BeoBabble - a B&O multi-protocol interpreter

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Madskp, thanks for the clarification - I've read your thread, and it looks like all that would be required to make this work is to place a BB to monitor the DL80 connection (and possibly the DL86 connection, as a command-sending interface to the 2300). It would be great to test out my proposed kludge on the workbench, but the 2300 I have is code locked, and waiting for me to write a brute-force algorithm to free it from its hibernation.  What I'm not entirely sure of is the logic and safety of having two sources share a single audio channel without some form of protection circuitry, so I'll leave that to others.

In my mind, I can see this working, because BB can behave as a surrogate BeoMaster, a surrogate component, and an end-user remote. It can be programmed to monitor the state of the connected devices and insert any missing status or commands via triggered macros, programmed as needed to achieve the desired effect (example as given above- monitor that only one source is reporting playing; tell the other source to stop playing; tell the 2300 that a source is playing, if needed).  I have a working 4000 - does it share the same Aux Dual-DL pin-outs as the 2300? If so, I could test and see how it behaves with this setup.
I have a working 4000 – does it share the same Aux Dual-DL pin-outs as the 2300? If so, I could test and see how it behaves with this setup.
The 4000 is the same as an Ouverture in Europe, so it has Masterlink, and therefore not DL86. The AUX connector does have DL80 that responds to both TAPE2 and PHONO commands like the BC2300

Location: Denmark

Here's short video sample of the latest iPhone MCP app working with BeoBabble.  MCP5000 and 5500 are both working, but I've only had time to finish the screen updating for the MCP5500.  Still a work in progress, but the exercise has greatly helped me flush out the BB protocol prior to release, so I'm happy I took the time to deep-dive into an end-user app.

https://youtu.be/Nc2g24O34hk

 

 
Hi TK, this is so cool to read and watch. I'm looking forward on how to remote control my devices like my Beocenter 9500 and my Beomaster 7000.

Currently I remote control a Beolab 2000 and a Beolab 3500 with a development board for Raspberry Pi created by B3OHACK3R with the MasterLink protocol.

Thanks for all the effort and time.
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