Infrared Design Guide

This section describes the architecture of the Consumer Infrared Remote (IR) Control driver stack for Microsoft Windows Media Center Technologies in Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate. The document also provides information about how to implement a driver to support additional types of IR remote controls for Windows Media Center Technologies in Windows Vista Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate.

For more information about infrared drivers and the IR driver stack, see the Windows Vista OEM Preinstallation Kit.

This section includes:

Introduction to Windows Media Center IR Functionality

Basic CIR Architecture

Introduction to the CIRClass Framework

CIRClass and CIR Port Interface Details

CIR Port Driver Example

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