Toy user would like to get it working in Linux, with pearl.

[PeterT]

Hello,

I have recently bought a Toy and would like it to record and send remote signals to control the media in my room from my computer.

I found a perl script, which records the remote's ir signal called irtoy_record.pl amongst the software, but the problem is, it seems to be written for a windows environment. ie to talk to the Toy, it has

# init RS232
my $rs = rs232init();

so obviously there must be an equivalent for rs232init() in Linux, I would be grateful to know what it is.

Thank you

Peter

[dps]

Per the IR Toy documentation:

Setup

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ppm install Win32-SerialPort

To install Win32::SerialPort for ActiveState Perl.

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sudo apt-get install libdevice-serialport-perl

To install Device::SerialPort on Ubuntu(or any debian distribution).

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yum install perl-Device-SerialPort

To install Device::SerialPort on CentOS(or any RedHat distribution).

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pkg_add -r p5-Device-SerialPort

To install Device::SerialPort on FreeBSD.

That said, I don't have an IR Toy, so I could be off base here. :-)

[PeterT]

Well you have helped me get a little further. Whereas before I was getting.

[root@localhost Perl-scripts]# ./irtoy_record.pl
Can't initiate COM port!
Required Device::SerialPort or Win32::SerialPort module missing!

Now I'm getting

[root@localhost Perl-scripts]# ./irtoy_record.pl
Can't locate object method "read_interval" via package "Device::SerialPort" at USBIRToy.pm line 91.

Thanks for your help.

Regards

Peter