Muchhala Polytechnic

GROUP MEMBERS: MAYUR VITHALANI MRUNAL UPADHAYAY GAURAV TELI MAYANK SHARMA NIDHI PANCHAL UNDER GUIDANCE OF MRS.RASHMI BHATIYA

PC Control using TV remote

Introduction
COMPUTERS MOUSE-TVS REMOTE.

IMPLEMENTS RC-5 PROTOCOL ON

MICROCONTROLLER.
DECODED AND SEND TO PC SOFTWARE. TWO MODES OF OPERATION.

Mouse control mode

Respective Remote Key Function

1 2 3 4 5 6 Volume + Volume Power

Left Click Move up Right click Move left Move down Move right Increase speed Decrease speed Toggle mode.

Windows Media Player mode

Respective Remote Key Function

1 2 3 4 5 Volume +

Previous song Play/Pause Next song Full Screen/Normal Screen Stop Increase volume

Volume Power

Decrease volume Toggle mode.

Visual Basic:
THE FINAL RELEASE-1998.

3 RD G E N E R A T I O N P R O G R A M M I N G

LANGUAGE.
SIMPLICITY. IMPORTANCE OF VB.

Transmitter used:
REMOTE.

TYPE OF REMOTE.
REASON FOR USING PHILIPS

REMOTE.
SPECIALIZED IC, PHOTO-DIODE,

AMPLIFIER AND FILTER.

Working Principle of Transmitter:

WORKING PROTOCOL.

M A N C H E S T E R C O D E D B I T S T R E A M .
ONE-WAY COMMUNICATION LINK.

BATTERY.

Block diagram

IR Receiver:
RECEIVER USED. CONSTRUCTION. MAIN FEATURES:

Power Consumption. Electrical field disturbance. Data transmission.

Microcontroller:
CONTROLLER USED. FEATURES:

Memory. Ram. Programmable lines. Timers/counters. Power saving modes. Multi function pins.

IC MAX 232:
INTRODUCTION. FEATURES:

Operating supply. Low supply current. Applications.

Circuit diagram

Power Supply:

RC-5 Protocol:
DEVELOPED BY PHILIPS.

14 COMMAND BITS:
o o o

o
o

A start bit. A field bit. A control bit. Five bit system address. Six bit command.

Info:
START BIT- SETS THE PROPER GAIN. FIELD BIT-DETERMINES FIELD OF SENT

COMMAND.
CONTROL BIT-TOGGLES WITH EACH BUTTON

PRESS.
5 SYSTEM ADDRESS BITS-SYSTEM USAGE. 6 BIT COMMAND-REPRESENTS RC-5 COMMAND.

Utility of Project:

Advantages:
PHYSICALLY BEING IN FRONT OF

COMPUTER.
REDUCED PRODUCTIVITY COST. BT CONNECTIVITY. REQUIREMENT OF MOUSE PAD. ABSENCE OF BT DONGLE.

Future scope:
ELIMINATION OF SPECIFIC REMOTE.

CONTROLLING VARIOUS APPLICATIONS VIZ.

o o o

For entertainment purpose, Browsers, Players like i-Tunes, etc.

Requirements:
1.

TV REMOTE WITH RC-5 PROTOCOL.

2. 3.

PC/LAPTOP.

WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER.

4. 9 PIN PORT

Troubleshooting:
Troubles faced. Meaning. Elimination. Result.

At laptops:

E R R O R M E S S A G E :

Run-time error '8020': Error reading comm device

REASON:

MSCOMM32.OCX

Solution:
MICROSOFT CONFIRMATION.

D O W N L O A D M I S S I N G

COMPONENT: HTTP://SUPPORT.MICROSOFT. COM/HOTFIX/KBHOTFIX.ASPX ?KBNUM=957264&KBLN=ENUS

Problem with remote:

SYMPTOM:

Nothing happens when a button is clicked. REASON:

Various.

Solution:
REMOTES PROTOCOL.

BATTERY.
REPLACE REMOTE.

Problem with Windows Media Player:

SYMPTOMS:

NOTHING HAPPENS WHEN BUTTON IS CLICKED.

REASONS:

VARIOUS.

Solution:
1. MODE OF

OPERATION.
2. REMOTES

TROUBLESHOOT.
3. WMP 5.0+. 4. CHECK SOURCE

FILE.

Bibliography:
o BOOKS:

1. THE 8051 MICROCONTROLLER AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMBY MAZIDI

2. MASTERING VISUAL BASIC 6.0BY EVANGELOS PETROUTSOS

Sites and Search engines:

1.

HTTP://WWW.8051PROJECTS.NET

2.

HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/MAIN_PAGE
3.

HTTP://WWW.GOOGLE.CO.IN/