Can IrDA be manually controlled?

I don't know but I like the idea. It would drive my wife nuts! :lol:

Is it possible for me to use the IrDA port on my Pismo to send out custom signals, like remote control codes?

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Presumably you need an IrDA Communications Toolbox Tool?

You might need some sort of direct hardware access to do that because it isn't a typical serial signal. I really don't know where to start, though.

IrDA can also receive IR signals, so maybe you could "record" remote control codes and play them back.

Like trick it into thinking your sending a file but it is actually the code to change the the channel or something.

There was a utility to do this with Windows laptops I saw a while ago... can't remember the name.

Hell, my newton used to control my Sony TV... I bet it can be done...

you would have to use os 9 because it is disabled in osx

you would have to use os 9 because it is disabled in osx

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Are you sure? I've never used it but I have IrDA options in Network system preferences and Internet Connect.

now that i think about it, I am probably wrong because i seem to remember it being a bug with xpostfacto

An IrDA port is just a serial port, I think, so it should be trivial to programme. The bondi iMac I took apart certainly had its IrDA ports connected to a standard mini-DIN serial port...

An IrDA port is just a serial port, I think, so it should be trivial to programme. The bondi iMac I took apart certainly had its IrDA ports connected to a standard mini-DIN serial port...

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Does it appear as a separate port in the Serial Tool when you use a Communications Toolbox aware program, eg Claris Works?