[slinkelist] Is there any chance of Firecracker support?

[Scott Specker]

Maybe a future version of the Slink-e hardware could contain a serial port
"output". It could be used as a pass-through or controlled by CDJ for
sending messages to stereo components that can be controlled by RS232.

Another option would be for future versions to use USB rather than serial
ports.

Just some thoughts ...

-----Original Message-----
From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On
Behalf Of Brian L Hunt
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 12:49 PM
To: David Aue; Jay Pfaffman
Cc: cboles@nirvis.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com
Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Is there any chance of Firecracker support?


David, the benefit of Firecracker support is that the device is a
passthrough device. The CM11a has no passthrough ports. Unless I am missing
the obvious this means that the user needs two serial ports (and potentially
a third for a modem to do the look-ups on CDDB) when using a CM11a plus
slink-e. Adding to the problem is the use of notebooks as a common machine
for slink-e control. Notebooks typically only have one physical serial port
so its CM11a or slink-e.

Perhaps other users of CM11a might comment on how they are dealing with the
serial port requirements?

Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On
> Behalf Of David Aue
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 1:06 PM
> To: Jay Pfaffman
> Cc: cboles@nirvis.com; slinkelist@nirvis.com
> Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Is there any chance of Firecracker support?
>
>
> Hi Jay,
>
> We've considered firecracker support but it is way down on along list of
> things and since we have CM11a it's not much of a priority.  In
> other words
> it might happen but I wouldn't hold my breath.
>
> David Aue
> Nirvis Systems
>
> At 01:40 PM 1/19/00 , Jay Pfaffman wrote:
> >I, like several on the list, bought a Firecracker package because it
> >was really cheap.  Now I've bought a bit more X11 stuff & of course
> >want Slinke/CDJ to control it all.  Colby, is there any chance you'll
> >add support for the firecracker any time soon (I have no idea what's
> >involved & don't know if it's 2 hours or 200) or should I buy a CM11a?
> >
> >I'm checking x10.com's site & don't see cm11a at first glance.  It's
> >there somewhere, right?
> >
> >(Completely off topic: After a year of having two 200 cd changers, I
> >had to buy a new one.  For the first time I read the manual to
> >discover why I've never been able to get mega-control to work--set the
> >ID of the changer to be controlled to 3.  Now I can see how it
> >interferes with CDJ's work. Alas, my CDJ computer died & I have to
> >wait for its repair.)
> >
> >--
> >Jay Pfaffman                           pfaffman@relax.com
> >+1-615-343-1720 (office)               +1-615-460-9299 (home)
> >http://relax.ltc.vanderbilt.edu/~pfaffman/
> >
> >
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