Changes at the museum being integrated in. Somehow the dropbox did not update correctly. Added the play() back into the Toshiba_SD590EKE code.

dawn/Synchronizer_Philips_DVP3142_12/Synchronizer_Philips_DVP3142_12.pde

@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ void setup() {
     Serial.print(secs % 60);
     Serial.println("");
 
-  // The DVD player starts playing automatically, so we should pause it
-  send_pause();
-  waitsec(2);
   secs=playtime;
 
 }
@@ -64,6 +61,9 @@ void setup() {
 /********************************************************************/
 void loop() {
   Serial.println("Sync");
+  send_pause();
+  waitsec(2);
+
   send_previous();
   //waitsec(2);      
   // Don't send play because previous automatically starts it
@@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ void loop() {
     delay(1000);
   }
 
-  send_pause();
-  waitsec(2);
-
 }
 
 /**************************************************************/

dawn/Synchronizer_Toshiba_SD1091EKE/Synchronizer_Toshiba_SD1091EKE.pde

@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ void setup() {
     Serial.print(secs % 60);
     Serial.println("");
 
-  // The DVD player starts playing automatically, so we should pause it
-  send_pause();
-  waitsec(3);
   secs=playtime;
 
 }
@@ -62,6 +59,10 @@ void setup() {
 /********************************************************************/
 void loop() {
   Serial.println("Sync");
+  // The DVD player starts playing automatically, so we should pause it
+  send_pause();
+  waitsec(2);
+
   send_previous();
   // on this model, previous immediately starts playing
 
@@ -88,9 +89,6 @@ void loop() {
     delay(1000);
   }
 
-  send_pause();
-  waitsec(1);
-
 }
 
 /**************************************************************/

dawn/Synchronizer_Toshiba_SD590EKE/Synchronizer_Toshiba_SD590EKE.pde

@@ -56,10 +56,13 @@ void setup() {
 /********************************************************************/
 void loop() {
   Serial.println("Sync");
-  send_previous();
-  waitsec(2);      
+  send_pause();
+  waitsec(2);
 
-  send_play();  
+  send_previous();
+  //waitsec(2);      
+
+  send_play();  // this should not be necessary, but just in case
   for(int t = 0; t < playtime; t++) {
     // This will not give us perfect 1 second timing
     //   but it is good enough for most video applications
@@ -83,8 +86,6 @@ void loop() {
     delay(1000);
   }
 
-  send_pause();
-  waitsec(1);
 
 }