remote smaart & rs232, ne1 done this yet?

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   And if so, how did u go about it..
  I've added an old desktop pc to one of my racks   Mainly to record sessions & to use the pc interface for programming my ultradrives, play music, run smaart etc...
  Then i decided it'd be way cooler to use windows remote desktop & a wifi connection to access the rack pc, over wifi, from my laptop.  The problem with this is remote desktop is virtually useless.
  So i'm going to try some USB over LAN & rs232 over LAN software to let me do everything remotely from the laptop.
  I know people here have used radio-linked rs232/485 to control xovers directly, but my approach would be to do everything remotely via the rackmount pc, the laptop would drive a remote USB audio card to create the test sound/music/smaart input & rs232 over lan would drive the ultradrives (i also have a USB to rs232 convertor if that software was unreliable)
  So i should be able to drive the entire system from the middle of the dance floor with no extra/custom hardware, hopefully!
  On the same note, i was contemplating buying smaartv6.1 (after using a dodgy copy of vs5 on a pc that was not my own..), but after seeing its price tag of $750 for a dumbed down vs.5, not a chance!  The interface lost the context menu & quite a few options it seems, presumably to make it suitable for single mouse button macs, grrrr.
  For that money i can hire some1 to set my system up for me and watch over it!

cheers,
  Rob.

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roborg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 05 July 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1026	Post Options Post Reply Quote roborg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: remote smaart & rs232, ne1 done this yet? Posted: 23 November 2008 at 3:14pm
	And if so, how did u go about it.. I've added an old desktop pc to one of my racks Mainly to record sessions & to use the pc interface for programming my ultradrives, play music, run smaart etc... Then i decided it'd be way cooler to use windows remote desktop & a wifi connection to access the rack pc, over wifi, from my laptop. The problem with this is remote desktop is virtually useless. So i'm going to try some USB over LAN & rs232 over LAN software to let me do everything remotely from the laptop. I know people here have used radio-linked rs232/485 to control xovers directly, but my approach would be to do everything remotely via the rackmount pc, the laptop would drive a remote USB audio card to create the test sound/music/smaart input & rs232 over lan would drive the ultradrives (i also have a USB to rs232 convertor if that software was unreliable) So i should be able to drive the entire system from the middle of the dance floor with no extra/custom hardware, hopefully! On the same note, i was contemplating buying smaartv6.1 (after using a dodgy copy of vs5 on a pc that was not my own..), but after seeing its price tag of $750 for a dumbed down vs.5, not a chance! The interface lost the context menu & quite a few options it seems, presumably to make it suitable for single mouse button macs, grrrr. For that money i can hire some1 to set my system up for me and watch over it! cheers, Rob.
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numtie Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 06 November 2008 Location: wales Status: Offline Points: 585	Post Options Post Reply Quote numtie Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 November 2008 at 9:44pm
	why you having problems with remote desktop is it because you cant get the eq to view properly on screen. have you tryed using vnc to remote desktop works wicked and its free or you could get a dolby lakey and plug it straight into a wireless router bur seriously various peeps have repoter the usb to rs232 dosent really work however there is a post on here somewhere where someone manged to get an atx to work with an rs232 to wireless Edited by numtie - 26 November 2008 at 9:48pm
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psytron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 13 July 2007 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 172	Post Options Post Reply Quote psytron Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 November 2008 at 7:54am
	I have a usb to rs232 and it works fine :) -dcx2496 laptop I have given the rackmounted pc a few thoughts and think it could be a good idea. there are a few ethernet/sound progs out there - Could be good for smaart... not to sure on the control software for the processor tho i.e. making it work over a network. good luck and if i find any info will contribute it asap :)

justamadman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 13 May 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1118	Post Options Post Reply Quote justamadman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 November 2008 at 4:49pm
	i don't know about the remote desktop idea but i have thought aboot ways of using the ultradrive wirelessly and the only idea i can come up with is an rs232 to ethernet adapter plugged into the ultradrive and then into a driverless, wireless ethernet bridge. http://www.openxtra.co.uk/products/accessories/serial-ethernet-adapters/netport/prodnetport.html http://www.openxtra.co.uk/products/accessories/serial-ethernet-adapters/netport/prodnetport.html http://www.ballicom.co.uk/networking/wireless-access-points/linksys-wireless-ethernet-bridge-80211g.p279501.html
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Steve_B Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 29 September 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1587	Post Options Post Reply Quote Steve_B Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 December 2008 at 6:52pm
	I've not tried to control the Ultradrive or Smaart remotely, but I have been successful controlling an 01V96 from a laptop using a Belkin network usb hub and an old wireless router. With the software loaded on the laptop it sees any usb device plugged into the hub. Whether an additional usb to serial device would work with the Ultradrive through the hub I don't know.