Re: USB Receiver Advice?

Bengt Martensson <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Oct 2017 10:02:00 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.lirc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 10/23/17 00:43, Paul Gration wrote:
> 
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> 
> I see your point and agree with your comments on IrScrutinizer, I've got 
> it installed but haven't used it much yet but it certainly looks like an 
> improvement on irrecord.
> I'm not sure what you meant by connecting hardware to the client, so to 
> expand on what it did a little further.. The set up I had was an RPi 
> with an IR receiver and transmitters attached for different hardware I 
> wanted to control (TV, BluRay, etc). The software in the video ran on 
> the RPi and exposed the web interface to the local network - so in this 
> scenario I'd consider the RPi (with hardware attached) the server.
>  From there I could connect via a browser from any device and start 
> instances of lircd, irrecord, irw, irsend or any of the other programs 
> so that I could record new remotes or transmit IR signals to the TV or 
> BluRay player instead of needing to SSH to a command line on the RPi and 
> start the programs that way.

So, it is a "server with a web interface" rather than a "web 
application". Sorry, I was possibly the one who spread confusion ;-).

Summing up, thanx for telling us about your project, and thanx for the 
discussion! I think we are "on the same page".

Greetz,

Bengt

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