Re: A Very Basic Question
Bengt Martensson <[email protected]>
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On 08/28/17 17:34, The PC Medic in Iowa wrote: > Greetings to all... > > I am fairly new to Linux. I am using Mint 18.2. At present I am in the > midst of building a home theater PC. I want to be able to use a > universal remote control that I have to control its functions to the > extent that is possible. A program like Kodi in general has its own means of supporting IR control, often based on MCE technologies. > My ignorance regarding infrared remote > technology is vast. I understand the underlying principles (I think), > but I have a very basic question that I would like to have answered. My > apologies if it sounds stupid. I use to say "you should not feel ashamed of the questions you are asking; you should feel ashamed of the questions your are *not* asking" :-). > I will be using a IrDA compliant, generic IR receiver that will connect > to the computer via a USB 2.0 port. That is a very bad idea. IrDA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared_Data_Association) is a completely different animal from customer IR (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_IR). > Does the IR receiver have any kind > of driver software that needs to be installed beyond what is already > included with Mint 18.2? > > I thank you all for your patient understanding as I try to develop my > knowledge about this very interesting subject. And in that same vein, > can any of your recommend an online 'primer' for the topic of Infrared > remote control applied to Linux? I usually recommend http://www.sbprojects.com/knowledge/ir/. Then I would recommend to install IrScrutinizer and play around with it, preferably with a sensible IR sender/receiver. Greetz, Bengt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot