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[zeitghost]

He's right, it is Manchester encoded.

Still can't see how the box knows you've kept the button pressed though.

[zeitghost]

Well it's now successfully sending 0 - 9, select, service, on and off.

Unfortunately there's obviously a bit in there somewhere that tells the box you are keeping the button pressed and haven't released it.

Bummer.

[Chico]

I don't know what to believe any more. I blame Chico.

Lucifer too quote you its all relative!!!

[zeitghost]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Sussed it.

The infra red packet occupies the same amount of time, but the number of edges changes.

Which since there's between 47 and 51 of them it's a bit difficult to see until you draw it out on a large piece of paper.

Happy now.

Still can't understand the coding though.

One chappie suggests it's Manchester, but it doesn't look much like it to me...

[Lucifer Box]

Does mean you now believe am a female??

I don't know what to believe any more. I blame Chico.

[Churchill]

Does mean you now believe am a female??

If it makes you feel better.

BTW, Do you want to stroke my fur?

[SandyDown]

I guess Sandy got a good paypout on her husband's life insurance after his little "accident".

Does mean you now believe am a female??

[Lucifer Box]

Rebecca I went to Barbados last year , it was gorgeous, the European beaches are nothing by comparison to the Caribbean sea.. the water is sooo clean, and soooooo sooooo sooo warm, you never feel even a little chill when you go in (that's on the Caribbean/west side of the island) even if you go for a midnight swim or an sun-rise swim -which I did daily when I was there last year- on the east side its the Atlantic ocean, surfing side, its still very warm in that area, but very fresh.. its one of the best beaches in the whole of the world ..

As for the life style... what can I say rum cocktails all day (Mount Gay Rum is Bajan).. party all day long.. I'd recommend it to anyone ..

I guess Sandy got a good payout on her husband's life insurance after his little "accident".

[Churchill]

Where'd you get that data from, Churchill?

It looks nothing at all like the IR stuff I'm seeing on my 'scope.

SKY+ codes as decoded by the front-panel driver...

[SandyDown]

Barbados cooooool. Let us know how it is. I have always entertained the idea of going to these islands.... Was it expensive?

Rebecca I went to Barbados last year , it was gorgeous, the European beaches are nothing by comparison to the Caribbean sea.. the water is sooo clean, and soooooo sooooo sooo warm, you never feel even a little chill when you go in (that's on the Caribbean/west side of the island) even if you go for a midnight swim or an sun-rise swim -which I did daily when I was there last year- on the east side its the Atlantic ocean, surfing side, its still very warm in that area, but very fresh.. its one of the best beaches in the whole of the world ..

As for the life style... what can I say rum cocktails all day (Mount Gay Rum is Bajan).. party all day long.. I'd recommend it to anyone ..

[OwlHoot]

Well, by dint of much hacking, I've now got to the stage where I can send key zero to the Sky box.

I'd forgotten what a joy 8086 assembler is.

Thank heavens for the example files so considerately included with Tasm V2.

I knew my £10 Compaq Portable III would come in handy one day...

Following which it will be time to suss out if I can fit it all in a PIC...

Dunno if it helps, probably not if you're a linux nerd/geek, but isn't there a Windows IR API?

Also, There may be some useful info at http://www.irda.org/

Then again, either might not be any help if the codes used by the Sky box are defined by a protocol level above IrDA.

But anyway, I'd be interested to know what you find out.

[Rebecca Loos]

Barbados cooooool. Let us know how it is. I have always entertained the idea of going to these islands.... Was it expensive?

[zeitghost]

Where'd you get that data from, Churchill?

It looks nothing at all like the IR stuff I'm seeing on my 'scope.

[SandyDown]

well am off to BARBADOS tomorrow ...




holiday at last... lets hope no hurricans or storm happen while am out there

[Churchill]

Yup. TASM.

I could have used MASM, but the CD won't fit in the 3.5 inch floppy drive.

My success is limited, so far I have 3 keys that send 0, 3 keys that send 1, one key that sends 2, and 2 keys that send nothing at all.

The only key that corresponds with the desired result is 0.

Bummer.

Not only that, but I can't for the life of me see a logical pattern in the data stream... obviously a two pipe problem.

{'0', 0x151600},
{'1', 0x404000},
{'2', 0x1C0E00},
{'3', 0x0D0600},
{'4', 0x091A00},
{'5', 0x0D1C00},
{'6', 0x1D1C00},
{'7', 0x010600},
{'8', 0x1D1E00},
{'9', 0x0D1E00},
{'A', 0x191E00},
{'B', 0x4D4600},
{'C', 0x141400},
{'D', 0x454600},
{'E', 0x141C00},
{'F', 0x101C00},
{'G', 0x1D1400},
{'H', 0x191A00},
{'I', 0x444400},
{'J', 0x150200},
{'K', 0x909800},
{'L', 0x141000},
{'M', 0x11B200},
{'N', 0x913200},
{'O', 0x151600},
{'P', 0x181E00},
{'Q', 0x951600},
{'R', 0x981E00},
{'S', 0x0D1C00},
{'T', 0x404400},
{'U', 0x151200},
{'V', 0x309000},
{'W', 0xB11200},
{'X', 0xA0A000},
{'Y', 0x40A000},
{'Z', 0x842400},
{' ', 0x000000},
{'\\', 0x802000},
{'/', 0x208000},
{'<', 0x808000},
{'>', 0x202000},
{'?', 0x481600},
{'@', 0x550E00},
{':', 0x404000},
{'_', 0x040000},
{'!', 0x04A400},
{'\"', 0x005000},
{'$', 0x4D5C00},
{'%', 0x899C00},
{'^', 0x003000},
{'&', 0x956C00},
{'*', 0xE8E800},
{'-', 0x080800},
{'+', 0x484800},
{'=', 0x0C0800},
{'[', 0x141400},
{']', 0x050600},
{'.', 0x020000}

Have fun...