Hi all.
Firstly, before I talk about the thread topic - FANTASTIC JOB WITH THE NEW FORUMS!!!
I love the new, easier to use forum format.
Except that I seem to have joined four years before I was born...
Now, on with the plot...
I want to use a PICAXE 08M to receive commands from a remote control using the [INFRAIN2] command to receive the data from an IR receiver IC, then convert the codes to ASCII and send them serially(probably 1200 baud) to a PC running GIRDER automation software, to control my media player PC, rather then having the big bulky keyboard I currently use.
According to the David Lincoln PICAXE book, page 161, receiving the IR remote codes should be pretty straight-forward, and then using modified code, using [SEROUT] to serially send the data to the PC for GIRDER to make use of.
My main question therefore is:
- The David Lincoln book says that INFRAIN2 expects Sony Infrared Control(SIRC) protocol, but is there any way to accept data received by an IR receiver IC, which is NOT in the SIRC format?
"No" means that I am limited to a select family of remotes.
What about RC5 format from Philips?
Thanks.
Firstly, before I talk about the thread topic - FANTASTIC JOB WITH THE NEW FORUMS!!!
I love the new, easier to use forum format.
Except that I seem to have joined four years before I was born...
Now, on with the plot...
I want to use a PICAXE 08M to receive commands from a remote control using the [INFRAIN2] command to receive the data from an IR receiver IC, then convert the codes to ASCII and send them serially(probably 1200 baud) to a PC running GIRDER automation software, to control my media player PC, rather then having the big bulky keyboard I currently use.
According to the David Lincoln PICAXE book, page 161, receiving the IR remote codes should be pretty straight-forward, and then using modified code, using [SEROUT] to serially send the data to the PC for GIRDER to make use of.
My main question therefore is:
- The David Lincoln book says that INFRAIN2 expects Sony Infrared Control(SIRC) protocol, but is there any way to accept data received by an IR receiver IC, which is NOT in the SIRC format?
"No" means that I am limited to a select family of remotes.
What about RC5 format from Philips?
Thanks.