Use your iPad as a remote control – Computer Total

iPad is ideally suited as a central control point for various devices in your home. Not least because the tablet has a number of protocols to communicate with other devices. The most obvious solution is of course to your entertainment devices such as the TV, amplifier and blu-ray player to use with your iPad. Lees Also: Starter Guide – Getting Started with the iPad

Also serving all kinds domotica-producten is already possible. Moreover, you can read how toys, drones and software on your computer driving through swipe gestures on the iPad.

You can remotely control almost everything in your home with your iPad.

Universal Remote

In addition to a you probably have a television set-top box from your television provider, a DVD or Blu-ray player and home theater system. Of course you can buy a universal remote control for a number of decades, but the downside is that these remotes are often very confusing because they are cluttered with buttons that you never use. A more elegant solution is the Logitech Harmony remote, but it already costs 80 euros for the cheapest model, then you’ve only got a small window at your disposal.

The Logitech Harmony is convenient, but also costs quite a bit.

To To turn your iPad into a remote control, you need a special piece of hardware because most devices are controlled via infrared, and the iPad has no IR transmitter on board. In most cases, you can buy a special box that a Wi-Fi signal to an infrared signal. Tablet Remote One For All costs about 69 euros, for that price you get a small black box and you can download the free app Nevo company. Configure all your devices from the app and governance in the future your devices to the big screen of your iPad.

Tablet Remote is a cabinet that the wifi signal from your iPad into an infrared signal.

Wireless Protocols of the iPad

Your iPad has a number of wireless protocols aboard which the tablet can communicate with other devices. The most famous is undoubtedly wifi, the technique with which you connect your iPad to your home network. Wifi is fast and great for everyday use. The latest iPad Air is also equipped with a bluetooth4.0 module. This means that you can control. Devices via bluetooth

The iPad Air with SIM card also has a 3G/LTE-module, so you can connect to the Internet. Using a SIM card and data plan route connection Also this iPad version also to determine. A GPS module to your location without WiFi network

The iPad Air has various wireless communication protocols.