[slinkelist] play_dt message in Sony CDP-CX300

[Bill Richman]

Don 't know if you're still looking for this information or not, but we
recently ran into the same problem, and found some answers here:

http://www.undeadscientist.com/slink.html

On Sun, 23 Apr 2000 17:27:34 -0400, you wrote:

>I've been writing little bits of software to frob my Sony jukebox (from
>Scheme). I looked in Nirvis/Device Files/Sony/cdslr.cde for the control =
codes.
>It defines this msg to play a specific disk/track:
>    01010000 dddddddd tttttttt :play_dt # play [disk id] [bcd track]
>I have used this successfully, via my Slink-e box, to play cds. However,
>the encoding for the dddddddd disk byte of the message is not specified.
>I tried BCD and it worked. But this means that you can't play a track =
higher
>than 99!
>
>So, how do I address CD's above slot 99?
>
>I haven't really found any functional jukebox software for Unix; really
>a drag. I've found several under-development systems. Has anyone had any
>luck?
>    -Olin
>
>
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