This time the overlay is thicker, the holes are cut properly, no glue is coming out, the surface is flat and the colors are correct. The keypad will be black in the final product.
Last picture color retouched to show actual real life colors:
Can you report on an updated time frame for releasing the product? How are things shaping up on a release date? It's really looking great!
Thanks
PS... will there be a generic overlay available for the remote? Just so the kids, friends, co-workers etc don't know what it is should they see the remote laying around where it shouldn't have been left laying around?
Hard enough to have one overlay... not planning to offer different versions of it... we might have a black rubber pouch for it at some point in the future and it could cover the product name (if this is really needed)
Is there somewhere that describes what all those buttons do?
I gather the three buttons with dots are the three level of corrections, the one with the bell is a call button, but some of the other ones I have no idea. What's the alpha and beta buttons? Does the one with the dumbbell looking thing activate the vibration/reward?
I've decided that I will check back on the progress of development every six months. Coming here only to find that yet again something else needs to be tweaked or that there are logistical problems in China is too damn frustrating.
We can't influence some factors beyond our control such as:
- EMC guy forgot one test and needed to get a sample which he just got
- custom screw guy can't make 6.5mm radius because the other part is too thin, so waterproofing conflicts with brass inserts for unlimited enclosure opening/closing, so we had to change brass inserts and mold and just got the new matching parts and are re-testing today
- overlay guy raised price on us after discussing all requirements and giving us samples :(
- mold guy's partners are 60+ and retiring, he got a loan from the bank and is going it alone moving millions of dollars of machinery to a city 3 hours away.
The schedule is really crazy busy, one day it's a visa trip to hong kong, one day an EMC trip 4 hours away, today's the mold factory trip to make the final plastic test (with polished mold) before we produce all the plastic parts.
The notification list is there for people who want to be notified of product launch. The blog is here to stay updated and follow the adventure.
Regarding the overlay it's not likely we'll launch the product without our logo on it, it would look too cheesy besides the silk screens for the design are already created.
In the future we may add a pouch of some sort with holes for the buttons. Not sure if that is anonymous enough for you.
You folks are doing a great job :-) I guess there are many of us who are super-keen to get our hands on your creation, and as we get closer the anticipation mounts and understandable for anticipation to turn to frustration from time to time, but I have no doubt as to your motivation or best efforts.
I can't wait for the day that you say 'we're ready to go', but in the mean time will continue to log in periodically and check your progress and marvel at the sheer commitment of time, energy and compromised lifestyle that you have put in to this.
Is it possible to get a dog sound and then a timer that gives me 5-10 sec to get down on all 4 in canine mode? that way would it be easy for my girl to let me know, she only press the button and I hear the sound, then I have 5-10 sec to get down before I`m schocked, and then it will repeat every 5-10 sec until I`m in position. I think this will the best and worst thing I`ve ever bought my girl, it`s great to give her control, but it`s still frigthening since I think it will give her so mutch control.
I really like this blog, I find it interesting to monitor the progress and I can`t wait for you to let us know when it`s done and what the price will be :)
We don't have the capability to reproduce audio within the device. It wouldn't be very useful, since the waterproofing rubber (water, dust and air tight) mutes all sound: even the 98 db buzzer is hard to hear in there. For the "warning" then a beep may be used (still impossible to hear in a noisy environment) or a vibration - but tell us early what you prefer because we're finalizing the software :)
How about the ability to define macros, i.e. a predetermined sequence of any of the punishments, rewards, modes (like dog mode) and beeps, separated by customizable time intervals, that would start at the press of one of the alpha or beta buttons?
This would resolve poster's request, which would be a macro like this:
Beep > wait 5 seconds > enter dog mode.
Or another, useful for calling the slave:
Press alpha button > beep > wait 10s > check if beta button has been pressed, ELSE zap level 1 > wait 5s > check if beta button has been pressed ELSE zap level 2
Or:
Press alpha button > beep > wait 5s > check if there's motion for 5s (i.e. the slave started to walk) OR button beta has been pressed ELSE zap level 1 > wait 5s > check if there's motion for 5s OR button beta has been pressed ELSE zap level 2 etc
This brings in mind the following mode: checking for motion/stillnes for a predetermined period of time (which can also be infinite, i.e. undetermined).
Of course, this would require a rather complicated UI or a "programming" language and a techy user, but these macros could then be shared via the website :)
Macros are very easy to implement with the DL2K-LINK, but, would they be very useful then?
As far as the program memory space on the receiver, it's so maxed out every time we add a line of code we have to optimize somewhere else or reimplement some lines in assembly to make everything fit. Further additions will involve getting rid of existing functionality...
What can be done with macros is certainly limited, and there isn't probably any existing feature that would worth removing to have them inside the receiver.
However, as long as the DL2K-LINK range can cover the perimeter of the user's house, this option would probably be worth exploring, maybe in a later software update.
Hello there! first of all i`m looking forward to see this product on the market!
I have a request about the USB remote device, is it possible to control the device via web interface if the usb is pluged in to the pc next to the trained male ? (for online remote control sort of)
do you have a idea on what it will cost by now?