Raw infrared access with stock kernel?
I've got a scuba-diving computer that downloads its recorded dive data
via infrared of some sort.
The company that sells the dive computer also sells a little infrared
receiver and some cheap-o software for some outlandish price (and the
software doesn't even work with anything over Win98... which is probably
why they're selling these dive computers for so cheap).
Anyway, I figure that, if I can just get the raw infrared output into a
file, I can figure out the format. However, I'm a little doubtful that
it's even using irda (so irda is a little higher-level than I want. For
example, I think I have irda working but, when I "cat ircomm0" or "cat
ircomm1" and send input from my TV remote control, I don't see anything.
So, I'm pretty sure the irda stuff is filtering out any data that
doesn't meet a certain format)
Most of the infrared howto's that I've come across either tell how to
get irda working or they talk about recompiling the kernel (which isn't
worth it to me).
Has anyone been able to use a stock Debian kernel to record all of the
infrared stuff that the ir port sees?
- Joe
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