Concept of
Remote controlling PC with Smartphone Inputs from remote
place with internet
B.ObuliRaj
Abstract:à
This paper represents how your PC
can be controlled from remote place with your smartphone device with the help
of Internet. It means the monitor of PC will be seen in mobile. It turns your
phone into a wireless keyboard and mouse with touchpad, using your own wireless
network. This application can be performed on android based mobile. It requires
server application for your computer. It requires device running on the Android
operating system with some sort of wireless connection between them. By getting
IP address from the PC and directly browse it on mobile phone. The PC screen
will be access on the mobile. A functioning wireless network to which your
computer is connected or not in between mobile and PC. Another way to browse
the PC on mobile by assigning real IP to the PC and make the PC web hosting
server by DNS entry into ISP provider. A gateway of ISP and real IP can be
easily available from ISP and purchasing domain name from market. In the
control panel of domain you can assign your IP address and put DNS entry into
it. On mobile by accessing domain name or real IP on application server using
browser which is installed on mobile. Access the PC directly into the mobile
can be able to access its functions by mobile keys and using inbuilt keyboard.
The beauty is that PC is connected with the internet and mobile is also
connected with internet by its network facility due to sim card. Mobile user
can access information from PC on remote place due to the internet connection.
Operations can be controlled by mobile remote device of PC. Accessing input
controls of PC like keyboard and others can be done by now mobile device.
Integration of mobile & PC can be used to run the applications. Utilization
of the database of PC can be used for doing operations on PC like sending sms
or video files by accessing the information from Mobile to PC. Operations will
be processed on the CPU of PC and output will be send to the mobile for
executing sms using simcard of network operator. A central database server is
hosted on the real IP with particular domain name. A web hosting server is
based on windows with IIS and apache. It supports web applications with
database for storing the web pages. On Mobile applications retrieves the
required data information in certain time interval by connecting with the web
server. Able to view your phone’s screen on your computer monitor which is
great for: putting your Android notifications right along side other
notification boxes on your monitor, using it like an on-monitor caller ID, and
taking screenshots and screen casts. Remote keyboard/mouse control is great for
inputting data on the tiny screen without needing to peck at the on-screen
keyboard. The signals from the Link app are sent to the hockey puck-sized
Logitech hardware via a wireless home network. The puck then converts the
commands into the appropriate infra-red signals used by most remote controls to
communicate with home entertainment gear such as surround-sound receivers.
Index
term à Remote Control , Mobile Server ,
Client/Server, Web Server, Central Database Server, IP, DNS, Web hosting.
Mobile Computing, Mobile Application
I. Introduction
A universal
remote is a remote control that can be programmed to operate various brands
of one or more types of consumer electronics devices. Low-end universal remotes
can only control a set number of devices determined by their manufacturer,
while mid- and high-end universal remotes allow the user to program in new
control codes to the remote. The world's first remote controls were
radio-frequency devices that directed German naval vessels to crash into Allied
boats during WWI. In WWII, remote controls detonated bombs for the first time.
The end of the great wars left scientists with a brilliant technology and
nowhere to apply it. A universal remote can be a fairly complex procedure, it
is most often performed by technically-minded individuals, although
non-technical users can often operate the remote after it has been programmed.
IR learning remotes can learn the code for any button on many other IR remote
controls.
This
functionality allows the remote to learn functions not supported by default for
a particular device, making it sometimes possible to control devices that the
remote was not originally designed to control. Touch Screen remotes feature an
LCD screen that can be either monochrome or full color. The "buttons"
are actually images on the screen, which, when touched, will send IR signals to
controlled devices. Some models have multiple screens that are accessed through
virtual buttons on the touch-screen and other models have a combination of the
touch-screen and physical buttons. Infrared light is in the invisible portion
of the electromagnetic spectrum.
II Objective
1. It operates PC from mobile
device using Internet with key pad inputs of mobile.
2. It allows a power button, as
well as a switch or series of buttons to select which device the remote is
controlling at the moment.
3. It allows a numeric keypad
for entering channel numbers and some other purposes such as time and date
entry.
4. It allow selection of a
particular set of codes (usually entered on the keypad) and allows user to
cycle through the list of available codes to find one that matches the device
to be controlled
5. It allowing the user to
program command sequences to be sent with one button press. Programmable soft
keys, allowing user-defined functions and macros.
6. It allowing the remote to be
programmed to control new devices not already in its code list by IR coding
7. Accept infrared signals from
any remote and transmit them to the device being controlled using repeater.
8. It allow the code lists
programmed into the remote to be updated to support new brands or models of
devices not currently supported by the remote
III Design &
Explanation.
Mobile client application is
required to install on Android phone. It supports most operation while making a
PowerPoint presentation or playing media, such as play, pause, rewind, volume
controls, etc. You could even use the file browser to open the PowerPoint for
presentation. It requires also to server application on PC. . While installing,
you will be prompted to set a password for connecting to the server from your
phone. The same is on the phone side. You can also change this password later
by right clicking the server icon and selecting “Change password”. On mobile
phone It will automatically search for a server (if not tap up the Menu option
and select Find Server), then enter the password to connect your Android phone
to your computer or laptop. The devices must be connected to the same Wireless
network. Once the devices are connected, you can open the file browser from
your Android phone and start controlling from mobile. For more controls, you need
to bring up the virtual keyboard by tapping on the keyboard icon. Pushing a
button on a remote control sets in motion a series of events that causes the
controlled device to carry out a command. The process works something like
this: You push the "volume up" button on your remote control, causing
it to touch the contact beneath it and complete the "volume up"
circuit on the circuit board. The integrated circuit detects this. The
integrated circuit sends the binary "volume up" command to the LED at
the front of the remote.
The LED sends out a series of
light pulses that corresponds to the binary "volume up" command. An
IR remote control (the transmitter) sends out pulses of infrared light that
represent specific binary codes. These binary codes correspond to commands,
such as Power On/Off and Volume Up. The IR receiver in the TV, stereo or other
device decodes the pulses of light into the binary data (ones and zeroes) that
the device's microprocessor can understand. The microprocessor then carries out
the corresponding command. Universal learning remotes require a computer to be
connected. The connection is typically done via USB from the computer to
mini-USB on the remote or the remotes base station. RadioShack, and other
brands can be reprogrammed by means of an interface. Some models of the
touch-screen remotes are programmed using a graphical interface program on a
PC, which allows the user to customize the screens, backgrounds, buttons and
even the "actions" the buttons perform. The dongle is required to convert
the electrical control signals from the phone into infra red signals that are
required by most home audio visual components for remote control. However it is
also possible to implement a system that does not require a dongle. Such
systems use a standalone piece of hardware called a 'gateway', which receives
the electrical control signals from the smart phone in Bluetooth or wi-fi form
and forward them on in infra red form to the components to be controlled. It
delivers a customized electronic program guide (EPG) for your personal TV
channel lineup. Simply identify your cable/satellite provider, and will find
all your listings. From there you can quickly prune your guide to just show the
channels and shows you like to watch, and hide all the rest.
Fig[1] shows the connection of
PC with mobile
with mobile inputs.
IV
Result:à Controlling of PC with Smartphone from remote place using
internet with the help of Client / server mobile technology using 3 – tier
concept. Virtual keyboard of mobile can be handled to operate the functions of
the PC. Server based concept is utilized to capture the screen on mobile from
PC. IP is assigned to PC and can be accessed on mobile browser with the help of
wireless router attached with dongle for the internet. The mobile device will
work like a remote control for the PC.
VI
Conclusion
Smart phone
and tablet universal remote software is usually highly customizable. As with
traditional universal remotes some are programmed using the handset
(phone/tablet) itself and others are programmed using a computer. remote
control features, you can finally clean up your coffee table and put your extra
remotes away in a drawer somewhere. Now your phone (or tablet) is your remote.
At last your whole family (and even guests) will be able to figure out how to
control all the different devices and inputs you have in the living room. A
customizable remote control interface, where you decide exactly which buttons
appear when you want them to. The dominant remote-control technology in
home-theater applications is infrared (IR). Infrared light is also known as
plain-old "heat." The basic premise at work in an IR remote control
is the use of light to carry signals between a remote control and the device
it's directing.
VII
Acknowlegement
Studies &
Research (ISTAR) V. V. Nagar for this Authors
acknowledge the financial support by Institute of
Science & Technology for Advanced
work. I would
like to thanks Dr Vipul Desai for his
support and
guidance.
VIII
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