remote control software

*kwkard* · 03-11-2002

I have searched high and low for a utility that will let me use the infared port on my laptop as a remote control for the tv and such. All i could find is a utility for the palm pilot which ive been using for a while now.

If anyone could please help me find a remote control utility for the computer running windows, it would be very much appreciated.

Mgz · 03-11-2002

I thinks you can use this RC4WA

http://rc4wa.narod.ru/

*kwkard* · 03-11-2002

thats not what I was looking for. I am looking for a program that can control the tv or vcr with my laptop. For example, Im sitting on the couch with laptop, I want o change channel, I hit button on laptop and th channel changes. I want to usre the laptop as the remote control.

Sorry for not being specific enough.

Gorskar · 03-11-2002

Try this: I beleive there are plugins for the laptop's IRDA port.
http://www.girder.nl/

ah: you might want to read this.
http://www.girder.nl/help/faq.php#202

Gorskar · 03-11-2002

Oh i get you now, heh seems like a funny thing to request when you can get one of those universal remote controls for under a tenner, also pls note the 2nd link i added above, which says that IRDA is on a different frequency than the majority of remote controls, so I guess its probably not even possible.

*kwkard* · 04-11-2002

thanks a lot. I'll chek it out and if it doesn't work i guess i'll just use the palm pilot. Only reason i don't like the palm pilot as a remote is because its hard with big fingers to hit the tiny buttons on the screen.

LUXBBB · 08-11-2002

is the best for manage...and control......www.radmin.com

*Upp3rd0G* · 09-11-2002

Quote:

Originally posted by LUXBBB
is the best for manage...and control......www.radmin.com

If you would have read the whole thread... you would have known your answer doesn't makes sense.

*Upp3rd0G* · 09-11-2002

Look up the specs of your irda-port on your laptop. It will probably show you that the range of the irda-port is something like 1 meter... not really a range usefull as a remote controller.

*kwkard* · 09-11-2002

damn. Oh well guess i'll just stick to the hard-to-program palm pilot remote.

Thanks anyway.

On i side note maybe i'll buy one of those universal remotes with a touch screen. Those look cool and promising.

*Upp3rd0G* · 09-11-2002

Quote:

Originally posted by kwkard
damn. Oh well guess i'll just stick to the hard-to-program palm pilot remote.

The infrared port of a Palm has the same problems, it is not powerfull enough to act as a remote control. Your irda-port is meant to be used in a distance of max. 1m. (You might get a little better results when your batteries are fully charged, no interfering objects, no sunlight, etc.) Sony has a Palm (Clie) which has a beefed up infrared port so it can also act as a remote control, Sony promotes the device for that use. I myself have a Philips Pronto. Look here for more info on universal remote controls.

*kwkard* · 09-11-2002

I got my palm pilot to operate a tv at 20 feet max. ITs the palm m100. Bottom of the line. Using the program omniremote.

Lance Losey · 19-01-2004

I've have just registered here to find out if you got what you are looking for. I am looking to do the same - any info. would be great

johnclord51 · 17-05-2009

To kwkard ("I have searched high and low for a utility that will let me use the infared port on my laptop as a remote control for the tv and such. All i could find is a utility for the palm pilot which ive been using for a while now."):
- I have also been looking for the same type of application. I had a friend who could have easily written one using 8086 assembler code in single day, but sadly, he passed away in 2005.

To Upp3rd0G ("Look up the specs of your irda-port on your laptop. It will probably show you that the range of the irda-port is something like 1 meter... not really a range usefull as a remote controller."):
- I have a short-range IR RS232-port dongle for my TimexDatalink. Perhaps someone makes a longer range USB powered IR transmitter that could be used for this purpose?

To Anyone: This really shouldn't be such a huge project. It only has two requirements: A long-range IR transmitter powered by the USB port, and software to drive it. No doubt some hobbyist has already made and programmed one for him (or her) self and we simply haven't found mention of it yet because they maybe thought it wasn't marketable or simply didn't feel like marketing it. They probably did it just to see if they could. My friend was like that...

The friend I mentioned above, was a retired systems software engineer and avid PC hobbyist dating back to the 70's. I think he ate bits&bytes for breakfast and I know he could directly read hex code as assembly instructions. Things he'd done for me included writing an X-10 Windows GUI interface way back when X10.com themselves only had a text-based one written in BASIC - in 3 days. On day one, using two PC's and my RS232-based X10 controller, he connected one of the PC's as a break-out box to use for analyzing the X10 RS232 signals from their own BASIC program (including writing his own code for the purpose). On day two, he installed VisualBasic 3.0 (brand new at that time) and learned how to use it (rather than trying to do Windows GUIs from assembler directly). On day three, using Visual Basic and the PC rigged as a break-out box, he put together the program that I used as a GUI interface for the X10 RS232 based remote controller. It wasn't until a few years later that X10 came out with their own ActiveHome GUI software for the X10 interfaces.
In another example, I was an aide for a handicapped boy with cerebral palsy who couldn't work hand controls, but instead used head-switches he bumped by tilting his head left or right against his wheelchair's headrest where the switches were fastened. As the switches he used for his CheapTalk4 were connected to the CheapTalk using simple standard 1/8" diameter mono plugs, I modded a cheap optical mouse with earphone jacks connected to the left/right mouse buttons and asked my friend to write a mouse intercept driver that would allow the user to program left/right mouse clicks as an two keys on the keyboard, including choices like PgUp/PgDn, left or right arrows, T or F (for True/False quizzes), or anything else. The next day, my friend had written and emailed me an 84kb exe file and 129kb dll file called MouseTrap that worked in Windows - any version from 95 to XP and which still works in Vista. With the head switches plugged into the mouse, the boy with CP has been able to turn pages in Powerpoint documents and control reading materials at his own pace now. The program MouseTrap is available free from
http://webpages.charter.net/Collys/mouse/
Even "before IBM PC's" (pre-1981), my PC hobbyist friend had done me software favors, as when I modded my TRS-80 Model 1 with 96kb of physical RAM and he disassembled Visicalc and patched it for me to make use of the extra RAM. I really miss him.

MateuszMiX · 18-05-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Upp3rd0G

Look up the specs of your irda-port on your laptop. It will probably show you that the range of the irda-port is something like 1 meter... not really a range usefull as a remote controller.

Hmmmm... just on idea guys, wouldn't it be cool to use a bluetooth dongle as a medium for remote control ?? It has w much better range then IRDA ! I don't know if there is any software available to use bluetooth for this purpose.... Still, its just an idea - maybe some remote control geeks already found a solution for this

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kwkard CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: def recursion(): recursion() Posts: 1,813	thats not what I was looking for. I am looking for a program that can control the tv or vcr with my laptop. For example, Im sitting on the couch with laptop, I want o change channel, I hit button on laptop and th channel changes. I want to usre the laptop as the remote control. Sorry for not being specific enough. __________________ I smart, learn fast. The Coolest Page Ever My drives: Benq 1640 BSLB Benq 1625 BBHA (Rebadge HP 640c)(Lightscribe) LG GSA-4163B A104 NEC ND-3520A 1.04 NEC ND-3500AG LD 2.FD Liteon SOHW-812s@832s VS0E Liteon SOHW-1633S BS41 Liteon SOHC 5232K NK0H Yamaha CRW-F1 1.0g And yes these are all in one PC. Hehe.

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kwkard CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: def recursion(): recursion() Posts: 1,813	thanks a lot. I'll chek it out and if it doesn't work i guess i'll just use the palm pilot. Only reason i don't like the palm pilot as a remote is because its hard with big fingers to hit the tiny buttons on the screen. __________________ I smart, learn fast. The Coolest Page Ever My drives: Benq 1640 BSLB Benq 1625 BBHA (Rebadge HP 640c)(Lightscribe) LG GSA-4163B A104 NEC ND-3520A 1.04 NEC ND-3500AG LD 2.FD Liteon SOHW-812s@832s VS0E Liteon SOHW-1633S BS41 Liteon SOHC 5232K NK0H Yamaha CRW-F1 1.0g And yes these are all in one PC. Hehe.

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johnclord51 New on Forum Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1	Re: remote control software To kwkard ("I have searched high and low for a utility that will let me use the infared port on my laptop as a remote control for the tv and such. All i could find is a utility for the palm pilot which ive been using for a while now."): - I have also been looking for the same type of application. I had a friend who could have easily written one using 8086 assembler code in single day, but sadly, he passed away in 2005. To Upp3rd0G ("Look up the specs of your irda-port on your laptop. It will probably show you that the range of the irda-port is something like 1 meter... not really a range usefull as a remote controller."): - I have a short-range IR RS232-port dongle for my TimexDatalink. Perhaps someone makes a longer range USB powered IR transmitter that could be used for this purpose? To Anyone: This really shouldn't be such a huge project. It only has two requirements: A long-range IR transmitter powered by the USB port, and software to drive it. No doubt some hobbyist has already made and programmed one for him (or her) self and we simply haven't found mention of it yet because they maybe thought it wasn't marketable or simply didn't feel like marketing it. They probably did it just to see if they could. My friend was like that... The friend I mentioned above, was a retired systems software engineer and avid PC hobbyist dating back to the 70's. I think he ate bits&bytes for breakfast and I know he could directly read hex code as assembly instructions. Things he'd done for me included writing an X-10 Windows GUI interface way back when X10.com themselves only had a text-based one written in BASIC - in 3 days. On day one, using two PC's and my RS232-based X10 controller, he connected one of the PC's as a break-out box to use for analyzing the X10 RS232 signals from their own BASIC program (including writing his own code for the purpose). On day two, he installed VisualBasic 3.0 (brand new at that time) and learned how to use it (rather than trying to do Windows GUIs from assembler directly). On day three, using Visual Basic and the PC rigged as a break-out box, he put together the program that I used as a GUI interface for the X10 RS232 based remote controller. It wasn't until a few years later that X10 came out with their own ActiveHome GUI software for the X10 interfaces. In another example, I was an aide for a handicapped boy with cerebral palsy who couldn't work hand controls, but instead used head-switches he bumped by tilting his head left or right against his wheelchair's headrest where the switches were fastened. As the switches he used for his CheapTalk4 were connected to the CheapTalk using simple standard 1/8" diameter mono plugs, I modded a cheap optical mouse with earphone jacks connected to the left/right mouse buttons and asked my friend to write a mouse intercept driver that would allow the user to program left/right mouse clicks as an two keys on the keyboard, including choices like PgUp/PgDn, left or right arrows, T or F (for True/False quizzes), or anything else. The next day, my friend had written and emailed me an 84kb exe file and 129kb dll file called MouseTrap that worked in Windows - any version from 95 to XP and which still works in Vista. With the head switches plugged into the mouse, the boy with CP has been able to turn pages in Powerpoint documents and control reading materials at his own pace now. The program MouseTrap is available free from http://webpages.charter.net/Collys/mouse/ Even "before IBM PC's" (pre-1981), my PC hobbyist friend had done me software favors, as when I modded my TRS-80 Model 1 with 96kb of physical RAM and he disassembled Visicalc and patched it for me to make use of the extra RAM. I really miss him. Last edited by johnclord51; 17-05-2009 at 19:17. Reason: to correct ambiguous pronoun reference

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