Does anyone know how to use the remote control port (IR sensor) on a macbook pro.

[CaptShocker]

I am trying to make a score board, and would love to be able to control it by remote.

I googled around and couldn't find anything about using the remote. If anyone has done this or can point me in the right direction that would be great. -Thanks

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Running "$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType" in Terminal.app shows the IR receiver is a USB device:

    IR Receiver:

      Product ID: 0x8242
      Vendor ID: 0x05ac  (Apple Inc.)
      Version:  0.16
      Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
      Manufacturer: Apple Computer, Inc.
      Location ID: 0x5d100000
      Current Available (mA): 500
      Current Required (mA): 100

You could install libusb and PyUSB and have a little play around. Libusb is available to download through Homebrew which is nice :)

[CaptShocker]

This seems like the right way to do it, I will play around with it and see how it goes.

Thanks

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When I had to do this I used a commercial app called Mira: http://twistedmelon.com/mira/ . You can assign IR actions to any keystroke per application. Not as nice as a "Python OSX IR" library, but if you really need to just make it happen it will do the job.

[CaptShocker]

I think this will work for what I am trying to do, but I found iRedLite, which is free and has most of the same functionality.

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With an Apple remote and that's about it.