[slinkelist] Re: Using the ActiveX Control

[David Aue]

The TV remote program adds a device and then has some other lines that are 
commented out to add another device.  You could uncomment those lines and 
it would be adding multiple devices.  If you still can't get anywhere send 
me the minimal VB project that demonstrates your problem.

David Aue
Nirvis Systems

At 02:37 PM 10/28/99 , rbrocaw wrote:
>Maybe it's just the air density up here in Colorado, but I just can't make 
>this
>work.
>I have tried every combination and permutation I can think of to get two 
>device
>files going at the same time on the same port... no matter what I do, the 
>second
>AddDevice method fails.  Is there perchance a sample of VB code for two device
>files, or maybe a single CDE file that will work with Sony CD changers?
>
>Sorry to be a bother... if I can just get this one thing working, I'll be 
>out of
>your
>hair.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Richard Brocaw
>rbrocaw@flash.net
>
>Colby Boles wrote:
>
> > You can have any number of devices connected to a port. That's how it 
> is done.
> >
> > Colby
> >
> > At 04:44 PM 10/27/99 -0600, rbrocaw wrote:
> > >Many thank to Colby, who has provided the information to get me going
> > >with the
> > >Slinke ActiveX control.  So far I have written a small program in Visual
> > >Basic that
> > >allows me to do the basic functions of my Sony CDP-CX300 changer.
> > >
> > >There is just one piece left to my puzzle... how to get the responses
> > >from the player.
> > >I am using the CDSLS.CDE file which has the commands to the player, but
> > >if I use
> > >that device file, I don't get most of the responses back from the
> > >player.  If I use the
> > >CDSLR.CDE device file, I get the reponses, but I lose control.
> > >Apparently, there
> > >can be only one device file per Slinke port, but I won't have enough
> > >ports to
> > >dedicate two to the player, and I'm not sure that would work anyway.  I
> > >have
> > >tried to concatenate the two files, and that allows some commands and
> > >some
> > >responses, depending on which file is first.
> > >
> > >There must be some way to get both the commands and the responses into
> > >the same
> > >device file.  HELP!
> > >
> > >Richard Brocaw
> > >rbrocaw@flash.net
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Nirvis Systems
> > http://www.nirvis.com
> > http://kowloon.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cboles
>
>
>
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