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How to use IrDA adapter as serial port?

I remember back in windows 98 era that you could install IrDA adapter and associate serial port with it so it would work just like rs-232 to infra-red adapter. Is such thing possible on windows 7? Is there any third-party program which could to…
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Multicolor IR camera?

Most cheap USB webcams can see IR, especially if you remove any IR filters inside them. With the camera that I'm currently using, the IR from the LEDs that I'm playing with (wavelength unknown) shows up as a blue-tinted white color. IR LEDs are…
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How to access Windows Hello IR Camera

I have a Surface Pro 6 with a Windows Hello integrated infrared camera. Months ago, while using app.houseparty.com, a video calling service that has since been shut down, I discovered that it let you change the camera source to the IR camera, called…
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Accept print jobs from serial port, spool to USB printer

I've got a USB printer (HP LaserJet 1018) connected to my Windows 7 desktop. I also have a USB infrared adapter (Actisys ACT-IR224UN-Li) which presents itself as a raw serial port, currently COM3. What are my options to have Windows act as a print…
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Windows: Detecting which IR remote keys are pressed

I'm looking to customize how my 'Noah Company MediaGate GP-IR02BK' remote control works with XBMC. I've found the file I need to update for XBMC (Keymap.xml), but I now need to find out how each remote button is represented in Windows Vista (the…
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How do I configure an ordinary TV remote control to work with lirc on Linux?

I am running MythTV on Ubuntu 9.10 and I would like to use a TV remote to control it. I know that lirc needs a configuration file for the remote, but none of my remotes is in the official database. If I point a remote at the receiver on my TV card…
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LIRC: "irw" doesn't work, but "irrecord" does

I've got an Antec Fusion V2 chassis with a built in ir receiver. I've setup lirc on my system, and I can get irrecord to see my remote input and build a config file. I cannot get irw to work, and subsequently no activity on my HTPC. I'm running XBMC…
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Using Lenovo P52's built-in infrared cameras to take photos or video in the infrared spectrum?

I have a Lenovo P52 that came with IR cameras in order to use Windows Hello. I was wondering if it is possible to use these cameras to take photos or video in the infrared spectrum. I did some searches online but could not find anything about…
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How to read infrared signals from a IrDA FIR port on Windows 7 (Acer Travelmate 8200)?

I have an Acer Travelmate 8200 notebook with Windows 7. The notebook has a built-in IrDA Fast Infrared Port (on the front panel) which is activated in the BIOS. Windows did auto-detect the IrDA port and automatically installed WHCQ-signed drivers…
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How to change IrDA bitrate on Linux?

I've got this connection working between my linux machine via an IrDA dongle an this alcatel OT756. So far the irdadump command tells me that my device is there: 04:10:12.238144 xid:cmd ffffffff < 87de81ea S=6 s=* ALCATEL OT756 hint=b125 [ PnP Modem…
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How to transfer files via infrared on Linux?

I know this is a way too old technology but I've got some files inside a very old cellphone that I need to transfer to a very old computer. So far my Infrared USB device works well, it's detected by the machine (lsusb output): Bus 002 Device 002: ID…
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Windows 8 infrared mouse/keyboard not recognised

My Windows 8 login screen requires a click of the mouse to open, then I need to enter a password. But my infrared mouse/keyboard is not being recognised. Can I bypass the Windows 8 lock screen so that I can get into Windows and check the status of…
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Can an infrared port be added to a laptop?

Recently I bought a used TV tuner which came with an MCE remote, but unfortunately not the receiver. I know that there are some receivers available on eBay (for a pretty penny), but I thought it would be cheaper/faster/easier to use it with an IR…
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Infrared on the Dell D620

I have a Dell Latitude D620 running Windows 7. I use it quite a bit for media (i.e., Boxee, Hulu Desktop, Windows Media Center) so I was wondering if I could use the IR port along with a remote (I have a Samsung universal remote and some old VCR…
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How to interface an IR sensor(infrared receiver) with a linux desktop using USB port

I have an IR sensor and I have successfully connected it with RaspberryPI and Ardunio in the past using GPIO pins. I am thinking of connecting the same sensor(IR sensor) with my Linux desktop using the USB port. Connecting it with raspberry PI was…
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