Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 12:05:59 +0100 From: Tobias Roth <roth@iam.unibe.ch> To: Vince Hoffman <vince.hoffman@uk.circle.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Infrared support Message-ID: <20031028110559.GA13563@lara.unibe.ch> In-Reply-To: <015701c39d3b$27775870$650e10ac@uk.circle.com> References: <013d01c39a35$a1cc2280$e7b356d5@uk.circle.com> <3F9C769C.1000801@cs.unisa.edu.au> <015701c39d3b$27775870$650e10ac@uk.circle.com>
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On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 10:06:22AM -0000, Vince Hoffman wrote: > If I correctly understand my (second and closer) reading of the pkg-desc, > birda only works on serial port dongles ? > "A set of utilities to communicate with IrDA devices over an IrDA port > on a serial line." > > So my built in infrared port wont work. (toshiba type-0.) Is this correct ? > (guess i buy a dongle if so.) most (all?) built-in irda ports are serial devices. i was able to get the built-in infrared port on my T30 working. or at least birda showed some reaction when i pointed the tv remote towards the ir receiver and zapped. then i got bluetooth working and never used the irda port again :-) cheers, t.
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