Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

[jim7]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

They are actually kind of nice little units. Mine was shipped a few days ago and it seems to be brand new and it was packed well -- almost too well, the box was gigantic for all that was in it.

The drivers for the USB-to-IDE and the USB-to-serial converter were auto-installed by Vista and I played around with it a bit with PuTTY pointed at the virtual COM port and the commands on your wiki. It seems like the relevant ones are just "I" for inserting a disc into the tray, "G" for getting a disc from the tray and "A" to drop this disc (on the floor since it doesn't come with a bin).

Besides batch ripper, do you know of any software that works with these? I'm more interested in general recording/burning software. If I could get the thing working with something like Nero or ImgBurn that would be perfect. I think I probably will try to swap in a DVD drive since it seems like the small physical changes to the tray that you mentioned would be all that's needed.

[bhoar]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

FYI, there are a several of the MicroOrbit-based Kodak units on ebay, originally made for the Kodak Photo Kiosks (I've seen the robots at Target, for example).

Search ebay for: Kodak duplicator.

Yes, they're only 50-disc. And they don't have separate accept vs. reject - just one input and one output.

And...replacing the drive, if you wanted to, would be a custom job (you need to cut notches in the tray for the lift levers to move through...and only some drives have the gear track in the right place for that to work).

But!

You can probably get one for approximately $100 including shipping (to the US, higher elsewhere), as long as you all don't compete against one another:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320307337446

And even less per unit you buy a lot of 10 of them.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320306600736

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320306996105

...like I just did.

-brendan

PS - spoon - should this thread be moved to the batch ripper subforum?

[sonyman]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Sorry, schedule is still too busy to go over your logs. I know I'll need to write up some notes and ask you to verify some of the commands, not sure what else I need yet...

-brendan

Ok,
let me know i can help.

Thanks!

Bastian

[bhoar]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Dear Brendan,
have you new information about the
DTP-800 Driver?

Thanks
Bastian

Sorry, schedule is still too busy to go over your logs. I know I'll need to write up some notes and ask you to verify some of the commands, not sure what else I need yet...

-brendan

[sonyman]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Dear Brendan,
have you new information about the
DTP-800 Driver?

Thanks
Bastian

[bhoar]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

please excuse my ignorance, could someone explain how i go about my first batchrip...

i own the following MFDigital robot

http://www.mfdigital.com/downloads/ScribeEC_Data.pdf

(i want to rip my entire CD collection to FLAC...i have downloaded the batch ripper & converter software, dbpoweramp and appropriate codecs.)

do i setup a network cable between the scribeEC and my pc or does the music get ripped to the internal HD of the scribeEC?

presumably i need to get the drives of the scribeEC to appear as (for example) E:/ or F:/ drives and then configure them in the batch ripper configuration option

Hey bren, glad to see you finally got the equipment.

This is one of the MF-Digital models that is standalone, has a keypad, but does not run windows, right? e.g. If you look on the back, verify there is no a place for keyboard, video and mouse to connect. If so, it is truly standalone.

And if this is a truly standalone system running an embedded OS (linux or a DOS variant), then you'll need to externalize both the drive connections (simple) and the robot connection and make it a peripheral to a windows computer.. Don't worry, the control for the robot is just two wires (RxD and TxD) for the serial port.

The other question is, are the drives in the unit currently SCSI drives, IDE drives or firewire drives?

It's probably best to send me links to or emails containing a few photographs of the unit, including the back paneling.

Once I verify it is what I think it is, I can send you a driver that should work.

You can post links here and I've just PM'd you my email address if you need to send me the pictures. I'll need your email address to send the drivers.

-brendan

[LtData]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

You need to directly connect your computer, the batch ripper needs to directly communicate with the CD drives and a network connection isn't direct enough.

[brannett]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

hello there all
please excuse my ignorance, could someone explain how i go about my first batchrip...

i own the following MFDigital robot

http://www.mfdigital.com/downloads/ScribeEC_Data.pdf

(i want to rip my entire CD collection to FLAC...i have downloaded the batch ripper & converter software, dbpoweramp and appropriate codecs.)

do i setup a network cable between the scribeEC and my pc or does the music get ripped to the internal HD of the scribeEC?

presumably i need to get the drives of the scribeEC to appear as (for example) E:/ or F:/ drives and then configure them in the batch ripper configuration option

many thanks for advice in advance!

brannett

[sonyman]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Thanks!

Bastian

[bhoar]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Dear Brendan,
have you reed my RIMAGE DTP 800 log files?
Can you send me a driver?

Will try to take a look at it tomorrow. Schedule over the last week went off the rails.

-brendan

[sonyman]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Dear Brendan,
have you reed my RIMAGE DTP 800 log files?
Can you send me a driver?

Thanks!

Bastian

[bhoar]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Do you have a driver for the Aleratec RoboRacer LS Unit?
Can you send me the Driver per Mail?

done!

-brendan

[sonyman]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Anyone have one of the 100-disc Aleratec RoboRacer LS, Recordex RX-100PC, Dexpreso DEX1000, CDBox or "Boozer" devices they'd like to try with the batch ripper? I have a test driver available.

-brendan

Dear Brendan,
i wait of the original Rimage Software, i cant only test with the Hyperterminal at the Moment!
Yes i have used your Portmonitor
Thanks for the Information.

Do you have a driver for the Aleratec RoboRacer LS Unit?
Can you send me the Driver per Mail?

Thanks Bastian

[bhoar]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Anyone have one of the 100-disc Aleratec RoboRacer LS, Recordex RX-100PC, Dexpreso DEX1000, CDBox or "Boozer" devices they'd like to try with the batch ripper? I have a test driver available.

-brendan

[bhoar]

Re: Discussion of Automated CD Loaders

Hi Brendan, i have testet the Function from the DTP 800
MHR-> CC (Arm try to pick a DISC /Arms goes only 20mm down to the Drive or Input and goes up)-NOK
MHI-> CC (Arm try to pick a DISC /Arms goes only 20mm down to the Drive or Input)-NOK
MHL-> CC (Arm goes 20mm down)-NOK
MHA-> CC (Arm goes up to the turn point)-OK
MHP-> CC (Arm try to pick a DISC /Arms goes only 20mm down to the Drive or Input and goes up)-NOK
MHO-> CC (Turns the Arm to the Output spindel and release the Disc!)-OK
MHH-> CC (Parks the Arm to the Output spindel-OK
MIA-> SE (Arms try to pick a DISC /Arms goes no down to the Drive or Input)-NOK

Pick up/ load disc will not work!

Thanks / Bastian

Bastian -

Not sure that covers enough to allow me write a driver...yet.

Some ideas...

Looking at the command, I suspect each command you list is really a single command with two parameters: First letter=core command (M=move); Second letter="From Location" (H=Handler, I=Input Location, etc.); Third letter="To Location" (O=Output, L=Printer, R=Reject Location, etc.).

Note that some locations might only be appropriate for other models and might not do anything useful on this machine.

1. Have you been able to discern if there are "pick" or "grab" commands?

2. Does it work with the RImage-distributed duplication software?

3. Have you been able to monitor software that properly moves discs around from location to location using PortMon?

4. Do you have the software for calibrating the unit? Perhaps your unit is not calibrated?

Looks like you are making progress, but I think I need more information.

-brendan