Extendng the reach of the USB-UIRT using IR blocks
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 12:10 am
Hi y'all -
I was able to extend the reach of the USB-UIRT device by using a Cat-5E cable and an IR terminating block. I'm including a writeup with pictures on how I did this so that it helps others that are interested in doing this.
Right now, this only works one-way (IR blaster) because the USB-UIRT does not have a jack to connect into for receiving IR signals.
As I mentioned in the writeup, it may be possible to modify the USB-UIRT to include a jack for an IR receiver and extend that over the same cat-5e cable.
The main advantage of doing this is that it allows the Housebot PC remain n a separate location where the gear being controlled IR is located. Also, with multiple USB-UIRT's, it is possible to create multiple IR zones with one HB server and multiple cable runs (and multiple IR terminating blocks as well).
Just one caveat - proceed at your own risk. I take no responsibility for errors or omissions leading to damaged hardware.
Enjoy.
I was able to extend the reach of the USB-UIRT device by using a Cat-5E cable and an IR terminating block. I'm including a writeup with pictures on how I did this so that it helps others that are interested in doing this.
Right now, this only works one-way (IR blaster) because the USB-UIRT does not have a jack to connect into for receiving IR signals.
As I mentioned in the writeup, it may be possible to modify the USB-UIRT to include a jack for an IR receiver and extend that over the same cat-5e cable.
The main advantage of doing this is that it allows the Housebot PC remain n a separate location where the gear being controlled IR is located. Also, with multiple USB-UIRT's, it is possible to create multiple IR zones with one HB server and multiple cable runs (and multiple IR terminating blocks as well).
Just one caveat - proceed at your own risk. I take no responsibility for errors or omissions leading to damaged hardware.
Enjoy.