Rosco Keystroke DOA
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Chris Chapman
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I bet they would have good luck if they offered it as an open source solution.
Chris Chapman
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Real answer from Rosco:
"Hi Chris,
The sad truth to our dropping Keystroke is that it imply has not sold as well as we expected. I was very optimistic during this launch because I too think it's a great product. Here's the situation. Keystroke is basically a circuit board in a box with some connectors. We can certainly repair the connectors if they fail. However, we will not be able to address component level problems on the board since we will no longer be having the boards made for us. You may find, if you need, that we have a few left in stock. When we discontinue an item, there is often short runs of inventory left on the shelf. This will likely be true with Keystroke.
Joshua ALemany - Rosco Dir. of Product Marketing."
"Hi Chris,
The sad truth to our dropping Keystroke is that it imply has not sold as well as we expected. I was very optimistic during this launch because I too think it's a great product. Here's the situation. Keystroke is basically a circuit board in a box with some connectors. We can certainly repair the connectors if they fail. However, we will not be able to address component level problems on the board since we will no longer be having the boards made for us. You may find, if you need, that we have a few left in stock. When we discontinue an item, there is often short runs of inventory left on the shelf. This will likely be true with Keystroke.
Joshua ALemany - Rosco Dir. of Product Marketing."
I just put up a show using Keystroke on a PC I am pretty sure was running Windows 7...
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doctrjohn
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I would love to have you verify that for me, and let me know what you used for a driver if it was 7. I tried using 7 for a show I just closed and didn't have any luck getting it to work. I haven't had a chance to look back in to it, but it is on my to do list. Knowing of a success story would certainly motivate me...
Best,
John
zuixro
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Why does it need software? Why couldn't it just show up as a keyboard to the computer and send [Space Bar] whenever it receives the right DMX data. It could be programable through some buttons on the device, RDM, or even by sending certain DMX data to it.
That's not a bad idea. I might have to throw something together as a proof of concept.
Chris Chapman
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Blackfaer
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It would be more limited than what Keystroke currently does. Keystroke can do stuff you can't do with simple key presses. That said, Keystroke is going away, so what you're talking about would be 90% of what Keystroke does, and 100% better than nothing at all. I'd be your first customer, except I already have my keystroke and I love it.
The software and hardware is incredibly basic, I could whip one up in a day with $50 of materials. The added cost comes from the man hours required to develop and support the product in a professional manner. As for repairability: it's just a circuit board in a box, "fixing it" involves a garbage can and a replacement unit, one which they are no longer manufacturing (same reason why you can't get Intel to sell you a replacement Pentium 4). They can't be expected to continue large-scale production of a product they no longer sell, especially once warrantees have run out.
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