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IR record/playback? for hacking a remote....

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2001-09-01 17:01 in General Discussion
Hello-

I need to control a DVD player with my stamp. I was thinking about hacking
straight into the remote and wiring directly to the traces by the buttons...
but then I got all ambitious and starting thinking about how to do it a
better way-

I don't know very much about IR communcation, so I'm not sure if what I'm
suggesting is really practical but for the sake of discussion-

I want to access tracks on the DVD player via the keypad's numbers... Is
their someway of using the stamp to record the data sent when a particular
key is pressed? Then use an IR LED to output this same info when I need to
start the DVD?

I'm sure this is more complex then I'm guessing, is there any somewhat ready
to go modules out there? TIA!

-Lou

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-09-01 16:53
    At 9/1/2001 Saturday 11:42 AM, Louis Klepner promulgated:
    >Hello-
    >
    >I need to control a DVD player with my stamp. I was thinking about hacking
    >straight into the remote and wiring directly to the traces by the buttons...
    >but then I got all ambitious and starting thinking about how to do it a
    >better way-
    >
    > I don't know very much about IR communcation, so I'm not sure if what I'm
    >suggesting is really practical but for the sake of discussion-
    >
    >I want to access tracks on the DVD player via the keypad's numbers... Is
    >their someway of using the stamp to record the data sent when a particular
    >key is pressed? Then use an IR LED to output this same info when I need to
    >start the DVD?
    >
    >I'm sure this is more complex then I'm guessing, is there any somewhat ready
    >to go modules out there? TIA!
    >
    >-Lou
    Hi Lou -

    Who is the manufacturer of the DVD unit ? Once we know that there may be
    a chance of replicating the IR signals. NO PROMISES : )

    Regards,

    Bruce Bates
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-09-01 17:01
    Bruce,

    Thanks for the quick reply! [noparse]:)[/noparse]

    > Who is the manufacturer of the DVD unit ? Once we know that there may be
    > a chance of replicating the IR signals. NO PROMISES : )

    Apex- Model AD-1500

    Why would one model be easier than another? I don't know anything about the
    data in the infrared signal, but I would imagine that if you can read it,
    you can resend it- Are you suggesting not reading it at all, but just
    sending it?

    -Lou
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