[slinkelist] Help - Can't get 3rd party stuff to talk to CDJ

[John Ryan]

Looks like you need to set CDJ to comunicate with your
slinke via slinkeserv.  I think it is somewhere under 
options.

Jim Glidewell wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've had a slink-e for a while, but only recently started
> using CDJ. One of the things that I _really_ want out of
> a jukebox system like this is a "now playing" option.
> 
> It appears that there are a couple of 3rd party add-ons
> (2 screensavers & Party GUI) which will do this sort
> of thing. But... I can't seem to get any of them to
> work.
> 
> Configuration: Dell Pentium 100, Windows 95, CDJ 10/13/00,
> current versions of the screensavers and PartyGUI. CDJ
> installed in the standard place.
> 
> It appears that none of these tools "see" the CDJ application.
> They can see the files (at least Party GUI can) but there
> doesn't see to be any communication (status or control)
> between the "helper" apps and CDJ.
> 
> What I see:
> 
> Party GUI - runs, sees my CD database, also sees my playlists.
> None of the buttons do anything except change the Party GUI
> screen itself. No playlists created/modified either, near as
> I can tell.
> 
> Slinkysaver - sits waiting on the opening screen for CDJ to
> start (it's already running)
> 
> CDSaver - Black screen, regardless of the colors set in the
> settings window. Kinda hard to tell what is going on... :-)
> 
> I did a pretty generic CDJ installation. And I tried to
> follow the README's for the three helper apps.
> 
> Here are some issues I'm not clear on (I don't know how
> Windows inter-app communication works at all):
> 
> Do these tools require cdjserver, or CDJ, or either?
> 
> Do I need to install something "extra" besides a standard
> Win95 install to make the IAC stuff work? Special COM/DCOM
> install or sumptin'? (I recall that the CDJ installer did
> some extra MS install...)
> 
> Does the registry come into play here? (shudder)
> 
> Does anybody have any debugging suggestions?
> 
> Finally:
> 
> How does one force the screensaver to run?
> 
> I set my "idle" time down to a minute and it never blanks
> (while running CDJ) My screensaver testing has all been
> through the "Preview" option in the properties window.
> Are there options in CDJ which prevent the screensaver
> from activating (animated icon, for example)?
> 
> I'm really hoping I've missed something pretty obvious, or
> skipped a simple but essential step. I plan on going back
> and rereading the READMEs, etc. this evening, but I thought
> that somebody might be able to point me to my "Doh!" mistake.
> 
> Thanks for your help...
> 
> Jim
> --
> Jim Glidewell
> jim_glidewell@yahoo.com
> 
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