When users never use the features they asked for

Re:When users never use the features they asked for by Slartie on Thursday September 30, 2021 @04:31AM (#28704260)

Ah, so I'd guess you were producing some chip that generated IR signals to control various consumer electronics devices, and the library is a library of control commands of thousands of devices of different manufacturers.

Basically what you need to build a universal remote control, or a remote control for a specific device that includes controlling capabilities for other manufacturers' devices.

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Re:When users never use the features they asked for by jaywalk on Thursday September 30, 2021 @09:32AM (#28706092)

I think you hit the nail on the head with that.

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Re:When users never use the features they asked for by Slartie on Thursday September 30, 2021 @10:23AM (#28706668)

I'm pretty sure about that, especially since One For All is a brand dedicated to universal remotes.

If I had to take another guess, I would even nail it down on him having been employed by a company called Universal Electronics, which produced a series of universal remotes called "JP1 remotes" in hardware hacker circles (see for example http://www.hifi-remote.com/files/help/The%20WHAT%20and%20WHY...) and also acted as an OEM for a lot of other companies, so their tech could be found in various remotes of different brands.

[edit] I was slightly wrong. He was working for Zilog (which sold their universal remote business to Universal Electronics Inc. in 2009 however) and probably involved with a cool-named product called "Crimzon RC Blaster": https://www.zilog.com/docs/ir/PB0171.pdf

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Re:When users never use the features they asked for by oceanghost on Sunday October 03, 2021 @01:00AM (#28734647)

Aye, you win. Zilog it was :-)

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