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  1. October 13th, 2002, 03:55 PM #1
    tomkaczmar
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    Default IrCC SMC driver

    I have SMC IrCC on my Dell Latitue. I've been trying to run Girder on it as the specs show it also supports direct tx/rx. However, Girder asks for com port and Win2k doesn't map any port for it. Can anyone help?
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  2. October 18th, 2003, 04:15 PM #2
    nash
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    I also have the SMC IrCC - Fast Infrared Port on my laptop, and I would also like to get it configured with Girder. Does Girder need a plugin to be able to get input commands from the SMC IrCC?
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  3. October 18th, 2003, 11:24 PM #3
    JimHugh
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    Sounds like it is probably IRDA and not consumer IR.

    IRDA is not supported by most consumer IR remotes. Different frequency and protocol.

    I suspect that you are out of luck as Girder does not have IRDA support.
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  4. October 19th, 2003, 12:29 AM #4
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    I'm more or less a newbie here... what's the difference between IRDA and consumer IR?
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  5. October 19th, 2003, 12:40 AM #5
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    http://www.girder.nl/help/faq.php#202

    Irda is primarily used for pda, cellphone, printer, laptop (and the like) bidirectional communications emulating a serial port over a short range (1m to 2m) infrared carrier.

    A consumer remote control uses a unidirectional burst frequency/protocol that is unqiue for each key to send a command over a longer distance to control audio video consumer electronics like tv, stereo, cd and dvd players.
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