Infrared?

[Ted Ozolins]

Kurt Wall wrote:

>Hello, list,
>
>Using Alan Cox's dmidecode utility, I discovered that one of my
>boxen apparently has an IR connector:
>
>Handle 0x001B
>        DMI type 8, 9 bytes.
>        Port Connector
>        Internal Designator: IR1
>        Internal Connector Type: Infrared
>        External Designator: IR1
>        External Connector Type: Infrared
>        Port Type: Other
>
>Do I *really* have such a thing on this beast and, if so, what do
>I do with it?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Kurt
>  
>
Quite a few MB's have the header for attaching an external ir port, the 
chipset to use the port is on the MB.  If you were to look at the manual 
that came with your MB there should be a pinout for that port.

Now if you had a laptop with an ir port, you could use that to transfer 
files, or if you had a printer with an ir port then of course you could 
use the ir as the printer port.  

One other way to see if you have the ir port on the MB is to look at 
your BIOS setup and see if there is a setting for it...

Cheers

-- 
Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO)
Westbank, B. C.

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