At 10:49 AM -0700 4/7/08, Aaron Ximm wrote:
>On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:33 AM,
><<woldhek%40xs4all.nl>> wrote:
>
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Hoping someone either knows of a lower cost alternative to the Sound
>> > Devices CL1, which costs around US$325-375 or has some control
>> > documentation on Sound Devices' communications protocol.
>>
>> The protocol is available publicly. I myself am working on a lil remote
>> control (very simple, just rec/stop and some VU Led's).
>> The PDF used to live on their website. It doesnt seem to be currently.
>> Email them im sure its there somewhere.
>
>[approaching off topic]
>
>I would be interested in this approach as well, at my day job I am testing a
>new (Microchip microcontroller-based) product I just coded firmware for that
>can send serial control strings according to a real-time clock based
>schedule; the whole product runs on 6V DC and could be powered by a large
>capacity battery for a very long time in the field. I was curious if I could
>do the same sort of thing... :)
>
>Anton, do you have a copy of that document that you could drop in the files
>area of the group for us to look at?
>
>b e st
>aaron
>
I'm not clear what folks' goals are, but for starting/stopping the
recorder at programmed times, there's a setting in the 722/744T menu
that will instruct the recorder to start recording every time you
supply power at the external power jack and to stop recording every
time you cease power at the external power jack. Seems like it might
only take something like a Programmable Thermostat Timer and a relay
rated at 2 amps or so. I've not tested it thoroughly, but the power
on/off approach could save on battery requirements too. Rob D.
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