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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: Remote control with displayRE: Remote control with display
From: Andreas Stemmer <Andreas.Stemmer_at_web.de>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 18:48:25 +0200 > > I missed the beginning of this, but why not just have a > > setting in the options menu? > > 1) It's way cooler to make it work plug & play 100% Ack! > 2) Some guy will someday insert the new remote without > enabling it in the options This wouldn't be a big problem, he would notice if his display stays empty. > 3) Some guy will someday insert the old remote with the > new still enabled in the menu This could be a problem depending on the electrical design of the old remote 4) I think we shouldn't introduce more options if they aren't really necessary. You have to set this "option" according to the remote you use, it's not a choice. If rockbox can detect it there's no possibility for the user to set the option wrong. The whole discussion started with my suggestion to make the remote poll the data from the jukebox, i.g. the remote asks the jukebox from time to time to send the required data. This would have advantage that the jukebox only changes to send-mode if the remote requested data and that the remote can "decide" what kind of data it wants to have. The behaviour of the jukebox could be the same with every kind of remote this way, becaus there would just be another command "request data" that makes the jukebox send data and the standard remote will never send this. Andrew suggested to have the jukebox send data if something changed to prevent unnecessary traffic and power consumption. This only works of course, if the jukebox knows if there is a remote that can understand what is beeing sent. Andreas Stemmer Received on 2002-10-04 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |