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Re: [ECS] REAL IR blaster ? joerut.epix.net Thu, 02 Sep 1999 19:04:56 -0400

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It seems it should be easy to build such a device. I am not familiar
with the HV or CPU-XA (I have 2 IR Master 100's) I would think if there
is an IR output from these devices  a simple transistor amplifier with
some good high output IR LED's would do the job. I built an external
emmitter for my IR Master 100 and I am sending that signal about 30 feet
to my AV equipment with no problems. I took the liberty to reverse
engineer the dancraft IR Master 100 (He would not provide a drawing and
he removes the chip #'s from the IC circuits.) I now have a complete
circuit drawing along with a copy of the program from the
Microcontroller chip. If you would like a drawing of his output circuit
I could provide it.

Joe Rut








Mark Gilmore wrote:
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> Does anyone know of a REAL (powered) IR blaster
> which will amplify the weak emitter signal output
> from the HV or CPU-XA ? The Powermid doesn't amplify
> as much as I would like. After MUCH web searching,
> I was only able to find such a device by Dancraft,
> but it's a bit pricey at over $60.
> --
> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
> http://www.usit.com/omnip
> 423-745-0026

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