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serial communication with mp3 player

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2004-04-16 12:16 in General Discussion
I am trying to communicate with a quadravox QV502. This is a mp3
player that reads sound stored on a CF card. The specs are on the
website at www.tetraphon.com/docs/qv502spec.pdf. The company techs
don't know how to interface the stamp with their product. The serial
communication protocol is rs232 0-5v levels, 9600baud, 8 bits, no
parity, noninverted. I have successfully communicated at 2400B with
their QV306 (that parallax now sells) but can't seem to get these
guys talking. I am using a stamp2. To get the qv502 to play a file
one is supposed to simply address that file number. I used the line
in my program to attempt this and it doesn't seem to work: Serout
2,84,[noparse][[/noparse]1]. I also tried to request status and error bytes from the
qv502 with
serout 2,84,[noparse][[/noparse]$F5]
serin 3,84,[noparse][[/noparse]data]
where as 2 is the stamp pin to Rxd, 3 is Txd $F5 is the command
request for status, "data" is a variable. 84 is the baudmode
according to the stamp manual. I have all the obvious tested, such
as power to the qv502, speaker connections (it makes a beep on power
up). I even tried another stamp.
Any ideas would be appreciated.

Comments

  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2004-04-16 12:16
    Hi Gary,

    Just figured out my problem I set the volume higher and that solved
    the problem.

    Cheers

    Robin

    On Tuesday, April 13, 2004, at 10:04 AM, Gary Goddard wrote:

    > I am trying to communicate with a quadravox QV502. This is a mp3
    > player that reads sound stored on a CF card. The specs are on the
    > website at www.tetraphon.com/docs/qv502spec.pdf. The company techs
    > don't know how to interface the stamp with their product. The serial
    > communication protocol is rs232 0-5v levels, 9600baud, 8 bits, no
    > parity, noninverted. I have successfully communicated at 2400B with
    > their QV306 (that parallax now sells) but can't seem to get these
    > guys talking. I am using a stamp2. To get the qv502 to play a file
    > one is supposed to simply address that file number. I used the line
    > in my program to attempt this and it doesn't seem to work: Serout
    > 2,84,[noparse][[/noparse]1]. I also tried to request status and error bytes from the
    > qv502 with
    > serout 2,84,[noparse][[/noparse]$F5]
    > serin 3,84,[noparse][[/noparse]data]
    > where as 2 is the stamp pin to Rxd, 3 is Txd $F5 is the command
    > request for status, "data" is a variable. 84 is the baudmode
    > according to the stamp manual. I have all the obvious tested, such
    > as power to the qv502, speaker connections (it makes a beep on power
    > up). I even tried another stamp.
    > Any ideas would be appreciated.
    >
    >
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