Sep 27, 2011 Replace Empty Genre is required for the NETGEAR MP101, and possibly others. It replaces blank genres with 'Unknown'. The MP101 will otherwise refuse to play tracks with blank genres. Use Flat URLs is required for the SMC EZ Stream and the Terratec Noxon. These receivers cannot handle complex URLs (internal to the protocol) and this hack changes the URLs to simpler ones. Netgear has withdrew support for the out-of-life product and some awesome guys from the MP101 fan club have made their own firmware for Vista users. Here's how you could fix your MP101: Download the following folder (1.4.7 beta.rar) on an XP computer with the Netgear server software installed. Netgear's MP101 Digital Music Player is, I think, such a device. It's one of those gadgets that connects to a LAN so you can play music files and Internet radio on your stereo without running audio cables through the house or putting a computer in your lounge room. It's about 6.5 by 24 by 15.5cm in size (2.5 by 9.5 by 6.1 inches), so you should. Netgear Admin Info Log File Bruteforce PoC. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets. Apr 03, 2006 Netgear MP101 and pymediaserver So, the short answer is that this combination doesn’t work. Apart from the fact that the pymeds pymediaserver expects to only do video, the MP101 seems to be talking a different uPnP dialect. I’ve done some hacking to get it to the point where I crash the MP101, but I need to play more.
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to connect the Arduino to the Bescor MP-101.
Note: Please check for continuity with a multi-meter. The colors of the wires may be different.
update: 12-26-2013
Pinout of the DIN connector.
Pin 1 – Purple
Pin 2 – Green – Right
Pin 3 – Black – Up
Pin 4 – White – Vin
Pin 5 – Blue – Down
Pin 6 – Yellow – Left
Pin 7 – Red – Ground
Step 1: Prepare the Wires
There are several ways to connect the wires to the Arduino. I cut the controller and cut off the ends of the wires and solder jumpers to it. Note: It’s better to cover the exposed soldered connections to prevent the wires from touching.
Step 2: Connect the WiiChuck Adapter, Power and Ground Wires
The WiiChuck adapter makes it easy to connect the Nunchuck to the Arduino. Here’s the one I’m using.
Connect the white wire to vin and red wire to ground.
Netgear Mp101 Review
White – Vin
Red -Ground
Step 3: Connect the Blue, Black, Green, and Yellow Wires
Netgear Mp101 Hack Download
Note: The purple wire is not used.
Blue – Pin 9
Black -Pin 10
Green – Pin 3
Yellow – Pin 11
Bescor MP-101 Hack Part 2
Introduction
The Bescor MP-101 is a motorized tripod head that in its original form is controlled by a four-button switch connected by cable.It's a popular and well-built device that is crying out for wireless control.
If you buy the very expensive CamRanger (~350 USD) for wireless control of your camera, there is an (expensive) accessory available that allows you to also control the Bescor MP-101. Many people love the CamRanger, but I find the system unstable, and when it hangs the server needs to be restarted, which is pretty annoying when it's on a mast 12m up in the air.
An alternative (and better) solution for wirelessly controlling a camera is DDServer which is donationware and runs on the same hardware as the CamRanger (the TP-Link MR3040, which costs around 40 USD when bought without the CamRanger firmware installed). I also find the interface of DSLRDashboard much better than that on the CamRanger.
You need to be (or know) a little bit of a nerd to install the DDServer firmware on the TPlink MR3040, but you're getting a better product and saving 300 USD.
However, DSLRDashboard can't control the Bescor MP-101 head, which is crucial for the mast jobs that I do, which is why I was really happy when I found this simple solution to wirelessly controlling it.
Parts
IC 2262 / 2272 4-channel remote-control kit (~ 4 USD on ebay)7-pin DIN plug and wire (Or you can cut the plug off the wired remote)
The IC2262/2272 is a wonderful system comprising a key fob with 4 buttons, and a tiny circuit board with 7 pins - power and ground plus a pin for each of the buttons (plus a pin that goes high when any of the buttons is pressed). And it needs the same 5v supply that the Bescor head uses, so you don't need an extra battery.
Construction
Decide which buttons you want to control which movements (I chose A=Left, B=Right, C=Up, D=Down))Connect the corresponding pins to the 7-pin DIN plug.(Leave the VT pin on the board, and the speed pin on the DIN plug unconnected)
And that's it ! Couldn't be simpler.
But it can be more complicated, if you want, so I have actually put an arduino microprocessor between the 2272 and the head so that I can do more complicated things in the future (eg programmed panorama stitching).
But that's a story for another day (see below).
Another day :The range of these remote controls is normally around 100m, but I found that was reduced significantly when I had the Bescor motor switched on, presumably due to electromagnetic noise interfering with the radio signals. The device still worked, but at longer distances the motor ran intermittently when a button was held constantly.
For this reason, plus future features, I added an arduino microcontroller between the receiver and the Bescor head, whose job was to create a one second pulseeach time a short signal was detected, thus smoothing out the noise (at the expense of the loss of a few degrees of positioning precision).
The wiring is pretty simple : Pins A,B,C, and D on the receiver are connected to Arduino input pins 8,9,10, and 11. VT is connected to pin 12, while ground and 5v are common to the Bescor, the receiver and the Arduino. Output pins 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the Arduino are connected to the 7-pin DIN going to the Bescor.I also added an LED to pin 5, as a confirmation lamp.
Netgear Mp101 Hack
Here you can pick up the Arduino code
© Mark Harris 2016, but feel free to distribute without changes.