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Is it possible to communicate with an Infrared device (USB Infrared, TV, Mobile Phone, etc) using iOS (iPhone or iPad)?

Well, i know it's possible, since there are many remote/universal remote applications in the AppStore. I basically want to know how?

  • What are the limitations and requirements?
  • What kind of additional hardware is required? If it's available in the market?
  • Which protocols should i know about?
  • Which iOS libraries can help me in the process.

Can anyone point me in the right direction. Thanks.

Mustafa
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Any devices using IR for controllers are either wifi or have custom hardware that outputs IR signals based off of output from the device. So without using your own hardware, I don't believe this is possible

justin
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Infrared isn't unbuilt in iPhone. All those remote apps are wifi based.

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    Not all are wifi based. Some involve remodulated or unconverted audio, via an external DSP or microcontroller chip, plus an IR module of course. – hotpaw2 Jun 25 '11 at 07:31
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There is no infrared connectivity within iOS.However there are bluetooth and wifi.Generally you can use bluetooth functionality by importing GameKit framework.Thanks

Gajendra K Chauhan
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The hardware isn't available but there is a hack you can make to the headphone socket.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/01/project-hijack-uses-iphone-audio-jack-to-make-cheap-sensors.ars?utm_source=Ars+Technica+Newsletter&utm_campaign=05bfd22285-January_21_2011_Newsletter&utm_medium=email

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