So, Gen V introduces IR battles and trading, via the card's integrated port.
Here's the thing: By definition, you should be able to receive those signals using external hardware and output them to a transmitter.
IR signals simply use infrared light; a receiver/transmitter like this one could intercept that signal. From there, the signal wouldn't need to be UNDERSTOOD; the PC would simply transmit it over the Internet to a connected machine, which would output it over its own IR transmitter. Like so:
DS 1 --- PC 1 ====== PC 2 --- DS 2
So...
With an application that would intercept the IR signal, transmit it to the other PC over the internet, get the second DS's response, and broadcast that: would it be possible to play online through IR? How strict is the timing- would network lag on a reasonable broadband connection be a problem?
If not, this could allow for online Generation V play without going through the pains of Nintendo's friend code system, provided both ends had a single piece of hardware.
The biggest issue is, again, the timing, which requires investigation. We'd also need to know what frequency the IR port outputs and expects to recieve.
Here's the thing: By definition, you should be able to receive those signals using external hardware and output them to a transmitter.
IR signals simply use infrared light; a receiver/transmitter like this one could intercept that signal. From there, the signal wouldn't need to be UNDERSTOOD; the PC would simply transmit it over the Internet to a connected machine, which would output it over its own IR transmitter. Like so:
DS 1 --- PC 1 ====== PC 2 --- DS 2
So...
With an application that would intercept the IR signal, transmit it to the other PC over the internet, get the second DS's response, and broadcast that: would it be possible to play online through IR? How strict is the timing- would network lag on a reasonable broadband connection be a problem?
If not, this could allow for online Generation V play without going through the pains of Nintendo's friend code system, provided both ends had a single piece of hardware.
The biggest issue is, again, the timing, which requires investigation. We'd also need to know what frequency the IR port outputs and expects to recieve.