Look Ma, E-EDID decoding!

March 9, 2011 Open to discussion kwikwai Certified Executive Chiefs

EDID decoding
EDID extension decoding
E-EDID raw

You want it? Like the multitude of other users who requested it? Now?
Go ahead, it’s just a firmware upgrade away to release 1.0r454 (Release notes) !

While we were at it, to distract us from the rather tedious decoding of VICs, PTMs and VSDBs, we changed/fixed a couple of things following user feedback:

Removed the CEC monitor timeout; it was useless
Fixed a nasty bug that caused a reboot for long responses over serial/usb (f.e. the response to ipconfig:get
Allowed to send CEC <polling message>

Have a great idea for the next release? Tell us!

Priceless

January 31, 2011 Uncategorized kwikwai Certified Executive Chiefs

For most domestic scenarios, one kwikwai plugged anywhere in the HDMI path will allow control of all CEC devices in the system. This same kwiwkai also lets you in on the bus chatter, so a smart HA system can figure out what’s going on: for example, some DVD players notify the bus of play and pause events.

Most devices even answer to status queries (some are defined in the CEC protocol), so you can ask them if they’re on or off, playing, paused or recording.

query & control

Quite simply, we’re not sure how one can achieve that sort of control for 2 or more devices from IP for much less, even considering the current currency “crisis” and its negative influence on the USD or EUR price of kwikwai…

And look, ma, no ugly IR sticker on the TV !

CEC-O-MATIC

January 6, 2011 Uncategorized CEC, kwikwai Certified Executive Chiefs

The world is discovering the power of CEC. More and more are using kwikwai harness it. Wonderful !

Kwikwai decodes for you the esoteric language CE devices use to babble. You could even enter the game by sending some messages, if only you knew how…

So we created… TADA ! a web-based encoding and decoding tool for CEC frames. We called it CEC-O-MATIC. It decodes an obscure CEC command into human readable form and vice-versa, automatically !

It’s free for anybody to use, even those unfortunate souls using competing products.

Try it out !

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