In my experience, looking at the emitter with a video camera is a great way to tell if it is working. When the IR signal is sent, it looks like an incredibly bright light to a video camera (camcorder).<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 3/21/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian Wood</b> <<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
In my searching for info on IR blasters I came across several<br>incredibly convoluted methods of testing IR emitters.<br><br>MCM Electronics sells for $2US a piece of laminated cardboard that<br>has a chemically sensitive section that glows when hit with IR
<br>radiation. Part # 72-003.<br><br>Not just for Myth, but for testing any remote to see if it needs<br>batteries etc.<br><br>Just in case anybody's interested, it's sure a lot easier than some<br>of the tests I saw :-)<br>
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