Will Grider work to ......

[johnmacd]

Will Girder work to control IR devices such as a TV, VCR, PVR,....etc from the PC? I am looking into what device I will use to do the receiving/transmitting of the IR. I may build one from http://www.lirc.org/

From what I read it looks Girder was originally made to control the PC from a remote, but it seems to be developed into much more.

Also I see that it can work through TCP/IP. Does that mean that I should be able to configure it so I can access and run it from my LAN and also have it run on my webserver?

[Ron]

I now have 1 driver in girder that supports
receiving as well as sending signals, it is
for the RedRat2. But a driver for lirc could
be made as well.

And yes via the TCP/IP plugin you can control
girder from across the globe.

Ron

[johnmacd]

Thanks Ron. That's what I figured, I now need to see if I can get a friend to help write a driver for the lirc. I dont have that kind of cash right now to buy the RedRat just yet.

[Ron]

johnmacd,

If you are gonna start on that driver,
please let me know, a input output driver
is not trivial due to the nature of girders
plugin mechanism, but i have a frame work
for that.

Also look at :
WLirc (http://www.ruslat.wm.ru/WLiRC/WLiRC.htm) this is the driver you need to
send and receive. The source code is included
so that helps a lot.

Regards,
Ron

[Darmok]

I'm getting ready to get a RedRat2 where can I get the Girder driver for it?

[Ron]

Look at the download page its there.

Ron

[Mark F]

I just looked at the WLirc site and it led me to the WinLirc site. This last one, WinLirc, appears to use TCPIP sockets as the reporting mechanism and *might* work unchanged with the TCPIP support already in Girder, no?

Aaaah, first posts are the BEST!

[Ron]

For receiving there is a winlirc
driver available. Transmitting is something
totally different.

-Ron