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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Hello,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I'm looking into IR emitters so
that I can control my digital cable box (it doesn't seem to have a serial port
on the back at all). I've been looking at some emitters that are available
on-line (<A
href="http://www.hometech.com/infrared/emitters.html">http://www.hometech.com/infrared/emitters.html</A>).
These seem to be cheap, small, and involve no construction on my part. I
could probably build one using the instructions on the lirc.org site, but I
doubt that I'd get something as small as these and it certainly wouldn't look as
polished.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I was wondering if anyone had
any experience getting these things to work under linux? They've got 1/8"
(3.5mm) mono connectors, which suggests that they'd be pretty easy to connect
via serial. The various emitters seem to want to talk to a control box of
some sort, which I don't want to spend the benjamins on. If anyone has any
suggestions/experience hooking these up under linux, I'd appreciate any tips you
can provide.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Jason</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>