Guest angelface Posted March 27, 2003 Report Posted March 27, 2003 A while ago a discussion started on the prospect of a SPV TV remote controller. I notice that there is a PDA remote controller at: PDAwin.com. Can this be adapted to work on the SPV. A voice controlled remote would be perfect! :lol: As the IR port on the SPV is fairly week you could 'boost' the IR signal by placing a IR receiver close to the sofa, thro' a IR transmitter which would send a stronger IR signal to the TV/Hifi. More info on IR remotes and protocols are on remotecentral.com. Any adeas or pointers? O:)
Guest Syvwlch Posted March 27, 2003 Report Posted March 27, 2003 Alas, both of your ideas were discussed in the last thread, as well... and did not seem to produce a viable solution. Kinda given up on it, myself. Gadgety, after all...
Guest angelface Posted March 27, 2003 Report Posted March 27, 2003 So far I thrown away my camera, PDA, walkman and old phone and replaced it with the SPV. It seems a shame not to be able to get rid of 6 remote controls kicking around my living room too. Why won't the PDAwin.com software work on the SPV? Anyone know how to get the IR transmitter to send a hex code when a button is pressed? O:) Down but not defeated.
Guest theodotcom Posted March 27, 2003 Report Posted March 27, 2003 I've recently got a remote control for 7650, waiting to try it out on my brother's 7650. If its possible on that surely its possible on the SPV
Guest yatpeak Posted March 28, 2003 Report Posted March 28, 2003 It's possible, but it'd be terrible because the IR port is quite weak. Wyatt
Guest madu Posted March 28, 2003 Report Posted March 28, 2003 It doesn't matter how terrible it would be as long as it 'was there' for purely gadgety value.... :lol: PS: Moved... [and would have been locked, but let's give IR another chance] ;)
Guest ajb3000 Posted March 28, 2003 Report Posted March 28, 2003 I tested the distance the IR works by transfering a large file between 2 SPVs and slowly moving both further apart. It lost the connection when they were about a metre apart!! The only time I think it would be usefull is if you can't find your normal remote down the back of the sofa.
Guest fraser Posted March 28, 2003 Report Posted March 28, 2003 Yeah, ajb3000, IRDA is not a long distance protocol. I used to work for a company that produced laptops, and the testing of the IRDA was a nightmare. I looked into the optimal distance for the tests, I remember it was around about 7-12 inches. However, using it as a remote control for a television would not be utilising IRDA at all, and the data rate is a lot slower. I'd guess that you might be able to double the 1 meter distance you acheived.
Guest jim80b Posted April 3, 2003 Report Posted April 3, 2003 have emailed pdawin (see above) and quote "we would like to support SPV in our next versions. We suppose that SPV use very weak IR diode." unquote hopefully they do!!!
Guest yatpeak Posted April 4, 2003 Report Posted April 4, 2003 Yeah, our phones can do anything! Wyatt
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted April 4, 2003 Report Posted April 4, 2003 Yeah, our phones can do anything! Wyatt I still can't get mine to make a cup of tea :lol:
Guest Beardyboy Posted April 4, 2003 Report Posted April 4, 2003 What, getting your SPV to make a cup of tea? Do you not think the battery life is bad enough as it is? :lol:
Guest DrG Posted April 4, 2003 Report Posted April 4, 2003 could we possibly use this if the IR is not powerfull enough?.... http://www.novii.tv/products/noviirb/index.html
Guest spacemonkey Posted April 4, 2003 Report Posted April 4, 2003 Might work, although I think smartphone 2002 doesn't support SDIO properly (that's the stuff that lets device type SDCards talk to the phone rather than the normal storage type cards). Additionally you'd be having to remove your normal SD and point your phone sideways at the TV... not perfect.
Guest Syvwlch Posted April 4, 2003 Report Posted April 4, 2003 It's NOT Smartphone 2002, but HTC's Canary platform, I believe... not fully supporting SDIO, I mean.
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted April 5, 2003 Report Posted April 5, 2003 I was under the impression both did support SDIO? Although its possible i read that in the same place it says the CPU is clocked at 132mhz... edit: From the Orange developers forum administrator: The SD/MMC card slot is also SDIO - but there is currently no driver for the SDIO functionality. So until there is an SDIO driver, it is unlikely that there will be an SDIO Bluetooth adapter. And Microsoft has not made any announcement about when Bluetooth might be part of the Microsoft Smartphone hardware requirements. Sorry for the bad news.
Guest lycrawearer Posted April 6, 2003 Report Posted April 6, 2003 Thought I would add my 2pence worth ... I was recently sent a Nokia 7650 from Orange as part of their Video Trial, and there is an excellent Remote Control utility available from PsiNT (http://www.psiloc.com/?id=prod&nrp=84) - and it is superb ! Works really well. As for distance - well my TV is in the corner of the room, and I sit at least 2 metres away - this is no problem for the 7650 - it copes very well ! Does the 7650 & the SPV have the same infr-red system / equipment ? If it has, then surely this application could be 'ported' by the developer ? lycrawearer
Guest ev500 Posted April 6, 2003 Report Posted April 6, 2003 Hi, according to orange and microsoft the spv cannot be used as a tv remote as it does not opperate on the same system as normal remotes, instead its only compatible with computers, pda's etc..
Guest angelface Posted June 24, 2003 Report Posted June 24, 2003 Hi, started this subject but been away. :idea: how about 'boosting' the signal by having a infra red receiver linked to another infrared transmitter which would receive the hex code then transmit the signal again. Can then choose the right I/R frequency for the home entertainment system. Put the device close to the sofa and hence the SPV. This would be easily available from RS/Farnell. :shock: Second problem still the software for the SPV... anyone thinking about this? Or I could just go to www.remotecentral.com which has loads of helpful tips on PDA remotes. Where there's a SPV there's a way.
Guest Gorskar Posted June 24, 2003 Report Posted June 24, 2003 The whole point is to reduce the number of devices, so if you are going to get an extra IR extender then that would kind of defeat the purpose. I think a better solution would be to simply replace the IR diode of the SPV with a more powerful one. Cant be too difficult (you can get a high power IR diode from Maplin for 49p) - of course theres no point in doing this without some solftware....
Guest vijay555 Posted June 24, 2003 Report Posted June 24, 2003 Anyone seen this? It shuold be fairly universal, uses the audio out of the IPAQ to emulate IR through a Hardware 3.5mm>IR converter. I've written to them asking if they're considering porting. http://www.griffintechnology.com/griffinmo...mote/index.html V
Guest dmmh Posted June 25, 2003 Report Posted June 25, 2003 no its not possible afaik, since the irda used in the spv doesnt support the protocol for home devices, something like that
Guest madu Posted June 25, 2003 Report Posted June 25, 2003 Yep, something like that... BUT the same story goes for some PDAs and the CIR is *emulated* - so this probably applies to SPV too.
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