" ektacommander" control projector

<p>As I was going thru some old backups<br>

EKtACOMMANDER kodak projector control program.<br>

I found this "win 95" program. and tried to see<br>

what was involved in interfacing it to a pc.<br>

after reading the readme and finding nothing.<br>

( I hate incomplete things mor than a camera<br>

with no wind lever)<br>

after a lot of 404 pages, I found the<br>

ektacommander home page.<br>

2 of his links were dead but the "tripod" middle link worked.<br>

the readme in the new download is the same 1997 file.<br>

no explanations. BUT now he mentions<br>

95/98/nt which gives me hope that it may run under w2k or xp.<br>

I emailed the author. It would be a rare circumstance to actually show slides instead of<br>

"power points" but it would be useful to have the capability.<br>

the market for slide projectors is so low that most of us still have our projectors.<br>

that many of us who still have slides or shoot slide film.<br>

and no scanner ( or the money to buy a lcd-digital projector)<br>

may find this a useful tool.<br>

if the author responds I will post it here</p>

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<p>It will certainly require special hardware to connect a slide projector to your computer, perhaps a dissolve unit. Do you have the dissolve unit to match the software? Otherwise it's not worthwhile to make the software work, except for amusement. Connecting a slide projector directly to a computer would destroy the computer.</p>

<p><Chas><br /></p>

<p>no the website says a cable from thre serial port on the pc<br>

to the controller outlet on the slide projestor is all that is needed<br>

I do not know the voltages involved.<br>

but judging from the tiny thin cable on my remote-controlled carusel projector<br>

don't know if it in ektagrafic. are likely only swith closures to operaste solenoids or relays.</p>

<p>sure conmnecting to the lamp or fan circuitry would BL:OW the pc.</p>

<p>http://cvenkat.tripod.com/ektacomm.html<br>

here is the home page<br>

apparently I did not read carefully<br>

the projector must have a port to connect to the pc.</p>

<p>Ah, Ektapro is not a standard Carousel slide projector. The interface hardware is built in. And discontinued in 2004.</p>

<p><Chas></p>

<p>Walter, not only is the slide projector obsolete, so is the serial port on the PC that you referred to. Most computer manufacturers have gone 100 percent USB 2.0 for all ports. So whoever is interested in this would have to also have an old computer or somehow adapt serial to USB.</p>

<p>Will</p>