connect to nothing?

[Techno]

Hi.

I am trying to connect to a device using IR on my computer/phone.

problem is that on the recieving end, there is no computer/IP Address and so on. its just a dumb IR which recieves data.

I cannot seem to connect to it as i get this error:

The system detected an invalid pointer address in attempting to use a pointer argument in a call


this is the code:

Socket theSock = new Socket(AddressFamily.Irda, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Unspecified);
			
theSock.Connect(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.None, 0));

any ideas on how to Connect to such a device? (this device could be a TV/VCR)

in the end, i just want to send signal to it

[darwen]

As far as I know IR communications between laptops and palmtops etc work using Windows networking : i.e. the IR device will appear as a machine in the "network neighbourhood".

For talking to a TV you'll have to get a lot more low level : there's no standard protocol to say "turn on" or "go to channel 5" - even between manufacturers which is why you get those programmable remote controls. I'm not sure it's even possible with the standard IR which comes on PCs.

Darwen.

[Techno]

i understand.
I have the codes required to send out signals to a tv/vcr BUT need to connect to nothing... if that makes sense? So i can fire out these codes

[Andy Tacker]

eh! coming back to OBEX... take a look at those standards... I think that does for BT and IR... not really sure though...

[Techno]

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IR differs in communication than BT. drats i am sooooo close for it to send signals but its just the connection problem. I think i will have to go low level (C/C++) to do this but i dont want to since i know nothing about C++ and prefer it to be done in .NET ... even if i can import standard system files and use its API's....