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Re: Interesting IR sensor test results

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Originally Posted by Mr. Freeman View Post
I didn't change the frequencies on the 5 remotes I picked up. One was for something made by JVC, one was for a receiver/tuner, one was for a different tuner, one for a DVD player, and I forgot what the other one was.
So I guess any frequency will jam any other frequency.
This would make sense. IIRC from 2004 when we had those IR receivers in the KoP, it only outputted a 1 when there was IR, and a 0 when there wasn't. So it would see no distinction between different frequencies, and therefore the IR board wouldn't be able to either.

Are you sure that flesh is transparent to IR light? I'd think a more probable explanation is that it reflected off your hand to surrounding walls, and then got picked up by the sensor. You could test this with an IR night-vision video camera and see if the room gets lit up when you fire the tv remote.