> I was wondering what everyone is doing with respect to scriptable
> control of turntables, specifically of the Kaidan heritage, on OSX? The
> old emCee and other Classic apps are out the door, and the only other
> app I have found so far is VR Worx 2.1, though the scripting is either
> buggy or deactivated in the demo and it's a bit overkill just for
> getting a turntable to spin. Is there anything comparable to emCee (or
> has emCee been updated?).
>
> Some years ago I worked on an independent app for this, but I don't
> have the rights to the code and it was for Mac OS 8.6 so I'd be
> starting from scratch... I'm willing to do it again if there's interest
> - it wasn't a terribly difficult app - but it's a side project which
> I'd like to avoid spending much time on.
see
http://www.mech.upatras.gr/~robgroup/teams/logic/demos/kaidan
It's some old QBasic (for DOS) demo of Kaidan, ported (by me) to Java (using Sun's Java COMM api) and to Delphi, Visual Basic 6, J# (.net). The last three using Microsoft's COMM ActiveX Control (MSCOMM32.OCX). Feel free to use it (for the command protocol used in Kaidan controllers can use SysInternal's free PortMon utility - see http://www.sysinternals.com), or ask Kaidan to send you a document they have with all the commands
Feel free to use this code. I was planning to make some Borland VCL controls, ActiveX controls and JavaBeans out of this (and some other related Java code of mine), but haven't found the time yet to do it, maybe sometime in the future (especially if there's such demand [please send me e-mails if you'd care to buy such controls - which of the above I mention - for using in your application code or scripts])
If you plan on porting it to the Mac, search first in case Sun or other third party have implemented Java COMM API for the MacOS or for MacOS-X (or other UNIX). In that case you'll be able to use the Java version of the code almost as is (maybe just change the port name or something)
have fun,
George
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George Birbilis <email@hidden>
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+ QuickTime VCL and ActiveX controls (for PowerPoint/VB/Delphi etc.)
+ Plugs VCL and ActiveX controls (InterProcess/Internet communication)
+ TransFormations, VB6 forms to ASP.net WebForms convertion
http://www.kagi.com/birbilis
+ Robotics
http://www.mech.upatras.gr/~robgroup
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