Thread: XM Radio - COMPLETE REWRITE

Hi, all...

I think most of you guys here know me, Im the guy who makes the Sirius interfaces and the XM MiniTuner (NEW) interface... and that simple *** HD Radio Cable

and if you didnt know, I DONT HAVE A CAR PC!

I do control system programming for a living (i work for AMX)
anyway...

some quick plugs... the Sirius interface is now avail at MP3Car.com!!
http://store.mp3car.com/category_s/39.htm

and they will be carrying the XM Direct2 interface, which is USB to XM MiniTuner!!!
REALLY COOL device, and perfect for CAR PCS

now back on focus

so... only have RR installed on my pc to test HDRadio...
so.. since... i have been working on the NEW XM, i decieded to test it in RR
only to find it didnt work, and it should have... upon futher investigation
I discovered that the RR code was basicly SLAMMING the tuner with commands
in real life thats a NO NO!!! im socked the xmpcr and xmd1000 worked ok
and then i did more testing, and noticed the xmpcr and xmd1000 dont work that good
commands for channel data were being missed(too much slamming)
so... i said... ok, i hate to do this... its VB6 (which i dont know as well as C or C#)
but i need this to work...
i got 11-02-2007's source code and took a look... and in a few secs i said ok
I have to do this and do it right
I have worked on my XM Control class for 3 years now, and its been working great for a protocol that isnt public.. and when i learn something NEW i fix it immediatly! I'm a believer in continous improvement.
ok, so to do this right, i dumped all the XM code in RR, and used my .net class as a COMOBJ to do the new version
of course i no little about RR, and its backend, but when im excited about something im very picky and want nothing less then perfect(as possible)
some things i didnt like (and dont like about HD Radio/Sirius) in the RR implementation... the fact the tuner goes on and off... in my car(REAL RADIO) when i click on SAT its instant, no wait... its just there... same for HD Radio... with RR, you got a sec or so to wait for the tuner to pop on, and if coming from say HD, wait for that to turn off, then sat to turn on...(some of thats still in play (for now) )
so after looking at all the code in RR, its massive, so much time was put into this by GUINO... and would love to work with him and improve this... i got a hold of him, and he said he would integrate my changes in release, but his time was limited...
due to the way RR is written, i had to make subtle changes in other modules of RR
but they are only XM Related...
so it works really well on my Virtual machine (I didnt want to install Visual Studio 6, on my real machine )

im sure its not 100% yet, but its ready for some testing!!! (its in the 90s)

so what RR does now...

as soon as its run, it powers on XM and its on all the time... continously
updating channel data, im also NOT using the cache file (as of now, im debating that)
there is some technical reasons, but .net class has its own cache

in my build here, i had to comment out, mappoint, i need to get that i guess or, just get the OCX it reference, so it will build
anyway...

im looking for someone, with XMD1000 and XMPCR

who wants to test/work on this with me...

I sent it to someone who dont have a CARPC, and he ran it fine...

ok, i think this post is too big...

mitch