[SBE] do a remote via phone line without the need for someone to run the board at the station.
Bob Reite
br at telcen.com
Thu May 29 11:09:16 EDT 2008
I've done things that way too, but that means having to carry a laptop
and having an Internet connection at the remote site, which isn't always
there. With the DTMF decoder system, one can do a remote in a pinch
with just a cell phone.
Alan Peterson wrote:
> I'm joining the discussion a little late, but do the commands to get in and out of the remote necessarily have to be carried on the same line as the audio?
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> I would think using TightVNC on a laptop connected to wi-fi or DSL at the remote site - separate from the audio line - and bringing up the actual studio control GUI on said laptop is a method to consider. Complete control of the on-air rig can be handled right from the laptop.
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> It works, too. From his studio in Florida, syndicated talk host Greg Knapp uses VNC to fire off show-related audio events on a Rivendell system located in Washington DC.
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> TightVNC is a free program. As long as you are securely passworded, the firewall allows the remote computer inside, and your audio management system and [digital] console can talk to the outside world, it'll fly.
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> Al P.
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