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Beta Brite?

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Filet MP

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Not sure if this is OT for this forum but here goes:

Does anyone have any information on programming any of the Beta Brite scrolling LED messageboards? I'm looking for a palmapp or other way to program this device via IR.


Many thanks!
 
Here's what someone at Adaptive Micro Systems, American distributor of the Betabrite, has to say about IR control:

"The Alpha Infrared Remote Control Keyboards use what is called bi-phase encoding, and I do not believe that you would be able to programatically tell your IR port on your computer to do that. It is currently doing what is called IRDA, which is the industry standard for IR.

"Windows® accesses the IR port using a device driver for IRDA. You would have to write a bi-phase encoding device driver to accomplish what you are wanting to do. This is no simple task. Our software department has one under it's belt, and we farmed out the original coding to a software place that specializes in device drivers.

"Also, the IR output of an Alpha keyboard is specially designed to transmit anywhere from 10 to 50 ft. IRDA ports on laptop computers can transmit 2 to 3 feet tops, not really condusive to laptop-sign communication."
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(Alpha and Betabrite displays are, from my understanding, interchangeable)

Nonetheless, here are some useful links:

http://www.alpha-american.com/p-keyboards-alpha-remote.html
http://wls.wwco.com/ledsigns/betabrite/

Google "betabrite programming ir" will yield more results if you need more.
 
I'm interested in this also. I saw it @ Sam's Club for 150 and thought that it would be a great idea to do RSS feed using software like LCDC. Does anybody have any information about this?

http://www.ams-e.com/BetaBrite_e.html

Here is the communication Protocol of the display.....it shows some of its "command"

http://www.ams-i.com/Pages/97088061.htm

It is quite a large display w/ a RS-232 connection. How can I check to see if LCDC will support it?
 
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