DunbarX wrote:
I got one of these, a general purpose I/O device. It simply plugs into a
USB port on a Mac. It is a stronger, though very similar version of the old
Beehive "ADB I/O" device. Stronger mainly in that USB is much faster than
Apple's ADB bus. It is completely self contained. Plug and play. It comes with
externals for revolution, as well as other environments.
It is a fabulous toy. Basically, a suite of rev commands and functions
allows one to "write" (open and close output switch contacts) or "read" (detect
the state of input switch contacts). There are also analog inputs with 12
bit resolution, and pulse width modulation is implemented internally
Almost anyone could create an alarm system, a light show or the like with
radio shack components. You need hobby level electronic know-how to do
anything really cool, but your Mac can completely control the world. It is
hardware I/O for the rest of us.
Way cool! Thanks for posting that. Somehow I'd missed it, but after
your post I dug up RR's press release:
<http://www.runrev.com/company/press-release-archive/service-usb-plus/>
This caught my eye there:
SERVICE USB plus is a proven, robust control technology in
professional implementations for industry, tradeshows and
entertainment. With this release, it can be used, for example,
to drive special effects such as flashes or fog machines at
concerts and tradeshows, directly from within Runtime
Revolution applications.
Hmmm...I can envision all sorts of things I'd like to do for my next Rev
seminar presentation. With Rev and Service USB I can now replace Steve
Jobs' entire support staff with some really cool robots to drive lights,
projection, lasers, and a fog machine.... :)
Okay, there are a million more useful things that can be done with it,
but I can dream can't I?
Don Rossi, is this not the thing you need to take CyberRave into the
21st century?
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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Media Corporation
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