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Auto-Sleep DVD Player

winstonmawinstonma Posts: 45
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I got a Auto-Sleep DVD which I can't kick away the Auto-Sleep feature. So how can I monitor the DVD which I can keep it power on? Thanks

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  • funkyskierfunkyskier Posts: 48
    Is the DVD using IR or Serial? What make and model?
  • winstonmawinstonma Posts: 45
    It's Giec (China Brand) and I'm using IR to control it
  • LegacyUserLegacyUser Posts: 0
    vss2

    you will need something like the AMX VSS2 for sensing the presence of video from the DVD player.

    see here ... http://www.amx.com/products/VSS2.asp

    not sure how the price compares to simply getting a better DVD :)
  • winstonmawinstonma Posts: 45
    hmm... thanks but actually I am looking for a timer which listen to the IR channel. If there is nothing going out to that IR channel for serveral time (let's say 10 minutes). The system will go to the sleep mode. And at that moment I 'll send the power IR code to wake him up.
  • DHawthorneDHawthorne Posts: 4,584
    winstonma wrote:
    hmm... thanks but actually I am looking for a timer which listen to the IR channel. If there is nothing going out to that IR channel for serveral time (let's say 10 minutes). The system will go to the sleep mode. And at that moment I 'll send the power IR code to wake him up.

    Filter all your IR to this device through a function or CALL. Create a repeating timeline that runs for ten minutes, and on terminus sends your wake-up pulse. Start the timeline when the device turns on, and kill it when it goes off. Whenever an IR command is passed through your function, reset the timeline to zero. If the wakeup pulse doesn't affect operations in any way, you could skip the function part, and just use the repeating timeline to wake it up every ten minutes. You would still want to start and stop the timeline depending when the device is actually in use, because you probably don't want it awake when it is truly idle.
  • bobbob Posts: 296
    Why don't you use the VSS2? It is the most reliable and simple solution?!
  • DHawthorneDHawthorne Posts: 4,584
    bob wrote:
    Why don't you use the VSS2? It is the most reliable and simple solution?!
    That depends on whether the device outputs video when its "asleep." If it puts out a blue screen or "screen saver," a VSS2 won't work.
  • alexanboalexanbo Posts: 282
    You could use Channel_Event[dv,0] to monitor if an IR code gets sent out and start the timeline everytime the On event fires. You'd have to kill the timeline if it was already running first as well.
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