Speakercraft MZC-66 Control

Rabbie13

Hi peeps,

Has anyone here ever had any success controlling the Speakercraft MZC-66 Controller via it's control port?

I'm aware that there is a new module on AMX.com that utilises the new RSA-1.0 serial interface for the controllers. However, I was assured by my Speakercraft reseller that it was possible to send serial strings to the controller via the control port jack in the back of the controller. This is an attractive option, as the RSA-1.0 is ?200 in the UK.

Apparently, the MZC-66 uses the same serial protocol as their EZC-1.0 kit, so I've attached the protocol doc for a looky see. The thing is, I'm only a new programmer and I'm having trouble on how to get round the 10ms window that the control protocol allows to send a command.

Can anyone help here?

DHawthorne

10ms is a long time for a processor; you should be fine just sending the enable message, waiting for a response, then immediately sending the command on receipt of the response.

AMXJeff

DHawthorne wrote:

10ms is a long time for a processor; you should be fine just sending the enable message, waiting for a response, then immediately sending the command on receipt of the response.

I aggree with Dhawthorne, but your going to have to learn to queue your messages that you want to send to the unit. When you get the "ok to send message", send the first message in your queue, then wait for the next "ok to send message" before you send the next. If you search in this forum for queues, I am sure you will find tons of ways to queue. If you cannot find anything that you can use or understand, repost and I am sure you will get code that you should be able to modify to control this unit.