remote-control

How do I get started with programming for the Apple infared remote control? To start with, I only intend to support one control, and one type of receiver, that on the current unibody MacBooks. What I mean by programming, is, how do I get started with writing an OSX, preferably Cocoa if there are APIs, app which intercepts commands from the control, and then sends commands to the OS. For example, as a start, I'd like to be able to simply pick up a key press from the remote control, and then emit a keyboard command to the OS. Like, say I've got this listener app running, if you press the menu

which API or library on which mobile OS is to be used when one needs to write a code to use the phone's IrDA to create the necessary impulses to remote control consumer electronics e.g. a HDD media player? Is maybe a certain mobile OS better suited for that kind of application than others? First you need to know that IrDA is not the best choice for remote control. It can be done, but IrDA is by design high speed/low range, you can emulate low speeds but ranges (IMO) are far from practical usage (Nokia e50 is able to control digital camera shutter from 2-3m... with very, very careful aiming).

I have two servers Server A and Server B. I want to stop server A from Server B remotely using Powershell script. One of the simplest ways to do this is really with just a command line execution using PsExec . And send over to the machines IISReset /STOP or /START or /RESTART So you'd do something like this PsExec \\Server2 -u Administrator -p somePassword IISReset /STOP Just be careful with password management if you go this route or any route that involves some type of admin level account impersonation so that no one can get a plain text copy of the admin password. shaiju Option 1: iisreset