tool to emulate keystrokes out to a ps/2 device?


 
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tool to emulate keystrokes out to a ps/2 device?

hey all,

i am trying to connect my mac to my sony DVD changer so that i can control one aspect of it with any kind of shell script or program.

the DVD player allows you to plug in a PS/2 keyboard to navigate it's on screen menu. what i want to do is use my mac to navigate my own menus, then when i need to select the dvd i want it sends the a given number of up/down arrow keystrokes along a USB port with a ps/2 converter thingy on it.

i know i can do this all with IR, mimicing the remote's up/down, but considering it has to go up or down up to 200 times, i figure a direct connection would be faster and more reliable than IR.

and yes i realize sending an IR signal to pic DVD #240 would be better, but sadly this SORY product doesn't allow that????

anyone ever tried anything remotely like this? using a machine to emulate a keyboard?

thanks for any help, and howdy!

cheers
andrew
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