RE: [mh] Sound

[Tew, E. <edw...@ba...>]

If you are into ibutton then you might take a look at the tini from
Maxim-Dallas, they have an interesting application note that seems to fit
your requirements and as you are already planning on running cat5 then the
wiring should already be there.

http://www.maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/appnote_number/609

http://www.maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/appnote_number/3266

They also have a number of notes on networked switches using the same
microcontroller,
http://www.maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/appnote_number/2036

I have not used these but I have a number of 1-wire sensors about the house.

Ed.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kaleb Murphy [mailto:kal...@ya...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 4:31 AM
> To: mis...@li...
> Subject: Re: [mh] Sound
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> Tim,
> 
> Running Cat5e isn't a problem as I plan on running quite a 
> bit of it for 
> iButton toys.  But I'm not very familiar with soundcards and how to 
> manipulate them.  If I had a 5 channel sound card, could I run each 
> channel to a different room and then control sound on each 
> speaker.  For 
> example have several instances of xmms running, each playing 
> music on a 
> different channel?  Or perhaps having MH only send voice 
> responses to a 
> particular channel/room?
> 
> I'll definitely have to read more about the Audrey's, as that is 
> probably the optimal solution.
> 
> Tim Sailer wrote:
> > On Tue, January 17, 2006 17:09, Kaleb said:
> >   
> >> I need some help with sound.  I'm wondering if someone can 
> point me to a
> >> FAQ or discussion on the best way to have MH play sounds 
> throughout a
> >> house.  I'd use the list search, but sourceforge is having 
> problems right
> >> now.
> >>
> >> I just want to have speakers in most rooms of the house 
> and for MH to be
> >> able to use them (all at once or one at a time) to communicate.
> >>     
> >
> > That depends on how much you want to spend, how your house 
> is wired, or
> > how much you want to wire it. I'm pulling a pair of Cat5e 
> cables into each
> > room as I'm renovating, so there's a network drop. I ended 
> up with putting
> > an Audrey in 3 places so far, and that's working well. The 
> only drawback I
> > found for the  Audrey instead of hardwired speakers is that 
> there is a lag
> > converting sound/speech and pushing it to each audrey, and 
> the propensity
> > of the audrey to lose network connectivity/lock up.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > PS: Audreys can be foundfor about $50 on EBay
> >
> >
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