NR and Girder 5 to control PS3 over bluetooth

[hiawata]

Have anyone been able to control the PS3 with the combination of NR and Girder.
Today I have NR and Girder 5, they are controlling all my devices, but the other day I bought the PS3, and it is as far as I know only possible to control with the PS3 bluetooth remote.

Any suggestions, or any good links on the subject?

[Mastiff]

Exactly what are you trying to do? Do you mean to control DVD playback? In that case I think you're SOOL, I'm afraid. Sony's always very protective with anything they can protect. If the BT stuff was out in the free, there would be a bunch of BT remotes out there. The only remotes I have found has been IR remotes with their own USB receiver. On the other hand, you could buy one of those, like this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/Blu-ray-DVD-Remote-Control-for-SONY-PS3-PLAYSTATION-3_W0QQitemZ170181046209QQihZ007QQcategoryZ147177QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Then you just do a learn of the remote and leave the receiver in the PS3.

Edit: I tilfelle du ikke kjenner uttrykket, er SOOL en engelsk forkortelse for "sh1t out of luck". :) Og siden den fjernkontrollen er så billig at den er tollfri, vil det koste mindre enn en hundrelapp å få den til Norge. Hvis ikke du er på eBay, kan jeg kanskje hjelpe deg. Det står forresten ikke at det er en IR-kontroll, men med en rekkevidde på 7 meter og 30 grader (line of sight) må den nesten være det.

[speedbump49]

My guess is that if we wait long enough, Sony will open control up with a firmware update.

-mw

[speedbump49]

In case you didn't see this, there is "real" solution on the way, called IR4PS3. This should work nicely with Netremote/Girder.

Contact info: ir4ps3@hotmail.com.

As I have a IR blaster in my equipment room already, this would allow me to have full PS3 control via Netremote/girder. I'm emailing the guy, Ben, but will likely wait a few more months to order anything...

Here's the link for way more details....

http://www.remotecentral.com/articles/ir4ps3_full_function_ir_remote.htm

[speedbump49]

Taken from netremote central forum:
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To everyone,

After a week of great visibility at remotecentral.com my mailbox ir4ps3@hotmail.com is turning RED, just today I got one email each 30 minutes.

Please understand that I can’t reply to all of you immediately.

I managed the risk in my Rev 1 by doing a not so big investment in parts and equipment. Not true for my time though. The way it was done it takes roughly ONE hour of work to realize it. I can’t produce in this condition and you’ll understand that the Rev 1 is not viable for this main reason. If you do the math, for the entire requests I got today even if I work 24H/7D I won’t be able to meet the demand.

This week I picked up few individuals and offered them the Rev 1. This will give me some feedbacks on the remote, the documentation, and the usability with various IR remotes. Daniel Tonks from RemoteCentral also published CCF for Pronto.

So the Rev 2 is now in design phase. I’ll do my best to keep the part cost as low as possible and still have a professional implementation. The Rev 2 requires more parts so the part cost becomes more important. But where I gain, is the ability to move that to large production if demands are there. I'll do another post for the ETA.

The BIG question everyone is asking, what would be the cost of it? I’ll do my best to not exceed 40$. Next it will be the volume that will drive down the price. Volume == lower parts and manufacturing cost.

No it won’t be at 20$ like a few have suggest. At 20$ its like if I was paying you to own my device :)

The dimensions of the box I’m planning to use in the Rev 2 are 3.9” x 0.82” x 2.14” (100mm x 21mm x 54mm), a relatively small box. And no, I can’t go smaller; Sony circuit is ruling this. This light and sturdy box will also helps drive down the shipping cost (vs Rev 1).

The Rev 2 is also a Do-It-Yourself product. You’ll have to buy the Sony remote, remove the Sony circuit, and finally integrate that in my box, a totally solderless job done in 10 minutes. I’ll provide full explanation on how to do it. Again, it’s the volume that justifies this. To sustain this week demands the BestBuy close to me would be out of stock in a snap, briefly good for them, but not for me.

The Rev 2 will not use batteries. The general consensus is that the external power supply makes more sense because it’s a box that you’ll forget (even though you had dreamed of it for long time).

Another frequent question I had, while I’m at it, why not implements a true homegrown BlueTooth/IR device. Simple, I don’t have over 15K$ to invest on this and moreover I’m sure Sony will never make the encryption keys of their BlueTooth available to others.

I hope I’ll reach everyone that have emailed me at ir4ps3@hotmail.com with this post.

Regards,
Ben
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-mw