Ilda Digital Network (IDN)

[DexLogic]

Hi Steve,

as far as I know, Andrew likes to work on his own LSX Driver.
The one based on the EasyLase API is from Matthias (University of Bonn). He's currently travelling to a conference but
should be available again end of next week.

I just bought one of the Ebay send-receive pairs from Canada, Its review time on PL...
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This will not be a subjective review, just bandwidth, latency, and signal quality..

If anyone wants the other one, he took a bid quite a bit less then the listed price.
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I may just loan the receive end to Mr. YaYas for R&D with spaghetti...
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Dexlogic, I could use the LSX driver please...
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Steve

[colouredmirrorball]

Hi Steve,

as far as I know, Andrew likes to work on his own LSX Driver.
The one based on the EasyLase API is from Matthias (University of Bonn). He's currently travelling to a conference but
should be available again end of next week.

Even though drlava creates his own drivers for lsx, the default drivers will work too. Some functions won't work, most notably protected/encrypted shows.

[mixedgas]

Ok, so when my used pair gets here, which is a first generation board, I'll run a quick set of tests. Then it goes to Germany for a re-flash to the most modern version of the FPGA code... Then we do the real tests...
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I'm stoked, because this opens so many possibilities, shows synced across a river, possibly wireless etc.

Steve

[JohnYayas]

My loaner adapter for test/development is on the way to me so hopefully soon I will be one step closer to moving away from DAC driver madness.

[mixedgas]

Very nice of Dexlogic to provide you a loaner.. Kudos to Dexlogic for such action..

Steve

[mixedgas]

I just sent the IDN modules to Germany for a firmware upgrade. When they get back, I'll test for bandwidth, latency, effect of long cables, wireless hubs etc..

Steve

[mixedgas]

John Yayas ,
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ILDA's binding non-profit corporate charter (articles of incorporation) requires a full year wait be instituted between a rule change proposal and it's implementation. Unless an emergency is declared by the board, everything major takes a year. Thus legally, ILDA can be perceived as slow, as you say.
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IMHO Bad for hardware guys, not great for dealing with external forces, good for reducing internal politics... Probably could be shortened to six months. WHen ILDA was founded, electronic communication was not the driving force as it is today. Things were slower.
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Steve

[mixedgas]

One thing I can see from Pangolin's point. If they opened the API, and there were Youtube videos showing FB4 hardware ran by horribly crude, horribly inferior, home-made software, FB4 sales could plummet. It only takes one really bad review in the Internet World to start the crash of years of work.
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They do need to stay in business..
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Open source standards only work if you have a certain, large, critical mass of installed users.
Ie IBM PC, Mac, RS232, standardized electrical power outputs, etc..
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I can even give you an example of a world wide, highly standardized, published, free or low cost , interface that is actually highly selective, tricky to implement, often results in failed relationships, and only works part of the time. Oh wait, this is not a human reproduction forum.
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Steve

[swamidog]

One thing I can see from Pangolin's point. If they opened the API, and there were Youtube videos showing FB4 hardware ran by horribly crude, horribly inferior, home-made software, FB4 sales could plummet. It only takes one really bad review in the Internet World to start the crash of years of work.
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They do need to stay in business..
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Open source standards only work if you have a certain, large, critical mass of installed users.
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Steve

i don't remember this happening with the qm2k.

[mixedgas]

Dirk has been working on this for a long time. Starting when he was a student in Engineering. He presented it at many conferences, some of which I attended. If you Google, you can find academic papers published and presented on the hardware and software. Its been a long work in process, with lots of peer review. Thus ILDA did not just bestow a monopoly on a scheming corporate guy. That is NOT the case at all.
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Anyways, both of my IDN modules, the early model ones, just arrived in Germany for their software updates. They will be getting a newer, better designed, case that is more friendly to projector mounting.
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I should have them back around the 15th of Janurary for review.
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Steve