<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On 24/06/2009, at 12:10 PM, Wade Maxfield wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 24/6/09 1:49 PM, Robin Gilks wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Does anyone have an MCE remote head they don't want any more? The one with<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the sockets in the back for an IR blaster?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I'm after a USB IR blaster since the only serial port I have on my new<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">boxen is required to talk to the UPS and the serial dongles I have are not<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">reliable enough (tend to go a bit loopy after a few days of continuously<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">polling the UPS). Not got enough PCI slots for my 4 port serial card :-(<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Or does anyone know of an IR blaster design (perhaps using a micro) that<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">can be driven from a non-bit-banged serial port (like one connected to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">USB).<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Another alternative I suppose would be a reliable USB serial dongle for<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the UPS that performs much better than the generic PL2303 one I have.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br><a href="http://registration.hauppauge.com/webstore/hardware2.asp?product=mce_remote">http://registration.hauppauge.com/webstore/hardware2.asp?product=mce_remote</a><br><br>This is the Hauppauge equivalent of the MS MCE remote and receiver, and <br>should be available from anyone who has an account with TechPac/Ingram <br>Micro (RRP ≈ $80)<br><br></div></blockquote><br></div><div>I have a couple of the Hauppauge units still in stock. If you can let me know I'll provide a price when I'm back in Auckland next week</div><div><br></div><div>Steve</div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Steven Ellis - Technical Director<br>OpenMedia Limited<br>email - <a href="mailto:steven@openmedia.co.nz">steven@openmedia.co.nz</a><br>website - <a href="http://www.openmedia.co.nz/">http://www.openmedia.co.nz</a><br></div></div></span> </div><br></body></html>