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Need Programable IR remote driven by usb port Steve in San Marcos 06-12-07
Posted by Steve in San Marcos on June 12, 2007, 11:53 am
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I have a Robot ( ERnie ) running around my house. The eye for the
robot is a SHarp Camcorder with a zoom lens.

I would like to zoom the camcorder lens under USB software control.
I can currently do this only with a handheld remote.
If I could find a IR learning remote then I can train it from my
existing camcorder remote. Then I just need to run an executable file
to drive the USB port and drive the learning remote.

I think I could do this with an Adicon Ocelot, but that would be too
bulky and expensive for this application.

Any ideas ?
Steve


Posted by Dave Houston on June 12, 2007, 12:19 pm
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http://www.usbuirt.com


>I have a Robot ( ERnie ) running around my house. The eye for the
>robot is a SHarp Camcorder with a zoom lens.
>
>I would like to zoom the camcorder lens under USB software control.
>I can currently do this only with a handheld remote.
>If I could find a IR learning remote then I can train it from my
>existing camcorder remote. Then I just need to run an executable file
>to drive the USB port and drive the learning remote.
>
>I think I could do this with an Adicon Ocelot, but that would be too
>bulky and expensive for this application.
>
>Any ideas ?
>Steve


Posted by on June 12, 2007, 3:50 pm
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wrote:
> I have a Robot ( ERnie ) running around my house. The eye for the
> robot is a SHarp Camcorder with a zoom lens.
>
> I would like to zoom the camcorder lens under USB software control.
> I can currently do this only with a handheld remote.
> If I could find a IR learning remote then I can train it from my
> existing camcorder remote. Then I just need to run an executable file
> to drive the USB port and drive the learning remote.
>
> I think I could do this with an Adicon Ocelot, but that would be too
> bulky and expensive for this application.
>
> Any ideas ?
> Steve

Steve,

Check out the USB-UIRT (www.usbuirt.com). For software check out
IRCommand2 (www.wdpsoftware.com), which is basically a Windows-based
universal learning remote. IRCommand2 supports macros and also has a
COM interface allowing control from your own programs and scripts.

Joe


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