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Whats the secret to the escient controls?
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| Topic: | Whats the secret to the escient controls? This thread has 9 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Thursday September 20, 2007 at 18:46 |
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Today I tried to program my first K4. I tried to put the Escient controls in but couldnt get anything but a black screen. I set the IP address but didnt connect the composite video (since its a retro and no coax there).
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| Post 2 made on Thursday September 20, 2007 at 19:39 |
roddymcg Loyal Member |
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Give your Escient a name, then put in an Internet explorer page in the touchpanel. Then use this address... [Link: fireball] where fireball is replaced by the name of you server...
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| OP | Post 3 made on Thursday September 20, 2007 at 21:20 |
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Thanks. I just tried to use the IP address like when connecting to the Escient from a laptop.
BTW, do know where I could get the RS-232 codes for the Escient?
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| Post 4 made on Thursday September 20, 2007 at 21:24 |
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| Post 5 made on Friday September 21, 2007 at 05:36 |
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Are you trying to use the video input with button overlay or are you trying to do the whole thing IP?
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| Post 6 made on Friday September 21, 2007 at 11:43 |
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Has anyone found the 232 control faster than IR with Escient?
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I'll let you know tomorrow.. |
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| Post 7 made on Friday September 21, 2007 at 12:18 |
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I have used the IP version (fireball/rti) and the IR control. I have not used RS232 except with the Niles ICS system.
Is there any real world advantages to using the RS232? Yes, it is a more reliable connection.... but is there any features that can be accessed with RS232 (1 way) that cannot be done with IR?
WIth the fireball/rti interface... I have several issues. One is the fact (as discussed elsewhere) that if you open the interface, then close it, then open it (from an RTI touchpanel) it can freeze the web server.
The other one:
Sometimes if the fireball is playing for a while, and the touchpanel is on the NOW PLAYING screen, sometimes I get an error displayed. Some sort of "Function Call in line XXX error" (something like that). I think it is an error that occurs when the fireball changes tracks while on the NOW PLAYING screen... but I'm not 100% sure.
Anyone else seen this issue?
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| Post 8 made on Saturday September 22, 2007 at 00:14 |
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On September 21, 2007 at 12:18, fluid-druid said...
I have used the IP version (fireball/rti) and the IR control.
I have not used RS232 except with the Niles ICS system. Did you find the response times better? For example, I see sometime when the control commands are delayed. (Curser down pushed 3 times in a row. It executes the 1st command, pauses, and then continues with the other 2 commands.).
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| OP | Post 9 made on Saturday September 22, 2007 at 13:53 |
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On September 21, 2007 at 05:36, Springs said...
Are you trying to use the video input with button overlay
or are you trying to do the whole thing IP? I tried to do it entirely IP.
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| OP | Post 10 made on Saturday September 22, 2007 at 14:00 |
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On September 21, 2007 at 12:18, fluid-druid said...
Is there any real world advantages to using the RS232?
Yes, it is a more reliable connection.... but is there
any features that can be accessed with RS232 (1 way) that
cannot be done with IR? I believe the 232 controls allow you to do direct access to albums, and to movies if you have a 777 connected. Thats the main reason I want to try it. Ive got a customer with a 777 that has a couple concert movies they love to play during parties but they hate the dead air time of them having to search through the guide
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