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RE: Re: Knekt KAT5?


  • Subject: RE: Re: Knekt KAT5?
  • From: Mike Griffiths
  • Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 20:41:00 +0000

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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
color="navy"
face="Arial"><span>Tony</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
color="navy" face="Arial"><span>I'm sure this
can be achieved by
using ACE</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
color="navy" face="Arial"><span>I control my
linn preamp with it</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
color="navy" face="Arial"><span>I'm sure you
will be able to control
the Kat5 switch with ACE</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
color="navy" face="Arial"><span>And ace should
be able to listen to your
Linn setup</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
color="navy"
face="Arial"><span>&nbsp;</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoAutoSig"><font size="3"
color="navy" face="Comic Sans
MS"><span>Mike</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoAutoSig"><font size="3"
color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS"><span>At
Home</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
color="navy"
face="Arial"><span>&nbsp;</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"
face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US">-----Original
Message-----
<b><span>From:</span></b> Tony Butler
[mailto:tony@xxxxxxx]
<b><span>Sent:</span></b> 15 February 2002 14:38
<b><span>To:</span></b> kat5-users@xxxxxxx
<b><span>Subject:</span></b> RE: [KAT5] Re: Knekt
KAT5?</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"
face="Times New
Roman"><span>&nbsp;</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><tt><font size="2"
face="Courier New"><span>Errr....mmmm... I'm not quite
sure.&nbsp; Look (view as fixed font
plz):</span></font></tt><font size="2"
face="Courier New"><span>

<tt><font face="Courier
New">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-------VIDEO-----------------</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier
New">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
\ </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">DVD --------AUDIO------
I ----ZONE1---- S
---ZONE1---- Kitchen</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">VIDEO ------AUDIO------
N ----ZONE2---- W
---ZONE2---- Lounge</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Tuner ------AUDIO------
T&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "
3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
I&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "
3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bedroom</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Radio ------AUDIO------
E&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "
4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
T&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "
4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; etc</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Jukebox ----AUDIO------
R&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "
5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
C&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "
5</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">SKY --------AUDIO------
S -----etc-----
H&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
etc</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier
New">etc&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
E</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier
New">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
K</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier
New">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
T</font></tt>


<tt><font face="Courier New">Ie, the video output of
the DVD is connected to
the </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Bugger.&nbsp; Nope
that won't work. </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">The audio from the DVD
can be routed anywhere
because say I select</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">intersekt zone 2, switch
automatically routes that
to zone2 - lounge.</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">But the video is plumbed
into input 1 on the
switch.</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier
New">Pants.</font></tt>

<tt><font face="Courier New">There's probably a
solution somewhere based on 2
switches, but I can't</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">be arsed ATM.&nbsp;
Wait until I get the switch
eh? :)</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">The question remains
though:&nbsp; Do you think it
will be possible to</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">program the switch such
that a scart trigger on
input 1 can cause it to</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">switch, say output 1, to
display whatever is on
input 1?</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Outside my dumb ideas,
this could be useful to
auto switch your TV to</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">the CCTV input when
someone is detected at the
door - as long as the</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">CCTV will generate the
required SCART signals..</font></tt>

<tt><font face="Courier New">I have several 'zones'
already Linn'ed up, so I
wanted to stick to a</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">single means of
switching sources rather than
having something for A</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">sources and something
else for V sources.</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Of course if the RCU's
would interface to your
switch, then I just ditch</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">the intersekt and away
we go :-)</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Or if I could turn back
time, I would save myself
a fortune by not</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">buying the Linn stuff
&amp; just wait for your
switch to arrive :{</font></tt>

<tt><font face="Courier
New">Cheers,</font></tt>

<tt><font face="Courier
New">Tony</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> -----Original
Message-----</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> From: Keith Doxey
[mailto:kat5users@xxxxxxx]
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Sent: 15 February
2002 13:38</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> To:
kat5-users@xxxxxxx</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Subject: RE: [KAT5]
Re: Knekt KAT5?</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Hi
Tony,</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> I *think* I get it
now....</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> You want to use the
KAT5 switch so that you
can have ANY of </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> your AV sources
routed to <Room_Y> but
in the event of </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Intersekt Zone_X
being active you want to
select a DEFAULT </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> source for Room_Y
taking the Audio from
<Input_X> and Video </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> from wherever the
DVD was connected.</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> If you didnt want
to select alternative Video
sources then </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> you might as well
use vanilla KAT5 without
the switcher.</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> I personally think
you are over-complicating
things as the </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> KAT5 switcher will
be able to route
everything by itself if </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> you can find a way
of sending the commands to
it. You could </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> then keep the
Intersekt as a high end Audio
system in the </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> main AV
location.</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
Keith</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> -----Original
Message-----</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> From: Tony Butler
[mailto:tony@xxxxxxx]</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Sent: 15 February
2002 13:20</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> To:
kat5-users@xxxxxxx</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Subject: RE: [KAT5]
Re: Knekt KAT5?</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > Hi
Tony,</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
></font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > I'm confused
:-(</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
></font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > This is what I
dont get....</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > "could
your switch be programmed
such that having received a SCART </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > trigger on
input X, it would always
automatically output that to </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > output Y"
...if it ALWAYS routes X
to Y then there is no </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> point having
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > a
switch.</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
></font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > The Intersekt
only handles Audio, how will
you select which Video </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > source you
want, or are you saying
"I select <AUDIO 1> on Intersekt </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > for
<Zone3> therefore I want the
KAT5 Switch to select </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> <AVSource1>
and </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > Route it to
<Zone3>".</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Yes, that's exactly
what I'm thinking.&nbsp;
ATM, I have intersekt </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> piping DVD audio
around the house, Yamaha AC3
amp doing the </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> duty for the video
signals &amp; AC-3 audio,
and by connecting </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> the DVD to the
video, I can watch DVD in the
bedroom on </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> crappy RF. I want
to replace RF with KAT5.</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > If so, and
assuming you built a reliable
audio detection interface, </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> > how will you
differentiate between Audio
from <Audio1> or <Audio3> ?</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> I don't need
to.</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> If I select DVD to
play in the bedroom, then
the intersekt </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> will output the DVD
audio to the bedroom
zone. If I then </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> decide to listen to
the radio in the bedroom,
it will output </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> the radio to the
bedroom zone. Either way,
the input on your </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> switch should be
routed to what it knows as
the bedroom zone. </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Each output zone on
the intersekt would be
connected to a </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> different input on
the KAT5 switch. It is the
intersekt that </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> will differentiate
between the various audio
sources.&nbsp; The </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> switch just needs
to know that input 1 always
goes to output </font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> 1, input 2 to
output 2 etc....</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">> Or am I missing
something here?</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
Cheers,</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
</font></tt>
<tt><font face="Courier New">>
Tony</font></tt>
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