Maybe you’ve read the description of my home entertainment network. Some of you wanted to know how I configured the remote control thing. In part 1 I showed you how to remote control IR devices using iPhone running OpenRemote and Global Cache iTach WF2IR. After this guide you will be able to switch on/off a lamp using your iPhone/Android. For this to work, I bought myself the Nexa PB-3 package (~$30)which enables you to switch on/off using the remote control [...]
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Some people e-mailed me and wanted to know more about how I control my home entertainment network with my iPhone (see my overview article with screenshots). So still, quite off topic for this blog, but here we go… I got OpenRemote, the open source remote control software, running on my iPhone (also works on iPad, Android) with my Global Cache WF2IR iTach and wanted to program it to remote control my Mac Mini (this scenario will create a button pressing [...]
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Updated 2nd July 2010: Clarified the alphanumeric password description. Updated 1th July 2010: Added that iPhone supports password expiration. Updated 27th August 2010: Changed “Enforce password history” since it works (Thanks Hans and Doctor Osos). There has been a lot of discussion regarding the iPhone and the support for the EAS (Exchange ActiveSync Policies). With the new iPhone OS 4.0 out, I decided to test the policies out in my lab. Please feel free to comment if I got something [...]
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