[slinkelist] Re: Using the ActiveX Control

[rbrocaw]

Please ignore my request for more help with this... I figured it out and it turned
out
to be Visual Basic 101... I appreciate all your help with this and I think I have
it
whipped now.

Richard Brocaw
rbrocaw@flash.net

David Aue wrote:

> The TV remote program adds a device and then has some other lines that are
> commented out to add another device.  You could uncomment those lines and
> it would be adding multiple devices.  If you still can't get anywhere send
> me the minimal VB project that demonstrates your problem.
>
> David Aue
> Nirvis Systems
>
> At 02:37 PM 10/28/99 , rbrocaw wrote:
> >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
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Nirvis Systems
> > > http://www.nirvis.com
> > > http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles
> >
> >
> >
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