USB Triggers

[hkypuk6]

Is there any reason to think that the following items would not work to control RB?

http://sensoriumembedded.com/productpages/usbtrigger/index.htm and http://www.autohotkey.com (or similar)

This is the idea:  When an external closure is received by the USB Trigger device, AutoHotKey can convert that closure to a "Hot Key" that RB can be programmed to start next track, etc. 

Any other ideas to control RB via external contact closures? like play a jingle or take a commercial break?


thanks

 

[djsoft]

It should work I think. The only potential problem here is a lot of things involved... But once everything is set up, it should work.

 

[mbabb]

Dmitry (or anyone else for that matter),

I'm trying to decide on what the best and hopefully easiest method would be for taking the output of an external relay contact(s) and configuring it so that it can trigger different events within RB (i.e. start a commercial break, turn LINE Input on/off, etc...).  I'm also concerned about latency.  Using too many devices or translation/conversion software might cause to much of a delay between actually receiving the trigger and acting on it.

One thought is what was mentioned in the previous post using the USB trigger input device and the autohotkey software.

A second thought is to use the Broadcast Tools DTE-16 plus (DTMF ENCODER/Sequencer) and an inexpensive Behringer UCA202 USB audio device.  Theory: The contact closure coming off the device feeds the DTE-16plus.  The DTE-16plus then converts the closure to a programmable DTMF tone.  The output of the DTE-16plus feeds the now audible DTMF tone to the Behringer UCA202 USB audio device.  RB is then configured so that the DTMF detector is listening to the Behringer UCA202.  I'm almost thinking that this might be a better choice as opposed to the first idea.  What are your thoughts?

Do you have any other thoughts or idea's on what would be best?
Are there any other options coming up in a future release?

Something I would like to see added would be the option of delaying the event start of a DTMF event by event.  One DTMF event, you may want to be delayed by 5sec, while another one you don't want it delayed.  Also the option of having at least two DTMF detectors where you can select different sources to listen for DTMF tones. 

Another option I would like to see added would be the ability of RB to listen for ASCII commands and act upon those commands coming in from the RS232 port.  Something that would be compatible with the Broadcast Tools SRC-4.  This method could also be used to trigger RB for events, etc.  Using more than one device would also be great.

Well, I think I overloaded this post with a lot of stuff.  I'm very new to RB so thanks for your patience!

 

[djsoft]

Michael, I think the solution with USB Trigger and Autohotkey is more reliable than the solution which involves DTMF tone detection.

For the RS232 port - most modern computers doesn't have this port, therefore adding this feature will not be a big benefit for most of the users...

The easiest way to control RB remotely is to use HTTP API: http://manual.djsoft.net/radioboss/en/remote_controlapi.htm

 

[mbabb]

Thanks for your time and response Dmitry.