Several of our clients (Brandspeak, Jim Stafford Theatre, London Metropolitan Police) needed to control many (up to 12) machines with a single button push. The VC-16b can control many machines of the same model... sll machines do the same thing.
Updates some RS-232 programming aspects, including speed of command execution and status queries. Adds more detail to Mutilple Machine Control - controlling many machines from a single serial port. Adds some details to firmware updating. Adds more detail on how to finalize a disc with front panel buttons.
FlashMagic is the tool from http://esacademy.com that we use for uploading new
firmware to the VC-16b, the TC-100b, and the controller section of the
DVD-1150. This is a Windows application that requires installation on
your computer and requires an RS-232 serial port.
USB Virtual Com Port (VCP) Driver for the DVD-1150. Use Windows Hyperterminal to control the DVD-1150 through your USB port. Windows assigns a 'Virtual' serial port. This executable is for Windows 2000, XP32/64, Vista32/64. MacOS & Linux drivers are available at the FTDI site http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm