Reading remote control signals from java application

Can I write a java application that uses开发者_开发百科 RxTxComm to get signals from a remote control send to my serial receiver?

I have a RS-232 receiver I am listening on that com port for incoming bytes.

When I press any button on my remote control I don't see any data arriving to my serial port.

What am I missing here? Should I see any data?

How does lirc do it ?

It is sovled here: http://commjava.blogspot.com/ have a look at it. (Be aware that they use proprietary third party code)

Lirc is not in java, their solution won't help you.