Programming and Scripting :: web based volume control

Personally I think LIRC would be the ideal thing to use, assuming the box is nearby. Unfortunately I've never had an infrared-capable system with which to try this, so I don't know how well it works.

Mikshaw, a free serial port and about 5 dollars worth of scrounged parts (Look for old vcrs and stbs) is all you need to make one lirc compatible (Irda is not lirc compatible)

So many simple solutions to any given problem, each with it's good and bad points, and users 'free' to choose any or develop their own. This is fun.

@stunix*com: I used to use VNC all the time and still do sometimes. The 2 problems I had were it slowing things way down on old computers and having to reconnect each time I loose the wireless signal on my laptop.

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chaostic Posted on Nov. 21 2008,05:50
Mikshaw, a free serial port and about 5 dollars worth of scrounged parts (Look for old vcrs and stbs) is all you need to make one lirc compatible (Irda is not lirc compatible)

I did just that with an Apple IIC in about 1991 or so. sensor from a vcr, built a simple circuit to convert the cmos signal level to ttl that went in one of the single bit inputs of the game controler. Add a universal remote and a driver I wrote in assebly language and I now had an infared keyboard. I have an external RF remote from one of my old C-Band satalites (worked in any room) that I want to try that with. I'll have to take a look at lirc.

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I used html because I am going to be doing more with this in the grander scheme of things.

original here.