Serial Switch for the Chronically Undecided?

[bitSync]

I've been watching your progress since early on and I have to say I really admire you for pushing through what must have at times been a frustrating and time consuming endeavor. You did exactly what you said you would. Very rare these days.

Just a few questions, please...

What to you think of the idea of a db25 A/B serial switch for those of us unwilling to completely abandon the d8b audio functions? Presumably the console would have to be rebooted when going between the d8bridge serial cable and the d8b CPU serial cable (not convenient, but lots better than not possible). With with a setup like this, would this be a workable solution for those of us not wanting to give up the audio functions of the board and willing to reboot between d8b sessions and d8bridge sessions (and not willing to detach and reattach serial cables frequently)?

Any reports on d8bridge integration with Sonar Producer 8.5.3 or X1 yet?

Presuming the following host specs are sufficient - Intel i7-950 quad core, Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R mainboard, Intel® X58 + ICH10R chipset, 12 GB DDR3, Win 7x64 Pro?

Awesome work, by the way! The answers to the questions above are probably the only thing standing between me and my wallet!

[Marc Girard]

What to you think of the idea of a db25 A/B serial switch for those of us unwilling to completely abandon the d8b audio functions? Presumably the console would have to be rebooted when going between the d8bridge serial cable and the d8b CPU serial cable (not convenient, but lots better than not possible). With with a setup like this, would this be a workable solution for those of us not wanting to give up the audio functions of the board and willing to reboot between d8b sessions and d8bridge sessions (and not willing to detach and reattach serial cables frequently)?

I have not tested this option but I think it might work. That's how I would do it: I'd set my D8B's audio routing options the way I'd like. Afterwards, I'd switch to D8Bridge mode and control my DAW. There's an active sensing mechanism in the serial protocol of Mackie's OS but I think the D8B can work without it. We must test this.

Any reports on d8bridge integration with Sonar Producer 8.5.3 or X1 yet?

Yes, I wrote the new init routine for D8Bridge v1.01, looks like it's working but I'm still missing a piece of info from the Sonar developers. I need to know the exact string to send to Sonar for it to start the MCU operations. Sent them an email, no answer yet. I might have to find a real MCU and snif the MIDI packets...

Thanks for kind words!

[bitSync]

Very cool. Thank you.