I am looking for a device that sits transparently in
an RS-232 serial line
and upon seeing a particular code go over the serial line ((or sequence of
codes) will actual a relay (or a transistor). Something with two DB25s or
DE9s and is configurable to what code will trigger the output? Some kind of
box?
not that it's easy but a raspberry pi could be set up to watch the serial
line.
Or even cheaper, and Arduino uno
I second the Arduino recommendation. I have a Power Mac G4 with a serial dongle
that drives an Arduino Nano-based IR blaster. It sends serial commands to it
and the blaster transmits a signal to the room air conditioner. Should be easy
to adapt the GPIO pins to a relay. Arduino programming and interfacing is
pretty straightforward.
https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2022/10/ir-controlling-new-air-conditioner-in.h…
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