The BCD 05CD0076-1 DVD Recorder with Hand-Held Remote

The 05CD0076-1 is custom order item only.  It is a commercial DVD Recorder, specially modified by BCD Associates, Inc. to include a custom 12-button hand-held wired remote control. 

What about +R and +RW?
DVD +R vs. -R discussion has become more of a religious issue than a technical one.   Back in the year 2000, it find players for +R were less common than they are today, but even the oldest players accept and play +RW.

 The BCD DVD-1150 Industrial DVD Recorder uses +RW and +R.  Frankly, +RW is our favorite.  The "Plus" discs are preformatted by the machine (takes less than a minute) and this insures playablity on any other DVD player.  And... +RW doesn't need finalizing!

Both "+R" and "+RW" will playback immediately on a DVD-1150.   No finalization required to play back on the same machine that made it.  After finalization, "+R" plays well in consumer DVD players.

No Finalization with +RW
DVD+RW is unique in that it will play in consumer decks immediately, no finalization is required!

 This is the Title Menu of the DVD-1150.

• Thumbnail snapshot of start of scene
• Date and Time the recording was started
• Quality of recording (1-5).  Default is 2-hr SP (2).
• Optional Title Name (up to 12 visible characters) with the TNAM command
• Percentage of disc available for recording

Access the DVR-1150 optional web server.
Click here to try our Ethernet Control Test Page  
(http://bcdvideo.no-ip.com) in a new browser window. 
(It's for control not streaming.)

The optional web server gives the convenience of controlling your machine from anywhere. Or use several browser windows to control several machines in different locations.  Or control many machines at one location through a single browser (see Multi Machine Control ).

Fixed IP address or configurable for DHCP.  (We can set your desired IP address, enable DHCP complance, and/or show you how to do it.)

The response is not very fast over the internet, and we regret we cannot show you what is playing, but it's still cool and very practical.

Disclaimer: If it does not respond, we're probably doing something else with that machine (which we leave running 24/7).   Please try again later.

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Configuration:

Working from the DVD-1150 back toward your browser, the DVD-1150 has a fixed IP address of 192.168.1.250.   (We use a fixed IP because our building has power glitches from time to time from thunderstorms, etc.  Everytime the DHCP server reboots it gets to reassign new IP addresses, and we would rather it not do that.)

We set the Port Forwarding on our router to forward HTTP requests to go to the DVD-1150's address of 192.168.1.250

We used the free service at no-ip.com to establish the domain alias of bcdvideo.no-ip.com for our development DVD-1150. 

Here's a screen shot in case our demo unit isn't online...

Control is built-in!
The BCD DVD-1150 was designed to be controlled. 

Why choose a DVD-1150 ?
Feedback:  IR is one-way. 
                 BCD's STAT and MODE commands tell you what is really happening.
Reliability:  Some DVD RS-232 interfaces "go to sleep" after a while and need rebooting.
                    RS-232  and USB Serial are the DVD-1150's  primary methods of control.

1. The deck is powered on?
2. There is a disc in the machine?
3. The disc has enough room left on it?
   

The DVD-1150 has a 'hard' power switch.  When it's on, it's ON.  It comes back on automatically after a power outage.

The DVD-1150 has two-way commnuncation.  The MODE command returns a numeric code telling its current statis.  The STAT command returns a 4-character status report.  If there is no disc in the machine, MODE returns 31 and STAT returns NDSC.  

The TLFT (Time LeFT) command returns HH:MM like 06:05 for 6 hrs and 5 minutes.  

See our Basic Commands section.  All commands are 4 characters of English mnemonics, terminated by a Carriage Return.  'PLAY' means PLAY.

The RS-232 multiple recorder control architecture permits standard Crestron & AMX systems to control up to 100 machines... from a single serial port!

(Note: 5-1-2008  Crestron Integrated Partner Module to be available mid 2008.) 

The BCD DVD-1150 uses the "BCD1" Command Protocol, the same as used since 1982 and is in current use with BCD's TC-100, SB-100 and VC-16x controllers.  We will update this list from time to time when people have questions.  The full command set is listed in the DVD-1150  Manual.

RS-232 Pinout:  The DB-9 connectors on the DVD-1150 are wired as DCE so a straight-through 9-pin cable (M-F) from your computer will do the job.  
On the connectors, Pin 2=TxD, Pin 3= RxD, Pin 5=GND.

Basically, the unit sends a prompt character ">" when it is ready to receive commands.
Commands are 4-characters, terminated by CRLF (Carriage Return Line Feed).
Some commands may have a numeric parameter.

STAT is a status query that returns a 4-character reply.
MODE is a status query that returns a number.

Common Commands 

RECS means RECord Start.  It starts recording.
         STAT=RCRD.  MODE=16

STOP makes it stop.
         STAT=PTHR (pass through) MODE=25

PAUS makes playback or recording PAUSe.
        STAT=STFW (step fwd)  MODE=1 

TITL makes it go to the TITLe Menu/Root Menu.
        STAT=TITL   MODE=23

If the unit is already a the TITL mode, the TITL command acts as Resume and the deck resumes playback from where it was interrupted.

PLAY makes it play.
         STAT=PLAY   MODE=10

If the unit is in Pass-Through or Loop-Through mode (video in goes through to video out). PLAY makes it go to the TITLe menu.
If the unit is in PAUSe mode, playback resuumes.

STAT is a query for current transport status. 
        STAT returns a 4-character message like STOP, PLAY, RECD

MODE is the same as STAT but returns a 2-digit number. 
       Mode 10 is PLAY.  MODE 25 is STOP/PTHR. 

TLFT Time Left to record on disc.  Returns H:MM 

RLOK Record LOcK.  Default RLOK=1: Requires REC+PLAY front panel buttons to record.     RLOK= 0 permits recording by pressing only the REC button.

FRAM returns the current disc playback position as an integer frame number 

FRAM: (note the Colon) returns the current disc playback position in terms of HH:MM:SS

Common STAT & MODE Values

STAT   MODE  DESCRIPTION
OPEN    30   Tray is Open
NDSC    31   No Disc in Tray
INIT    22   During Power-up or after inserting a new disc
PTHR    25   Pass-through or STOP
PLAY    10   Deck is playing
STFW    01   Step Fwd(Paus from Play)
TITL    23   At the TITLe/Root Menu
RECS    16   Recording
RPAU    35   Paused during Record
RSTP    38   Stopping after Record (writing title to menu)

You don't have to use 100 machines, but you can!

Multiple Machine Control has long been a specialty of ours, previously with VCRs and now with DVD Recorders.  The BCD DVD-1150 was designed to make it easy to control multiple machines.

The  DVD-1150 has two serial connectors so you can loop the commands through from machine to machine.

 Each unit has its own name (or address) like "DECK 2" and it responds only when spoken to.

You can group the machines, too, so that the command string "GRUP 1;RECS" makes all the machines record at once. 

Connectors & Functions:

Serial In/Serial Out:

USB:

Serial Control Via USB
Windows HyperTerminal requires Virtual Termnal driver
Same serial parameters as  RS-232

Lan Control

RJ-45 Connector
Requires optional web server module
On-board Webserver w/DHCP
Transport Commands: Stop, Play, Paus, Record, Titl, Up/Down/Left/Right

Switches

1-3 Reserved
4 Up for reprogramming Control System