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asinsh
Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 66
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 2:21 pm Post subject: o/t (sort of)...rs232 controls? |
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I searched here and on remotecentral and came up empty-handed...does anyone have a lead on a site like this for people that control equipment via rs232 rather than IR? I've got a device that I normally control via IR but it has one particular seldom used function that is only accessible via RS232 control; I'd love a lead on how to access that function. _________________ Alan |
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The Robman Site Owner
Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 21271 Location: Chicago, IL |
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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Depending on what the device is, there might be a site dedicated to the device itself. _________________ Rob
www.hifi-remote.com
Please don't PM me with remote questions, post them in the forums so all the experts can help! |
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asinsh
Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 66
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, Rob. Someone at avsforum suggested that all I need to is fire up XP's simple hyperterminal program and send the ascii commands listed for the device in the device's manual, so I'll give that a try. _________________ Alan |
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Mark Pierson Expert
Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Posts: 3017 Location: Connecticut, USA |
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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asinsh wrote: | fire up XP's simple hyperterminal program |
Good luck! From what I've seen and heard, XP doesn't like HyperTerminal (or perhaps serial comm programs in general) all that much. We have a voice mail system at work that's controled and programmed via RS-232. When we upgrade all our PC's to XP, we couldn't talk to it anymore. We had to revert a desktop back to Win98 just for it. Of course, YMMV, and I'd be interested in hearing if it does work for you. _________________ Mark |
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SemperFi
Joined: 25 Nov 2003 Posts: 54 Location: Tipp City, Ohio |
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2003 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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I have windows xp and hyperterminal works to access my tivo. Both serial and through the ethernet. It does however want to send an error report every time I close it though. _________________ Stupid is forever
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gjarboni Expert
Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 294 Location: Columbia, MD |
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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Once you figure out what characters you send out via RS-232, you might want to look at slink-e (do a search on google to find the website) and other related devices. The slink-e can receive listen for IR signals and (when receiving a certain signal) send an RS-232 signal. There are other devices on the market that do the same thing, but slink-e is the only one I can think of right now. (Disclaimer: no commercial affiliation and I don't own one, but others in this group do). |
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