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DVD-1150 Tips

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When you control multiple DVD recorders from your computer's serial port, you assign a number to each machine...DECK 1, DECK 2, etc. After that, the command "DECK3;RECS" makes deck #3 record. Group them together and the command "GRUP1;RECS" makes all the machines record at once. Standard on the DVD-1150.
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AMX DVD / Crestron DVD Control

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.

How do you know if...

The deck is powered on?
There is a disc in the machine?
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.

How hard is it to program?

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.)

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