[plug] Mobile phone, infrered port and Linux

[Milan Pospisil]

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 22:35:30 +0800, Nathan D <natdan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:54:21 +0800, Milan Pospisil <pospim at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> >            I have been thinking about getting a Sagem MyV-55 mobile
> > phone with a camera, but the problem is that this thing uses an
> > infrared port to communicate with a PC and I do not have an infrared
> > port on my computer. Can I buy a card or something to get one or
> > possibly is there a way how to build it? And how do I make an infrared
> > port to work under Linux? Any info about this mobile I have found so
> > far was with respect to M$ Windows:-(
> > TIA for any advise
> >                           Milan Pospisil
> 
> Dick Smiths, Tandys or Jaycar all have IR kits that take 10 -15mins to
> build.  All you need is a soldering iron and pliers and you will be
> right.  Last time I saw them they were around $25.  You will need
> details of the pinout to identify +5V, GND, TX & RX.  I do recall a
> setting in some BIOSes to setup your com port.
> Really not sure about the rest of it though? :(
> 
> regards,
>   Nathan D.
> 
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Thanks for that, Nathan. I did not think of Jaycar. Yes, a PC
Transceiver Kit for $21.95 is available and there is an article about
it in Silicon Chip December 2001 - this is the best part.
Alexander Library in town used to archive all the issues of SC so I
might pay them a visit.
        MP