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- Wed Apr 27, 2016 2:54 pm #46342 Hi all,
I was able to implement IR functions (emission and reception) in the ESP Basic.
The result are very good, the module is very responsive.
I was able to make a little program where the IR code received from a TV RC is sent via UDP.
I don't know if this can be useful to someone, maybe to control the ESP using a simple TV RC controller or, at the other side, control the TV using the ESP.

I plan to implement these functions in a near future, depending of the interest that these functions might have.

If someone is really interested, please let me know.

CiccioCB

- Wed Apr 27, 2016 3:11 pm #46345 OOOHH YESSS!!!

Of course!!! I did a RC5 decoder with a 8051 and is a VERY important feature, specially if you have to navigate
within menus, I just take the opportunity to also advise for a possible kind of bug, inside a gosub return subrotine a series
of "if then " seem that doesn't work. If I call it from main program it doesn't execute the if then statements.
GREAT JOB GUYS!!

Thank You.
Marco.

- Wed Apr 27, 2016 5:22 pm #46352 That's excellent news cicciocb, it's the final essential missing piece of the puzzle which makes ESP_Basic able to do pretyy much anything now.

And yeah, IR receiver in one room able to send signals over udp to emitters in multiple other rooms is going to be such a useful IR remote repeater facility... very well done matey.

Presumably, if there's some way of steering 'captured' IR signals into selected flash pigeon-holes it should be possible to effectively have an IR programmable remote controller facility - and that shouldn't be too difficult to do using onscreen buttons labelled for whatever anyone might wish for. Hmm, I can see the next thing coming... different 'pages' of different remote controller buttons quickly running out of available buttons. But maybe it might be possible just to re-use the same buttons for different controller 'pages' by re-assigning the button names and IR signals. This really does open up loads of exciting new possibilities...

Where to get modules?

https://www.banggood.com/custlink/KvGGhGF4wG

- Wed Apr 27, 2016 5:23 pm #46353 This will be a great addition. Any cell phone could be a learning universal remote.

With the udp commands it would be possible to make an infrared repeater.

So many possibilities.

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