infra red port

[dd1313]

Is there such a thing as a infra red port for pc's

I heard that the cellphone sagem myz-5 can talk to a pc via infra red.

What do I need for my pc to have this

Thanks
DD

 

[bwana]

You can buy external USB IR dongles similar to this - http://sewelldirect.com/usbtoirda.asp

btw - that link was just a random one I got from google to give you an idea. There are plenty of others available.

 

[Gunny]

Does it not have blue tooth ? IR is a pain in the rear.

 

[dd1313]

Hi

No phone does not have b/tooth, how much is the dongle, I know
b/tooth dongles are about R100.IR is line of sight, not like b/tooth am I right ?

DD

 

[Gunny]

yeah IR is line of sight and very slow, oh and dnt even breath while transfering stuff. Last I bought a IR dongle it was R130 and came with a USB ext cable to route it to the front of the pc. Its painfull tho.

 

[dd1313]

yeah IR is line of sight and very slow, oh and dnt even breath while transfering stuff. Last I bought a IR dongle it was R130 and came with a USB ext cable to route it to the front of the pc. Its painfull tho.

I don't suppose there is an alternative if a phone is not b/tooth enabled ?

Any thoughts

DD

 

[Gunny]

Data Cable but I dnt know if sagem has software ( like a data suite type thing) and drivers. Maybe check up a bit on the net.

you can get the drivers here http://www.planetsagem.com/index.php?name=login&redirect=tools

 

[SecretCode]

Most laptops have IR built in, most desktops don't afaik, but you can get a USB to IR adaptor. I've been using IR for years between my old Palm and my old cellphone and various notebooks. Not fast but pretty good.

 

[bwana]

Does it not have blue tooth ? IR is a pain in the rear.

IR isnt a pain - it might be line of sight and slower than bluetooth but for a desktop its not going to make much much difference.

 

[HillBilly]

i got my usb-to-ir adapter from Sybaritic. they've also got serial-to-ir. works fine with nokia:

http://www.sybaritic.co.za/store/product_info.php?cPath=141_145&products_id=1567

 

[mh348]

I have one if you interested, I only used it once, I now have a bluetooth dongle, so It's just been lying in cupboard, See here for a description. If you interested just PM me.

Or you can see here, just search for ir or infrared