Nigel Goodwin wrote:
>
> In message  <199707011430.HAA13483@mail-gw2.pacbell.net>
> PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>  writes:
>
> > Sorry I posted this before without a subject...
> >
> > I am trying to remote control a Sony camcorder. Does anybody know
> the
> > protocol
> > for the LANC connector ?
>
> I'm also trying to remote control a Sony Camcorder, I did a web search
> for
> LANC, and the only place I could find was:
>
> "
> http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~laird/Electronics/Sony/Protocols/lanc2.txt
> "
>
> Unfortunately this URL could not be found, and I tryed looking all
> over
> Kyler Laird's web site. Eventually I E-Mailed Kyler, but I couldn't
> make
> any sense of his reply!. I E-Mailed again for clarification, but have
> never
> received another answer.
>
> I then E-Mailed a 'Technical Liason Officer' at Sony UK (sometimes it
> comes
> in handy been in the TV trade!) asking for any info on LANC protocols.
> He
> sent me a copy of 'Protocol of Control L/Lf 9-972-453-11', a 28 page
> technical
> bulletin describing the protocol. If you approach Sony you may be able
> to
> obtain a copy direct by quoting that part number.
>
> So far I haven't done any work on LANC, I'm finding the bulletin a bit
> hard
> to understand - what I could really do with is a short example of
> code,
> preferably for a PIC, showing exactly what you have to do.
>
> The signals are 8 bit words at 9600 baud, low bit first. The bulletin
> shows
> 8 words sequentially, the first 2 are for 'Camera, PC, and Editor to
> VCR',
> the second 2 are for 'Tuner and Timer to VCR', and the last 4 are for
> 'VCR
> to exterior, status and counter value'.
>
> Do you have to always send 8 word packets? - it doesn't make it very
> clear!.
>
> Nigel. (the only one?)
>
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I called Sony Parts as requested the above part number. It was $10.00
Plus $2.50 US and it came in a couple of days.
I wish I had a part number for the Control-S info.

Alan Nickerson