revisting remote keyboard support

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revisting remote keyboard support

Postby tim_d_wagner2 » Sun Nov 20, 2005 5:16 am

Hello,
Any thoughts on comatability with the Microsoft Remote Keyboard for Windows XP Media Center Edition 1.0? Previously I saw comments regarding a Viewsonic but that was some time ago. The only tech detail on-line seems to be "36 KHz Infrared RC6 and MCIR". They don't talk about repeat rates. Any guesses if this might work with UIRTs?
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Postby jrhees » Mon Nov 21, 2005 4:56 pm

Hmmm.. it would have to be tried, I suppose. Keyboards generally do not work well (independent of the IR protocol being used) because keyboards *do not* send out an IR code based on a key being pressed like a remote does. Instead, a keyboard sends out scan matrix codes on down, up, (and sometimes other) events.

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