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IRdeo Plus is a software extension of IRdeo and has the following additional features:

• runs under Windows - NT/2000/XP.
  Attention : At the moment the sending of infrared codes works seamless only for processors with speeds greater than 1,4 GHz. Work is done to prepare a fix for slower machines; however no guarantie can be given, that a fix will be found.
  IRdeo Plus needs under Windows - NT the driver GIVEIO.SYS, written by Dale Roberts. GIVEIO.SYS can be downaloaded from the IRdeo software page. This driver is defensive and smooth, see further down for the installation procedure. I did not hear of any problems so far. Nevertheless try out the driver, before you decide to order IRdeo Plus for NT/2000/XP.
• Infrared
  • Optional Windows Real Time Modus
    By this measure IRdeo gets real time priority and runs with the highest possible priority. Optimal results!
  • Some addition during learning of Infrared codes.
  • Infrared mode can be run in a batch.
  • Infrared synthesis of commands.
  • Direct decoding of RC5 Code
  • Infrared command as WAV file : There is an option the save the IR command as .wav file. With this .wav file you can check the exact parameters of the IR command, e.g. with the program Cool '96. With Cool '96 you can view and measure the command comparable to a storage scope. As sample rate 8 kHz is choosen. This Time is a dummy, because you cannot go down in resolution to usecs. With this little trick you can use Cool '96, which was intended for sounds in the kHz range, to check out the usec timing: multiply the measured time in msec (milliseconds) by 8. This gives the figure in usec. There is a sample command: Sony CD Play, cyclus time 600 usec, 4 repeatitions, Hexcode  : F5 AB 6B 55 80, break between commands 25 msec, full time for the command 156 msec : sonyplay.wav. Using Cool-Edit you get the following picture.
• Video edit
  • non linear editing. The Player (Sony or Panasonic) are controlled by wire (Play, Rew, FF etc.). Therefore the scenes of the player have not to be in chronological order, but can be put together randomly.
  • Support and Display of timecode.
  • the recorder (Sony oder Panasonic) can also be controlled by wire, of course, as for the traditional IRdeo, with infrared.
  • During long "holes" in the raw material or scenes from the past the edit points will be reached by wind or cue. The definition, what "long" means, is configurable.
  • The time, the recorder remains in "record/pause" is shown permanently in a count-down counter. This time is typically 5 minutes, can also be configured to other times.
  • There are the following additional commands. The list can be reached by clicking the right mouse button:
    • Stop
    • Offset = define offsets for player
    • Goto = positions the player the the specified position
    • Dialogbox = pop up a dialog box to allow manual interaction during video edit
    • Aufnahmerecorder = switch recorder to another logical channel

You can try out, if your version of NT/2000/XP is compatible with the NT driver with the following test program : test_nt.zip.

1. Put the GIVEIO - driver package from the IRdeo software page in a destinct subdirectory.
2. Dis-zip the files. There is a "Readme" file.
3. Copy the file "giveio.sys" into the directory c:\winnt\system32\drivers\ .
4. LOADDRV.EXE .
5. Attention : At Loaddrv it is not enough, to give only the path. The driver has also to be named.
6. c:\winnt\system32\drivers\giveio.sys , see above. Do not use the default path.
7. "INSTALL" and "START" .
8. The driver starts automatic, if you change the setting in "Start/Einstellungen/Systemsteuerung/Geräte" .

Start->settings->system steering->system->hardware->device-manager
choose display of->show not used devices
then open the leave "non-PnP-driver" and select giveio ...
right mouse button->properties->driver....
start->type = automatic
thats it.

Background :

The Loaddrv programm provides the path : c:\windows\system32\drivers\. It is possible to install the service, even though the directory is called "WINNT" under Win 2000 and giveio.sys is not available there. Of course you cannot start it there. It could be, that the giveio.sys must be at least on the same partition as the operating system, but there is no obvious reason for that.

The biggest flaw is, that the service does not automatically installs as service under 2000 and therefore the properties can not be set there. You have to start it with the "loadDrv" program.

There is (at least) one other method to change the start of the driver :

1. Boot Win2k from the CD and use repair console (not the emergency console).
   *alternativ you can get the repair console with "winnt32 /cmdcons" (contained on the installation CD). The option is then available with each start in the boot menu*
2. The console is a type of mini-NT DOS mode. There you can use the command 'enable' to change the mode during startup.
   syntax: enable giveio service_auto_start
   *instead 'auto' you can choose 'demand' for manuel start, choose 'system' or 'boot'. Do the same for wddj_nt.
3. Ready! Reboot Win2k. Doing "enable" most probably changes a value in the registry. There should be ways to perform the same thing by "simply" using regedit.

There are other possibilities to optimize the system. Tips and tricks very welcome.

Hardware requirements

IRdeo Plus runs perfectly on every PC Pentium, > 100 MHz.