Wow, this is quite a detailed manual! Thank you, Andrew. I'll let you know what I find.
Dan -- Dan Swick [email protected] On Sun, Oct 28, 2012, at 05:06 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Dan > I would look at the 2.5mm jack and try to follow the leads back to see > what chip it is that drives that jack. Chances are that the 2.5mm jack IS > rs232. Since you only need 3 or 4 wires for a serial connection (they > ussally use a DB9 but they just don't use all the connection. Anyway I > went and found the Service Manual for the Tascam 322 model: > http://dsprototyping.com/Tascam_322_service_manual.pdf > > I think thats the sister model to your model. Good Luck! > Andrew Buczko > > \¥/ Howdy all, > \¥/ > \¥/ I have a pro Tascam cassette deck that has a remote control > interface. I > \¥/ want to reverse-engineer it and build a pathway to control it. While > \¥/ preparing for my new project tonight, I was looking through some > \¥/ technical documentation and discovered through my manual that my deck > \¥/ has a sister model with a serial interface: > \¥/ > \¥/ http://tascam.com/content/downloads/products/328/302mkII_TECHDOC.pdf > \¥/ > \¥/ Naturally, this leads me to think that the interface is probably on > the > \¥/ circuit boards somewhere and just deactivated, as manufacturers often > do > \¥/ to save money. I took some photos and put them here: > \¥/ > \¥/ http://imgur.com/a/cAg9t > \¥/ > \¥/ Does anyone know of any visual cues I could use when looking for this > \¥/ interface? Serial often uses a DB9 connector, so this would probably > \¥/ mean I'm looking for a PCB with a disconnected 9-wire connector, > \¥/ correct? > \¥/ > \¥/ If this fails, I will fall to my backup plan of just using the 2.5MM > \¥/ remote jack, but using a null-modem cable over serial would probably > be > \¥/ ideal for prototyping purposes, I would think. > \¥/ > \¥/ Dan > \¥/ > \¥/ -- > \¥/ Dan Swick > \¥/ [email protected] > \¥/ _______________________________________________ > \¥/ Discuss mailing list > \¥/ [email protected] > \¥/ http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > \¥/ > > > Dungeon Studios Prototyping > www.dsprototyping.com > [email protected] > (330)814-6103 > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
