Yes, but the problem is that the play/pause button on the controller is
latched.
David
At 13:09 14/07/06, you wrote:
>the best way is to get a qed toy controller or an Ablenet powerlink you can
>then have the switch behave as a direct switch or timed or as a latching
>switch
>
>Deborah Jans
>Coordinator
>KEYCOMM
>Lothian Communication Technology Service
>Oaklands School Annexe
>40 Broomhouse Crescent
>Edinburgh
>EH11 3UB
>
> > ----------
> > From: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals. on
> > behalf of David Colven
> > Reply To: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals.
> > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 11:54 am
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Switch Control of CD player
> >
> > I have had an enquiry about the use of a standard CD player for cause and
> > effect training. The enquirer wants an inexpensive way of having a switch
> >
> > to start a CD playing and then after a set time have it stop playing
> > (pause). The user would then have to press the switch again to un-pause
> > the music.
> >
> > I have talked about environmental control or IR control systems and use of
> >
> > computers as players to do this but the enquirer wants a stand-alone
> > device
> > to go home with the user.
> >
> > I thought that a QED toy controller or similar wired into the pause button
> >
> > or the remote controller, but that would not work because this would hold
> > the pause button down after a switch press, so the control would be in
> > effect a latching switch and no advance on wiring the switch in directly.
> >
> > Any Ideas?
> >
> > David
> >
> >
David Colven, Technical Advisor
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