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Remote Control - LIRC
Consumer IR - CIR aka remote control via infrared can be had on
installing lirc-modules-KERNEL for the appropriate Kernel version, and
details see the HandHelds.org-WiKi and the Opie-Remote page.
remote control emulator for the Compaq iPAQ and the SHARP Zaurus.
a Linux PDA by
LIRC. For more
Opie-Remote is a
Programing QT Embedded for IrDA
At the SHARP Zaurus Developer Site you may find the Zaurus-IrDA-HOWTO , which
explains how to utilize the IrDA port on the Zaurus. The iPAQ Help - iPAQ and Zaurus
development using QPE by Werner Schulte desribes how to develope Qtopia applications
in general.
Keyboards and Scanners
For the iPAQ there is module h3600_microkbd, which supports the MicroInnovations IR
keyboard. There seem to be optical barcode readers available, which use sort of a red
light to read the data. But I doubt that this has anything
to do with IrDA or CIR.
IRK allows you to use external infrared keyboards with the Zaurus. It interfaces the LIRC
driver to the Qtopia environment. Currently only the Chicony KB-9820 keyboard (German
version) is supported.
Chapter 5. Advanced Topics
Table of Contents
TroubleshootingGeneral InformationTroubleshooting TechniquesPCI Device
NumbersscanportMailing ListGUIs: Gnome, KDEHow to Make Infrared Light VisiblePower
SavingBeyond IrDAExtending Transmission DistanceUpcoming Standards (Bluetooth and
IrDA)IrDA Network NeighborhoodLaptop-Printer-PDABridging/RoutingIPv6DHCPLinux/IrDA
and APMPerformance TestingIrDA ProtocolsIrDA StackExisting IrDA Protocol
ImplementationsKnown BugsFAQ
Troubleshooting
General Information
If you encounter problems. Try the following:
*
Read the FAQ section below.
*
Look at /var/log/messages and/or /var/log/kern.
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