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Developer's guide to iTach IP2IR ?

Smdear

December 28, 2016 21:06

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Hello,

I currently do IR control through Universal Remote MX-3000 device (with a wireless backend connected to an IR emitter).  As this device is now discontinued I am hoping to move all my programming to a Windows device and use an iTach IP2IR as my blaster.

What would be some options on how to actually accomplish this transition?  Is there an equivalent of the MX-3000 editor (ideally in the public domain) that has macro capabilities?  I would also need a solution that allows for programmatic (ie. REST) control, as IR codes would be initiated via touch-screen or eye-gaze selection.

My son has a Tobii I12 eye tracker, and I am able to cause a Windows CLI command to execute when he gazes at a particular tile (ie. watch digital cable box), so I'm looking to have that command execute a macro that will cause the multiple required IR commands to be sent.

 

 

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  Smdear December 28, 2016 22:36

  I did find the HARC Toolbox in my further research, perhaps this may be a good way to have raw programmatic control of IR signals while still having macro capabilities.  http://www.harctoolbox.org/wholesite.html

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  Bengt Martensson December 30, 2016 20:18

  Not quite sure what you are looking for. If you are programming Java, you can definitely use the GlobalCache class http://harctoolbox.org/apidocs/org/harctoolbox/harchardware/ir/GlobalCache.html  Here is an API example: http://harctoolbox.org/IRPMasterAPIExample.java

  Before diving into this, I suggest that you try the interactive program IrScrutinizer (download: https://github.com/bengtmartensson/harctoolboxbundle/releases/tag/Version-1.3 ) that will enable you to try things interactively.

   

  Let me know if this is what you are looking for.

   

   

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  Bengt Martensson January 08, 2017 10:30

  Did that answer your question?

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  Smdear January 08, 2017 20:30

  Hi, Bengt.  Thanks for the reply.  I will take a look at HARC toolbox and IrScrutinizer in particular.  It would be ideal if I could find some kind of suite to replace the MX-3000 editor (which allowed visual programming and front-end-GUI construction as well as IR integration).  I need a programmatic interface for my special needs son's eye gaze integration, but I also want to provide typical web-based access for my son's caregivers as well (and provide a higher level of complexity in the web-based GUI as compared with the simplified interface for special needs user).  I understand that there are pay-as-you-go frameworks such as iRidium, but special needs families such as ours are on a budget, and I prefer to avail myself of public domain frameworks and tools whenever possible.

  Edited by Smdear January 08, 2017 20:33