Re: [SLUG] Data acqusition (infrared) and linux

[woody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Anthony Wood)]

Hi,

Many motherboards have IR pins built in, all you need is something to
plug into them, I bought an ActiSys IR210 one from www.widget.com.au
(now $87), but you have to check whether your motherboard's IR chip is
supported by linux.  Easier is an IR dongle which plugs into your
serial port, I think ActiSys IR220+ ($99) has its own kernel module
in the source.

cheers,
Woody

On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 12:03:35PM +1100, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote:
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> All,
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> I need a card which can do infrared and is ok for Linux
> (meaning you can get hold of the port numbers etc).
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> Anybody got any pointers?
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> 
> jobst
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