do you have details available? I don't want to go down the boring route of
> just buying a pre-made reciever if can help it! I wouldn't be messing with
> MythTV (or linux for that matter) if I wanted the easy option!

A little while back I had a few words to say about building a homebrew
IR receiver, which ended up here:

/www.linuxjournal.com/article/8811

Bottom line, not very hard to build a basic IR receiver, so warm up
that soldering iron :-) .

Colin McGregor
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mat at lessermatters

Jul 23, 2008, 7:39 AM

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Re: Nova-T remote without a Nova-T card? [In reply to]

> On 7/23/08, mat <mat[at]lessermatters.co.uk> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> I like the sound of a homebrew reciever. I have a bunch of IR LED
>> recievers and I want to make use of them. Is it a simple enough circuit?
>> Do you have details available? I don't want to go down the boring route
>> of
>> just buying a pre-made reciever if can help it! I wouldn't be messing
>> with
>> MythTV (or linux for that matter) if I wanted the easy option!
>
> A little while back I had a few words to say about building a homebrew
> IR receiver, which ended up here:
>
> /www.linuxjournal.com/article/8811
>
> Bottom line, not very hard to build a basic IR receiver, so warm up
> that soldering iron :-) .
>

Whoo Hoo! I think I just found a new project! Thanks for the advice!

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