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The metal detector at the train station in China did not detect the DL2000 with the metallic electrodes installed - but the one at the Chinese embassy in Hong Kong did! DL2000 was in the pocket, fortunately :)
Next metal detector we find we'll try to go through with and without the electrodes.
Whatever we do over here is no guarantee that metal detectors in the west won't catch the product. Your mileage may vary. This is an electronic product with metallic parts and as a theoretical default metal detectors should detect it.
If in practice you can sometimes get away with it then great - and if we can make sometimes into most times by reducing electrode dimensions then even better. But if not, there's not much to be disappointed about - electronic components are indeed metallic or they wouldn't work. Plus the backscatter machines they're using nowadays to take your naked pictures would reveal the device anyway - and that is true of the plastic CB devices alone as well.
We'll keep reporting whenever we acquire new data.
As you know our previous manufacturer cheated us and charged us for a mold which he didn't actually create; he messed up the colors, the font, the holes, everything. So we went nuts and emailed hundreds of vendors with an insanely detailed description of what we need and point by point critique of the previous vendor's results.
By doing this we finally found a serious vendor who can invest in our relationship and not complain about our quantities too much - he seems competent, and speaks English fluently. So we're expecting a lot. He is sending us samples tomorrow (a black out prevented them from working for the past couple of days).
In Hong Kong again to renew the visa. It's been a rough 6 months. Avoiding China rants has required a bit of self discipline because, well, there's something to rant about multiple times a day and that wouldn't be very interesting for our users.
However some write us saying they really enjoy reading about the everyday reality of living in China getting a product done so... supposing this could be mildly exotic to some (like some National Geographic documentary featuring arctic explorers showing off their freeze burns and how they use snow to make their Frappuccinos), we too will pose as the stoics and rant a bit about six months of inconveniences (to use a euphemism)...
We've spent 180 days amidst:
- power outages (new overlays are a few days late because sometimes even the factories go offline due to lack of electricity)
- water supply interruptions (allegedly scheduled to get the swimming pool clean ...
Gooooooood moorniiiiiing internet! And welcome to the latest DL2000 update! As you probably know, if you're among the thousands now following the latest trends in Male Management technology on these pages, yesterday was the Big Day for the DreamLover team at the EMC testing lab! You've got the video - but now you want the full report in all its gory detail? Read on...
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The current boot sequence, including firmware download and learn mode.
Learn mode is used to instruct the receiver to listen to commands from certain transmitters only. For instance, learn mode can be used to instruct the DL2000 receiver to listen to commands from two different remote controls. DL2K-LINK units also have a unique ID.
No action is required to enter normal mode: normal device operation starts automatically within a few seconds.
Wednesday is the real deal! The place is far away so we'll have to spend a night at a nearby hotel to be at the lab by 9am on this critical day. We'll pack bags full of components so that we can make circuit modifications on the fly, if it's necessary in order to pass the different tests the DL2000 will undergo. We previously went through some brief pre-testing (as documented in the video) so we're 99% sure we'll pass - however if we don't we'll be set back by a few grands and potentially a few weeks as we produce new PCBs and what not. So, we're still keeping our fingers crossed, especially since the bus we have to take is number 666!
We're glad to announce that even first world metal detectors (Seoul, Korea) did NOT pick up the receiver.
This time the receiver went through the "door" type metal detector without metallic electrodes. Hand scanners were not used.
Metallic electrodes were NOT attached to the device for this test (though the metallic PCB, cables and ring terminals were included). The reason for this is that we wanted to first ascertain whether the main components will set off the detectors.
The electrodes are the bulkiest metallic part, but if they are problematic they are entirely replaceable. Next time we will mount the electrodes too and try again.
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