Friday, April 23, 2010

Coupon Code for 38kHz IR Repeater system

Coupon code TENOFFIR38 will reduce the price of the price of the irblaster.info 38KHz IR Repeater system down to $35.   This system is a great way to hide components behind cabinets that don't have an external IR in port.  Some example set top boxes that can be controlled include the verizon fios QIP2500, QIP 2708, QIP 6416, and QIP 6200.  The IR repeater also works well with set top boxes from COX, Comcast, and Cablevision such as the Scientific Atlanta 8300 and 4250 as well as Motorola DCT6200, DCT2500, and DCT2000.

Contact mike@irblaster.info if you need help determining the best way to locate your components behind closed doors.  irblaster.info stocks devices to hide set top boxes and other components using IR remotes for as little as $13.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Remote control LIRC

Check out this article by Andy on how to remote control winlirc via telnet!

Andy uses a $12 IR Blaster from http://www.irblaster.info/ and winlirc to control his infrared robot.  Along the way he explains how you can configure winlirc to act as a telnet server.  From another computer you can then telnet to the machine running winlirc to execute IR commands.

Andy further explains how you can write a remote control program to interface to the winlirc telnet server using .NET

Nice work Andy!