Re: [RDD] I am starting to hate USB

2016-05-26 Thread Wayne Merricks
How do you get on if you use something like screen to talk to the serial connection directly? The broadcast tools switchers have very simple serial commands you can use so Riv is not strictly necessary. I use this: http://rivendell.tryphon.org/wiki/Switchers#Unsupported_Switchers Then I hav

Re: [RDD] I am starting to hate USB

2016-05-26 Thread Cowboy
On Thu, 26 May 2016 09:18:07 -0600 Robert Orr wrote: > Just thought I'd point out that your motherboard likely has serial on > it, you just need a serial header to db9 plate adaptor to use it. Many do, some don't. I'm adding in two port serial cards at around $10. -- Cowboy _

Re: [RDD] I am starting to hate USB

2016-05-26 Thread Robert Orr
Just thought I'd point out that your motherboard likely has serial on it, you just need a serial header to db9 plate adaptor to use it. Have a great day, Robert On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 8:47 AM, Rob Landry <41001...@interpring.com> wrote: > > WCRI has a Rivendell machine that uses a USB-to-serial

[RDD] I am starting to hate USB

2016-05-26 Thread Rob Landry
WCRI has a Rivendell machine that uses a USB-to-serial converter to talk to a Broadcast Tools audio switcher. The machine occasionally "forgets" the USB-to-serial converter (which is normally /dev/ttyUSB0) and then wakes up and remaps it as /dev/ttyUSB1. Now, I have a udev rule in place that

Re: [RDD] audio won't playback.

2016-05-26 Thread David Klann
Hi Lee, At first blush this seems like it could be a file ownership issue. Make sure you're running the "ls -al" command as the same user ID as the user under which the Rivendell daemons are running: sudo -u rivendell ls -l /var/snd/FILE.wav Replace "rivendell" with your AudioOwner user (from /e