[slinkelist] Slink-e problems with external receiver modules

[Jay Pfaffman]

As you suggest, regular phone cords don't work, as they swap the
connections, for reasons unknown to me.  Either get (or make)
straight-through cables or use a connector to connect two
polarity-reversing cables together.  The blink as you plug it in and
when you press buttons on your remote are indeed good signs. 

Anyway, you've gotten that far.  If you want slinke to retransmit IR,
you next need to go to Slink-serv & make sure that the port that
you're plugged in to is turned on.  I forget that the menu selection
is called, but there's not much to choose from.

If you want slinke to respond to the commands, you need to make sure
that whatever device files you have loaded are set to listen to
whatever port you plugged the thing in to.

On Mon, 26 Jun 2000 21:34:10 -0700 (PDT), Max Spring <mspring@employees.org> said:

> I have problems in getting an external receiver module to work with the
> Slink-e:

> Most of my telephone cables don't work at all.  I guess either because they
> don't have 4 conductors, or they have it in the wrong order.

> By using one particular cable (presumably the one I got with the Slink-e months
> ago) shows some sign of life: Whenever I plugin or unplug a receiver module,
> the control LED flashes.  Also when I send IR signals to that module, the
> control LED flashes, too.

> However, the Slink-e doesn't seem to notice anything of it.  Whereas, using the
> build-in IR receiver works great.

> I'm confused.  I'd appreciate if someone could help me further.

> Regards,
> -Max



> _______________________________________________
> slinkelist maillist  -  slinkelist@nirvis.com
> http://www.nirvis.com/mailman/listinfo/slinkelist



-- 
Jay Pfaffman                           pfaffman@relax.com
+1-615-343-1720 (office)               +1-615-460-9299 (home) 
http://relax.ltc.vanderbilt.edu/~pfaffman/