Revolution and ActiveWire, MacBrick etc

[Sarah]

After a quick look at the relevant web sites, ActiveWire seems to be 
Windows oriented while MacBrick (obviously enough) is designed for the 
Mac. MacBrick has a USB version but it just uses serial comms and the 
manual provides the syntax for it's commands & responses. I have used 
Rev to interface with custom built controllers using USB to serial 
adapters. Under OS 9 this works fine, you just have to open the 
"modem:" or "printer:" port, then you can send the relevant commands to 
the device and read back it's answers. The Serial Test stack I posted 
to the User Contributions area can do this.

Hopefully when Rev 2 comes out, it will also be able to perform this 
type of serial communications.

Cheers,
Sarah



On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 04:29  am, Ben Rubinstein wrote:

> Does anyone have any experience with using Revolution with a generic 
> i/o box
> (preferably USB)?
>
> I've been looking for a replacement for the dearly loved ADB i/o, 
> which we
> used quite a few of in the past; the principle ones I've found are
> ActiveWire and MacBrick.  Has anyone tried using one of these with Rev 
> (or
> indeed without)?  I'd be interested in any experiences, positive or
> negative, with either of these devices - or pointers to any others that
> might do a similar job.
>
> TIA,
>
>   Ben Rubinstein               |  Email: benr_mc at cogapp.com
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