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by kelboswell
Sun Jul 02, 2006 3:57 am
Forum: General Support
Topic: Controlling EventGhost with RS232 instead of IR?
Replies: 9
Views: 5670

I know that using an AMX panel with an actual AMX 'Master', a 'PUSH' and 'RELEASE' is sent when a button is pushed or released. Under serial control, I don't know of any way to do it. :( It would have been great if AMX had put that in their firmware. If anybody knows how to do this, please let us ...
by kelboswell
Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:45 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: Controlling EventGhost with RS232 instead of IR?
Replies: 9
Views: 5670

Sorry it took so long to get back...

It looks like it's going to work great! I've got the touchpanel connected, and I can see events being triggered when I press buttons. Looks like the touchpanel only sends a carriage return without linefeed when a 'return' is sent. :D
by kelboswell
Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:38 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: Controlling EventGhost with RS232 instead of IR?
Replies: 9
Views: 5670

That's AWESOME! I can't wait to give it a try! I'll let you know how it comes out for me. :)
by kelboswell
Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:31 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: Controlling EventGhost with RS232 instead of IR?
Replies: 9
Views: 5670

Yes. I am controlling Winamp right now with one of it's own plugins that will 'learn' strings coming from the serial port. I send stuff like 'play', 'stop', 'next', etc. And it works great. I'm not sure what kind of character the panel sends when I tell it to send a 'return' though. I don't know if ...
by kelboswell
Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:20 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: Controlling EventGhost with RS232 instead of IR?
Replies: 9
Views: 5670

String termination

I can send any ASCII string I want. If there was a plugin that would listen for a 3-digit number followed by a character (such as < as the terminator), I could work with it. Then, I could draw a button, and just have it output 334<, and the EventGhost plugin would show an event called 334. Am I ...
by kelboswell
Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:05 pm
Forum: General Support
Topic: Controlling EventGhost with RS232 instead of IR?
Replies: 9
Views: 5670

Controlling EventGhost with RS232 instead of IR?

I'm a complete n00b to this, but have a question. Is there any way to get RS232 commands into EventGhost? I have an old AMX touchpanel that will send simple commands (that I can make at will) out an RS232 port. I'd like to be able to draw buttons on the AMX panel, and have it communicate with ...