Laptop Infrared Port

mihochan · Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 10:12 pm Post subject: Laptop Infrared Port

Has anyone had any success getting the infrared port on a laptop working?

I'd like to be able to control the laptop with a remote control.

I installed the irtty-sir module into the kernel but I can't find any obious device in /dev which corresponds to the infrared port.\

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dtor · Guru Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Posts: 461 Location: Indiana, USA

Ugh, IRDA usually works either as a network interface or as a serial port. It does not work as a receptor for IR remote control signals.
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boogerman · Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 2:55 pm Post subject:

I know on my laptop, I enable it and disable it in the bios, it took me forever to even think about checking there. I felt stupid.

the_enigma · Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 5:28 am Post subject:

Check your BIOS. Usually they come up as one of the serial ports. Mine is /dev/ttyS0.

Or do a `cat /proc/net/irda/discovery`

But yeah, very unlikely that you'll be able to control your PC using a normal IR remote, and an IRDA port.