Re: Looking for a control box

Homer J Simpson wrote:
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Without giving out too much information, I basically want to be able to
control a set of parameters in a program on a PC remotely from a simple
(hopefully cheap) box. Dial A will scroll through a list of options
and then Dial B will change a value associated with the option chosen
with Dial A.

I still don't see why this isn't just a VB program.

The software will probably (hopefully) end up being quite simple.
Possibly VB, Python, C#, whatever. The hard part for me is getting a
box that can remotely send the parameters to the PC with the software
on it, and having the PC update the LCD display on the box. I don't
want to have the possible display values hardcoded directly into the
box itself because I want to be able to change the possible options via
the software.

I basically want a very generic box that can be monitored with the
software and can display whatever I want it to display (within the
limitations of the LCD display that we use) based on which knob has
been turned and in which direction.

In the end I think a box like this could have a lot of different uses,
but we have one specific use in mind for now.

Thanks,

Brad

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