You can control your computer using the remote control. To do this, we assemble an infrared receiver, remote control, program the buttons on the remote control using special software.
Necessary
10 μF capacitor; resistors 10 kOhm and 5 kOhm; diode brand KD521; photodetector operating at a frequency of 30-40 kHz; COM connector; bread board; glue; three-core shielded wire; spray paint; masking tape; soldering iron; knife; drill with drills; nippers; old remote control
Instructions
Step 1
Assembling the IR receiver circuit on a fragment of the breadboard. We connect it to the COM port of the computer.
Step 2
We disassemble the old remote control. We open the latches with a knife, moving its blade along the gap between the upper and lower halves of the console body, as well as pressing. We mount a hook into the system unit, and in the upper part of the remote control we make a cutout for it. We place the remote control.
Step 3
Install the open source product WinLIRC. Copy winlirc.exe and sample.cf to Startup. When requesting a configuration, specify the COM port number. Click the Raw Codes button. If messages appear in the window, then the circuit is working properly.
Step 4
Press the Learn button, follow the instructions of the program. We designate the name of the remote control. Then we press in turn all the buttons on the remote control and make sure that they all work properly. Then we run Analyze.
Step 5
Next, we configure client applications. For Winamp, copy GEN_IR. DLL to the winampplugins folder. When starting the player, we assign certain actions to the buttons. We perform similar actions for the Light Alloy video player.
Step 6
Next, we install the uICE program, which allows you to emulate a keyboard and mouse, open and close windows. We specify WinLIRC as the server. We will also install FlexRemote version 2.1.8 Free to set code combinations on the remote control buttons; IRTricker for displaying messages on the screen; Girder 4.0.3 beta to work with various plugins.