Television Remote Control
Television Remote Control
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I am in the process of designing a machine, one of the functions of which, is to switch of the television by emitting an "off" remote control code. I realise that each brand of television has a different code.
Is there a universal "off" code?
Where can I obtain a list of "off" codes?
Tony R
Is there a universal "off" code?
Where can I obtain a list of "off" codes?
Tony R





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Dan
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Just out of curiosity, why do you need a "machine" to turn off a TV?
"Venditori de oleum-vipera non vigere excordis populi"
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I believe the link macgyvers2000 is talking about is www.tvbgone.com I may get one too, just 4 March madness!!!!
Scott
In a hundred years, it isn't going to matter anyway.
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Tony R
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Just sending dozens of off signals might cause the TV to respond in all sorts of strange ways before it finally turns off. That may be fairly objectionable. It may also interfere with other IR controlled devices in the vicinity.
I am sure a simple microcontroller chip could be programmed to record and repeat on demand a bit sequence code fed into it without too much complication.
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A friend of mine passed this link along for some of
the IR codes used in TV remotes. I have not used nor
verified the accuracy of the information, but it might
be of interest:
http://www
Should get you to the site (which I just tried again).
That, along with a simple microcontroller and an IR LED
should be all that you need to generate the OFF signal
for your application if you wish to persue the do it
yourself. Otherwise, the aforementioned controller will
adequately do the job. I have seen reports of them on
the local TV channels and the inventor/promoter of the
device did it as a fun project.
The link above is also useful when doing a TV type
receiver. With a cheap remote, you can control various
functions from the microcontroller.
BTW, I am not affiliated with the link above. Just passed
along from a friend of mine.
Hope that this helps.
Cheers,
Rich S.