Beomaster 6000 and datalink protocol

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artig
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Posted January 25, 2022 at 20:33 GMT
#2213923

manfy wrote:
Indeed, that can lead to a lot of trial and error versions of the firmware. But you could always ask the coder who programmed the BM6000, Arne Rohde!
Well, to start off, you might just want to read his blog https://beomikro.wordpress.com/

There is now an English-language version of a large part of that site at https://beomicro.wordpress.com

The appendices with colleague contributions and the majority of the Danish-language downloadable documents have not been translated. Most of the documents in Danish are only available from the Danish-language site.

 

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manfy
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Posted January 26, 2022 at 16:58 GMT
#2213924

👍 Thanks! That makes things easier.

TH
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thomasf
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Posted February 7, 2022 at 14:49 GMT
#2213925

Hi all,

Short update on my progress with the Beomaster 6000 restoration.

I have worked a bit with the frequency counter, so now the device shows the (almost) correct frequency for the selected radio program. I have no FM-transmitter so I have not been able to correctly trim the radio.

I have also included Terminal support, so the old remote control (2035) works fine with the unit, next step will be to build an Arduino Datalink receiver so I can implement and check the Datalink output as well!

One thing I have noticed while developing my new firmware, is that the display kind of repair itself ... I had about 10 segments that didn't work but now only 2-3 are still failing. I have checked the soldering etc, and since the same segments works on other digits, it must be the actual led that are failing, but some leds have come back to life. Since some are still failing, all the leds will be replaced but that has lower priority now.

The clock is also working, and the next step is to implement the two timers as well ...

So, it looks promising, and the goal seems to be in reach for a fully working device! 🙂

Cheers,
Thomas

Location: Sweden

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