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Paramesh Gunasekaran edited this page Jun 17, 2014 · 1 revision

Pre-Requisites

The following are the pre-requisites for deploying and installing WinLIRC.NET.

  • WinLIRC supported hardware
  • WinLIRC supported hardware device driver
  • Microsoft Windows or a flavor of Linux operating system
  • Microsoft .NET Framework v4.0 or higher
  • Microsoft Messaging Queue v3.0 or higher
  • Unrestricted administrative privileges on target machines of WinLIRC and WinLIRC.NET

Supported Hardware

The following are the hardware supported by LIRC, WinLIRC and WinLIRC.NET. However, beware that not all of the below hardware (except for Iguana USB IR Transceiver) are guaranteed to the fully functional and tested at the time of writing of this document. At some point of time, it is optimistically anticipated that all the LIRC and WinLIRC supported hardware are guaranteed to be fully functional with WLN.

  • Audio Receiver
  • Iguana USB IR Transceiver
  • SnapStream FireflyMini Remote
  • Irman and compatable receivers
  • MaxterPlus
  • Microsoft MCE Receiver
  • Serial Receiver
  • Streamzap
  • UDP
  • USB IR Toy
  • Supported Operating System

The following are the operating systems supported for LIRC, WinLIRC and WinLIRC.NET. Beware, not all LIRC, and WinLIRC supported operating systems (except for Microsoft Windows XP) are fully functional or tested with WinLIRC.NET during the time of writing this document. At some point of time, it is optimistically anticipated that all the LIRC and WinLIRC supported operating systems are guaranteed to be fully functional.

WinLIRC Supported Operating Systems

The following are the operating systems supported for WinLIRC. For any discrepancies, visit WinLIRC web site at http://winlirc.sourceforge.net.

  • Microsoft Windows XP
  • Microsoft Windows Vista
  • Microsoft Windows Seven
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008
  • Ubuntu 10.10

WinLIRC.NET Supported Operating Systems

Following are the Microsoft Windows operating system versions supported by WinLIRC.NET.

  • Microsoft Windows XP
  • Microsoft Windows Vista
  • Microsoft Windows Seven
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Installation Approaches

The LIRC and the WinLIRC programs provide installer on Windows and Linux platforms. They may also provide process for manual build and configuration, but they are not covered in this document. For more information, visit LIRC and WinLIRC program web sites. WLN recommends and supports only the installer approach for deploying and installing LIRC/WinLIRC programs. WLN supports both manual and Windows installer form of deployment and installation.

This software, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The MIT License (MIT). For more information and/or support, contact http://contact.paramg.com.

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