[slinkelist] Re: Using the ActiveX Control

[rbrocaw]

Maybe it's just the air density up here in Colorado, but I just can't make this
work.
I have tried every combination and permutation I can think of to get two device
files going at the same time on the same port... no matter what I do, the second
AddDevice method fails.  Is there perchance a sample of VB code for two device
files, or maybe a single CDE file that will work with Sony CD changers?

Sorry to be a bother... if I can just get this one thing working, I'll be out of
your
hair.

Thanks!

Richard Brocaw
rbrocaw@flash.net

Colby Boles wrote:

> You can have any number of devices connected to a port. That's how it is done.
>
> Colby
>
> At 04:44 PM 10/27/99 -0600, rbrocaw wrote:
> >Many thank to Colby, who has provided the information to get me going
> >with the
> >Slinke ActiveX control.  So far I have written a small program in Visual
> >Basic that
> >allows me to do the basic functions of my Sony CDP-CX300 changer.
> >
> >There is just one piece left to my puzzle... how to get the responses
> >from the player.
> >I am using the CDSLS.CDE file which has the commands to the player, but
> >if I use
> >that device file, I don't get most of the responses back from the
> >player.  If I use the
> >CDSLR.CDE device file, I get the reponses, but I lose control.
> >Apparently, there
> >can be only one device file per Slinke port, but I won't have enough
> >ports to
> >dedicate two to the player, and I'm not sure that would work anyway.  I
> >have
> >tried to concatenate the two files, and that allows some commands and
> >some
> >responses, depending on which file is first.
> >
> >There must be some way to get both the commands and the responses into
> >the same
> >device file.  HELP!
> >
> >Richard Brocaw
> >rbrocaw@flash.net
> >
> >
>
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