IRCon: InfraRed remote control hardware

Software package for custom simple hardware connected to PC parallel port and transmitting infrared singals to fake real remote TV/video controllers. Hardware is also equipped with receiver which is only used during development to grab and decode original signals.

Package consists of:

• Linux kernel module implementing /dev/ircon device as hardware interface
• Daemon to provide service for easy remote use over network
• Multifunction decoder for singal analysis
• Database of all the buttons (including some secret!) for supported devices
• Set of CGIs for WWW interface operation support
• Java 1.0 applet for more comforable WWW control from remote (not required, static HTML used if Java not available)
• Software for complete tune-up of Maspro SRE-100R as set in text database (not useful, see last notice)

Currently supported/decoded devices:

• Panasonic NV-HD650EE video (in opened state)
• Korting television
• AIWA PX-E80 audio tower(?)
• Maspro SRE-100R satellite receiver/SAC-90 positioner
• Toshiba V-800SZ video
• Sharp VL-N1S handy video camera

Last code touches were done in summer 1997 and it's not in use for now. In fact the hardware should be more intelligent and generate the signal itself as PC hardware simply is too slow to keep up strictly with the original frequencies and so in about 1 of 30 button presses it misses. Due to this the automatic Maspro tuning software (generating hundreds of button presses) is not usable.

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