So anything that can be controlled with a USB keyboard will be able to be controlled by Flirc - no additional software or drivers required, some examples include: The computer thinks that it has a USB keyboard connected to it and that i’m pressing spacebar. We can use the Flirc software to tell the Flirc device that when I press the “Play” button on my remote control I want flirc to send the “spacebar” key to my computer.
It’s a bit complicated to explain in a sentence so lets go through an example: a TV remote control) it then sends a keypress (as if it were a USB keyboard and you were pressing a key). When Flirc receives Infrared (IR) signals from a remote control (e.g. Flirc allows you to control a computer or media device with a remote control.