Bugzilla – Bug 1693
feature request: IR out port for IR control of other components
Last modified: 2005-06-19 21:39:27 UTC
feature request: IR out port for IR control of other components via slimserver concept: add an IR out port on the back of the Squeezebox to allow sending of IR commands to other components in the system. If you wanted a more comprehensive implementation, you could optionally provide a RS232 port for bi- directional control of other components using the same concept (dumb pass- through of codes). In the future, bi-directional pass through of HDMI control codes would be possible using the same concept. The general idea is network control of AV devices using an open standard. why: this would allow the development of open source Pronto like software for handhelds (PocketPC w/802.11) so that a single integrated interface could control all components in a system. implementation: single IR emitter port on back of next squeezebox hardware device. Add a single slimserver API command to SEND_IR that simply takes the Pronto format IR command as its parameter. If you have any questions about this, or would like me to elaborate or help with a software spec for the remote control software, please feel free to contact me at rdyas@adelphia.net Thanks in advance, Robert
this sounds very much like IR blasting, which would take other IR and report to the server. xPL or xAP can then be used to send the IR control output elsewhere
Surprise: the headphone jack on SB2 has the necessary hardware to be an IR blaster, but the firmware support hasn't been finished. Bug 1045 is a placeholder for this work. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 1045 ***