Re: NexTViewLink, Q-Link, EasyLink - data comms over SCART?

["Steve D" <steve@xxxxxxx>]

My quintirx panny says it can talk to compatible vcr's though havnt got
a
scart cable yet to try it with my vcr.
Anyone know how well it works?


Steve D

"Regular people say 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. Engineers say:
'If it
ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.'"


----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Doxey" <lists.diyha@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 9:49 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] NexTViewLink, Q-Link, EasyLink - data comms over
SCART?


> Pins 10 and 12 are allocated for Data Comms but there is very
little
> implementation of this so far.
>
> Pace uses these pins in a number of ways.
>
> On the 9000/9200 series of satellite receivers they were actually used
for
> Video to ass a second decoder onto a single SCART so that with a
suitable
> lead you could have a D2-MAC and Filmnet decoder  connected to
the only
> Decoder scart on the receiver.
>
> On the PRD 800/900 etc they used the data pins to transfer
programming
from
> one receiver to another. They also used them to talk to the Pace
Positioner.
>
> Just found an interesting document
> http://www.dtg.org.uk/dtgactivities/published/connection_guidelines.pdf
>
> will print it off and read through it.
>
> Thanks Dermot
>
> Keith
>
> www.diyha.co.uk
> www.kat5.tv
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dermot_bradley [mailto:bradley@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 19 May 2002 21:23
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] NexTViewLink, Q-Link, EasyLink - data comms over
> SCART?
>
>
> Folks (Keith in particular)
>
> has anyone ever looked into NexTViewLink (aka Q-Link, EasyLink and
> various other vendor names)? Its the system where by a VCR can talk
to
> a TV (via 2 data SCART pins) to query information such as which
> channel you're currently watch.
>
> Interested if anyone has ever tried to wire up a PC interface to
> read/send this sort of stuff.
>
>
>
>
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