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hy i whant to make a interface to comunicate whith my siemens me45 by infrared. i dont have at my computer infrared port and i whant to use a COM port , then conect a interface to the COM port and comunicate whith the phone.please help me.
best regards , daniel
what will you use? infrared or cable?
and what do you want to do? I mean what type of communication?
i wanna use the com port to comunicate whith a simemens phone but using a irda interface
those urls may help
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alanjmcf/comms/infrared/Microsoft%20Windows%20IrDA%20programming.html
http://www.cswl.com/whiteppr/white/infrared.html
http://irda.affiniscape.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=7
by the way what programming language do you use?
if VB this will be helpful i guess
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbceide/htm/project_108.asp
Dumpling
06-16-2004, 16:07
Unless you have dedicated rs232<->irda chip, it's a bit hard task (need to construct some PLL to recover bit clocking from serial stream).Much easier if you have some irda header connector on motherboard - you just need to attach some ir transeiver to it (get it from some dead phone)
i finish my project.tnx for help
How did you do it in the end? I want to communicate to a 7210 thru irda.
There are 2 easy ways to get IRDA on your PC:
1) By far the easiest option: Buy an USB-IRDA dongle for your PC, it's less than £20.
2) If your motherboard supports IRDA on COM2, buy an IRDA transciever and set the port to be IRDA in your BIOS. You may need to connect a different header to the m/b.
Descore
I went for the second method, bought an IrDA transceiver, used some simple schematics found on the net, set the BIOS as other with the same motherboard said it will work.
Then on a Win98 I tried to install different drivers and try to make the system detect the phone. This is the part where I'm not sure what I need to do. I would like to use a program like MobiMB with IrDA. Can anyone tell me what steps should I take to make it work?
BR
ldril
Well Win98 isn't the best for IRDA since it doesn't come with its own drivers so you have to use 3rd party stuff.
There is a company called XTND systems who make different IRDA dongles, they have some different drivers that might work, but they are protected with serial no. - but maybe you could find a workaround for that somewhere ;)
Other than that I don't remember much about Win98 other than I had a tough time getting Irda to work on it.
Well after a quick search, the XTND systems software I was talking about seems to be this one: http://resolution.extendedsystems.com/ESI/Products/Wireless+Connectivity+Products/IrDA+Adapters/Product+Detail/QuickBeam.htm
Hope it helps :)
BR,
Descore
And the download is here: http://resolution.extendedsystems.com/esi/service+support/dlfiles.asp?cat=infrared-software the last download on the page..
Self extracting image of QuickBeam Suite software. Includes infrared printing drivers for Windows 95 and 98.
NOTE: The license agreement only allows users of JetEye Hardware products to download the software. If you do not own a JetEye Printer, JetEye PC, or JetEye Net, you are not authorized to download this software.
BR,
Descore
Thanks for the info. I also have Win2k pro. Is it easier to set it on here? If I put the drivers on how can I test to see if it works with the phone? Is there any method ?
BR
ldril