Software Systems / Sierra Madre has extensive experience with serial control of Sony, Ampex, and Hitachi broadcast VTR's.  

WSONY II
WSONY II is a simple Windows utility for controlling Sony RS-422 Protocol VTR's

WSONY II (Copyright © by Software Systems / Sierra Madre) is provided at no charge. You're free to give copies to others, but we ask that you not post it on a BBS, or Web Site.

WSONY II is 16-bit Windows application. It is compatible with Windows 3.1, Windows 95/98 and Windows NT.

To install WSONY II on your system, download and run WSNYINST.EXE.

wsnyinst.exe Version 3.08 (172,895 bytes)

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LSONY
LSONY is a simple Linux utility for controlling Sony RS-422 Protocol VTR's

LSONY (Copyright © by Software Systems / Sierra Madre) is provided at no charge. You're free to give copies to others, but we ask that you not post it on a BBS, or Web Site.

LSONY has been tested with Ubuntu Linux x86 release. LSONY requires that the gtk+ shared libraries be installed on your system.

To install LSONY on your x86 Linux system:

• Download lsony115.tar.gz to a temporary directory.
• Un-compress. This will produce two files: lsony and README.
• Follow the instructions in the README file to complete the installation.

lsony115.tar.gz Version 1.15 (21,507 bytes)

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