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RE: Fw: serial / parallel control of a relay board



Ahh… right

 

I didn’t think of using X-10 for the control off/on…  *doh..* (its easy when you know how.. !)

 

How do you rate the Kat 5 equipment? – my home hifi isn’t too bad a setup – marantz amp, kenwood 5 disc changer (my sony one broke ;o(( ) and a tuner.

 

So – using the kat5 stuff – do you use just a patch cabinet to distribute ?

 

So many questions…..

 

Jonathan

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 25 June 2002 15:22
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: RE: Fw: [ukha_d] serial / parallel control of a relay board

 

It makes a lot of sense.

 

I do something (almost) the same - but in my case the amps are "remote", turned on/off by X-10 appliance modules, and I use KAT5 to carry the signal "long distances" at line level, and only have "short distances" of speaker cable.

 

Again, controlled by a Pronto, in my case using an ageing X-10 infrared receiver.

 

I don't know enough electics to trust myself to install relays properly :-)


M.

-----Original Message-----
From: TAWN Jonathan [mailto:jonathan.tawn@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 25 June 2002 14:42
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: Fw: [ukha_d] serial / parallel control of a relay board

Hi Peeps.

 

Ok – here are some questions I have:

 

·         I want to have a serial / parallel port interface, with say, 8 relays on it, which I can turn off / on using some simple program (I aren’t a programmer – so I’d struggle to get somewhere with that side of things..)

·         Multi-room hifi … I want to be able to split a source signal (from something such as a cd player / mp3 server (linout)) into 4 outputs, and then feed each output to a different amplifer – can something be done? – maybe use the ‘Kat 5’ system and a hub?

 

What I want is a multi-room hifi, but I refuse to pay nearly a grand for an amp … (and I’d enjoy doing this way a lot, lot more – and it’s a hug learning experience.!!)

 

I want to control which amp is used by using my pc (output to my tv (which is done)) using a Phillips pronto + an IR device on my PC (can control basic functions of pc this way) and switch amps on or off (hence relay board.. – much like a car stereo install – can have several amps, controlled by a signal wire ..(only amps turn on, once you’ve got the stereo turned on..)

 

I hope this makes sense… it does to me ;o)

 

If anyone can help me, I shall be eternally grateful.. !

 

Many thanks in advance.

 

Jonathan.

 

 

 


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