[mythtvnz] Ir Blaster

[James Gray]

Nick Rout wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Jean-Francois Pirus <jfp at clearfield.com> wrote:
>   
>>  > As card readers are now taboo, can anyone tell me where to source a
>>  > pre-built ir blaster from?
>>
>>
>> I Got mine from http://irblaster.info/
>>     
>
> presumably a box with serial is needed for this? They usually don't
> work with usb/serial adaptors as they usually work by manipulating the
> IO pins under software, in a distinctly non RS232 manner :)
>   
I've personally found later versions of the USB-Serial driver (I'm using 
ser2pl.sys 2.0.0.24) actually works better with a wider variety of 
hardware..