Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Re: Video for RS232 or any relevant documentation

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I'm not exactly sure how to send the value of a volume slider through
a system command. Maybe Jarrod can shed some light on that. I use
a 3rd party (eventghost) to do it.


On Dec 29, 10:13 am, Fiasco <dgvoll...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure how you "talk" to your denon (globalcache or something
> similar I assume)
>
> Here is how I do "power state" indication.   Because the Denon has
> discrete (seperate) power on and power off commands and Command Fusion
> can't send multiple commands from one button I do this: (this is also
> an answer to your question about toggling a switch for On/Off)
>
> Create a single button (Digital Join 1). (Your "Turn On" button)
> Create a subpage (Digital Join 2)
> Create a button on the subpage (Digital Join 3) (Your "Turn Off"
> button)
>
> Add the subpage to your remote screen and place it in the exact same
> position as your "On" button.
>
> Digital Join 1 will be your button to toggle the "On" state and will
> send PWON\x0A\x0D via serial to the receiver.
> Digital Join 3 will be your button to toggle the "Off" state and will
> send PWSTANDBY\x0A\x0D via serial to the receiver
>
> Now create feedback in the system manager.    I don't have a denon in
> front of me so I can't remember off the top of my head what the denon
> echo's back on a state change.   If Denon is like Onkyo it simply
> echos the successfull command back.
>
> For your feedback in system manager your going to want to try
> something like
>
> feedback name: Power State
> regex field:    PW(.*)
> data type: digital
> join: 2
> min val: 0
> max val: 1
> off value: STANDBY
> on value: ON
>
> What this is going to do is toggle the state of the subpage (join 2)
> based on what the power state of the Denon receiver is.  When the
> receiver is ON, the subpage is going to overlay your "ON" button in
> your remote screen.   This now visible subpage contains a button (Join
> 3) which is your "OFF" button.    Clicking the OFF button will turn
> your Denon off and cause the subpage to be hidden revealing the "ON"
> button again.    If you use different artwork for your OFF and ON
> buttons, you now have a visual indicator of the power state of your
> Denon receiver.
>
> On Dec 29, 9:34 am, Fiasco <dgvoll...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I can say without a doubt that you can get two way communication with
> > your Denon Receiver if it has a serial port.
>
> > I just setup a house w/ command fusion remote that has two Denon
> > receivers and the remote provides visual feedback
> > including volume, power state, listening mode, sleep timer, mute state
> > and input state.
>
> > On Dec 28, 5:25 pm, Jarrod Bell <jar...@guilink.com> wrote:
>
> > > When controlling serial devices, you need to create a new system in
> > > your project which has connection details relevant to the GC-100
> > > serial port you are using.
> > > Each serial port has a different TCP port. Then the command you send
> > > is exactly as the Denon device requires (no need to add any extra info
> > > to the command as the GC-100 serial ports are just pass through
> > > ports).
>
> > > For parsing feedback, please see the examples in our wiki -www.commandfusion.com/wiki
> > > You should be able to parse the feedback easily from Denon devices (if
> > > I recall, been a while since I worked with one).
>
> > > You cannot send two different commands from a button. We will be
> > > eventually adding the ability to send different commands on press and
> > > release, but not different commands toggled by each press (at least
> > > not immediately anyway).
> > > You might also want to check if the projector you are using is able to
> > > control the screen automatically (if thats what you meant by 'screen'
> > > - most projectors these days have outputs for screen control).
>
> > > Jarrod
>
> > > On Dec 29, 6:56 am, Nahshon Williams <spc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Hello all,
> > > > I have a working IR and Relay set up thanks to the video on your blog.
> > > > (the relay was easy)
> > > > We would like to use the serial port for communication with the denon in
> > > > this rig:www.vandermehrn.com/lc
> > > > Need to get 2 way feedback so that one can see current volume and so on.
> > > > Is this possible? Are there any example gui files out there? (fully
> > > > populated remote that uses all hardware features of gc100)
>
> > > > Also
> > > > As I am using the relay for a sompfy screen I need to create a screen up
> > > > and screen down button.
> > > > Is there a way I can do this with just on button which closes the switch
> > > > on toggle and closes another switch on release?
> > > > In other words can I have independent commands on toggle and release?
>
> > > > Using the following
> > > > GC100-12
> > > > Conrolfx and Iviewer 2.2
> > > > Ipod Touch
>
> > > > P.S. any pointers would be very much appreciated . . .- Hide quoted text -
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