Messages in this thread | | | From | Jarod Wilson <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 02/18] lirc serial port receiver/transmitter device driver | Date | Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:56:44 -0400 |
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On Tuesday 09 September 2008 15:51:12 Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote: > Hi > > On Dienstag, 9. September 2008, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > > > +config LIRC_SERIAL > > > + tristate "Homebrew Serial Port Receiver" > > > + default n > > > + depends on LIRC_DEV > > > + help > > > + Driver for Homebrew Serial Port Receivers > > > > What receivers might these be? Do any actually exist? > > [...] > > This might actually be the most common setup, as it is very easy to > build[1] with minimal soldering skills and has also been used by various > vendors (older models of the TechniSat SkyStar2 DVB-S budget card, to name > just one example; it is only slowly being replaced by alternative means, > as serial ports are becoming rare on newer systems. > > Regards > Stefan Lippers-Hollmann > > [1] http://www.lirc.org/receivers.html
One frequently-used source of pre-built serial receivers (and transmitters) here in the US is http://irblaster.info/.
Hey, that actually just reminded me... I think I *do* have a serial IR receiver laying about somewhere that came w/one of my TechniSat SkyStar HD-5000 cards... Thank you, Stefan! ;)
-- Jarod Wilson jarod@redhat.com
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