misterbassman Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Hi everyone, I have recently developed a new web application called AVTools, it contains a collection of useful tools and calculators relevant to theatre technicians. The application can be found at av-tools.co.uk. Calculators:Delay CalculatorWavelength CalculatorSPL calculatorImpedance Calculators: series, parallel and 100v (impedance to watts)Aspect RatioProjection distanceDMX address - binary (Dip switches)Beam width calculatorPower calculatorVoltage Drop The application is designed for use on android and iphones primarily, but it will also run in desktop and other phone browsers.It supports offline usage on Android 2.0+ and iphone devices, ideal for those venues with no signal. Feel free to suggest other tools you would like to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3guk Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Nice, like it a lot, will have to try it on my iphone !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomG Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Nice, very easy to use on the iPhone, one bug I have found is when you input into a form and press "go" instead of "done", it just takes you back to the home page instead of say pressing the calculate button. That fault was found on the DMX addressing tool, if you press "done" on the keypad then "calculate" it works fine. Great start, bookmarked on my home screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterbassman Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 Hi Tom, Thanks for pointing that out I have just uploaded a new version which fixes this bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revbobuk Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I'm only using the website - but an indication of the units would be nice. For example - the delay calculator. Does 'Imperial' being 'off' mean that you input distances in meters, in kilometers, or millimeters? And with 'Imperial' on is that feet, yards or furlongs? The SPL calculator is better. I realise it's optimised for a phone, but it looks pretty sparse in a browser. And it's a little odd the way that the buttons 'zig-zag' as the screen width drops, instead of shrinking in width - which they could, as there isn't much text on them. But with a few tweaks, could be really useful. Keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterbassman Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 Thanks for the comments. I have added an m/f to the distance label, hope that is now clear. I have also tweaked the button widths so they shouldn't "zig-zag" any longer. Keep the comments coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterbassman Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share Posted February 25, 2011 Hey everyone, I have just released the latest version of AV Tools as an android application, its available free from the android market here: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.embu.avtools I have added a tone gen and a pin-outs section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy jim Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Fantastic app, I can see already that it's going to be very useful!Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Robinson Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Seems a pretty good app from the little bit I played with it last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterbassman Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 Thanks for the comments guys. I have just uploaded version 1.0.2 which adds:dBu / dBV to voltage converter, option to use AWG in the voltage drop calculator (enabled in settings),some reworked code to increase performance and reduce size. If any one has any more suggestions for tools let me know. Also it has been suggested I should add a few more connectors to the pin-outs section, any one got any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peza2010 Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 I have Been trying it out on my iPhone, and it's a good app. One question though, when going back from say lighting to home there seems to be almost like a White flash (I think it is the page reloading) or is it a bug? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterbassman Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 The website version uses a mobile JavaScript library for the user interface, this library is in its infancy and is not 100% slick at the moment. I hope that the remaining final minor glitches will be fixed soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveb117 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Hi, I could be wrong here but in your Cat5 section you list straight cat5 config in straight pairs? I make a lot of Cat5 and always thought the standard UTP pin layout was 1 - orange/white2 - orange3 - green/white4 - blue5 - blue/white6 - green7 - brown/white8 - brown. Just my thoughts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterbassman Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 It looks like my rj45 straight pin-out was indeed incorrect. There are 2 ways to wire an rj45 plug 568A and 568B. The website quoted below suggests a standard cable is wired 568B to 568B however it can also be wired 568A to 568A. I will make the relevant changes to my app and website shortly. Information from: http://www.alatec.com/info/other.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boac Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Nice app so far. Just one thing I noticed: Socapex pinout male: the diagram is badly numbered, ie working around the connector goes 1,2,4,5,8,6,7,8,9,10...this is the same on the web app. I also think it would be nice to have a graphical representation of the DMX dip switches. Good work though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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