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I wrote: > I also ran across mention of Iguanaworks, which is another small-time > fabricator of IR interfaces: > http://iguanaworks.net/product1.psp > > They have a $40 USB product that has several different configurations. > The best option seems to be 1 IR receiver, and 4 independent output > channels (provided through 2 stereo mini jacks). With this option you > then need to either make a cable to interface directly with the DTA (the > Thomson DTAs have an IR-in jack), buy a pair of emitter cables ($10) or > make your own. I sent a few basic sales questions to Iguanaworks over a week ago and haven't heard back, so I guess I'll have to go with plan B. (Iguanaworks appears to be ran as a side project by some college kids, so perhaps it isn't their focus.) Bill Bogstad wrote: > Tom Metro wrote: >> Bill Bogstad wrote: >>> This is the one I got (mentioned on mythtv-users): >>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16880121002 >> >> The information seems to be a bit vague as to whether it supports one or >> two IR blaster channels. (There are a bunch of blaster products that >> support 2 or more emitters, but not as independent channels.) > > I only have one physical emitter... Does it have jacks for two emitters? > ...and therefore haven't done any real testing of this. I seem to > recall being able to have only one channel transmit at a time > though, but I'm not sure about that. I guess I'll have to post to the mythtv-users list to see if any users there have tried using this blaster to control two independent devices. -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA "Enterprise solutions through open source." Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/
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