Friday, June 28, 2013

Hybrid and Emails

Hybrid: I've received prototypes of components to test, but will need to test this Monday. Then I will have a better idea of what is left to do, and we can start to use it.
 
Emails: I couldn't complete all my emails but will be up to date by the end of Monday. It has been a crazy busy week but should be back to normal towards end of next week. Please don't re-send emails.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Hybrid V3

All coding is just about complete. Today the programmers are meeting to connect each part and test the wireless. This will reveal what, if anything, is missing. Loose ends will be tied up. Then towards the end of the week or mid next week, I may be doing testing on the live wheel. From that point, it would likely be ready for use although we can expect some minor tweaks will be needed.

Monday, June 17, 2013

Hybrid V3

By Wednesday, all major coding is expected to be complete. The programmers have each just about done all parts, and are now testing with dummy timings to test all the sending and processing of data is complete. Once they're confident everything is running smoothly for them, they'll send me everything for testing. This is when I'll be testing against real live spins with the actual equipment.
 
I expect there will be issues I'll find that they didn't see, then I'll just explain what needs to be corrected. Of course its possible that they wont miss much if not anything at all, but its unlikely with a project of this size.
 
So basically we're about to move into the final testing phase.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Hybrid V3 Update

The mobile phone coding is almost complete. All that's left to do is:
 
1. Some integration with the central computer, just so each part knows what to do with the transmitted data.
 
2. The last bit of the mobile phone coding which allows for virtually any number of receiver phones. You could have 10 bettors at the table, not that it would be needed though.
 
You can use this Hybrid version alone, because you don't even need to look at the wheel to get a prediction. All the timings are automatically established. But typically you will have 2 operators – one wearing the hidden camera, and both players with hidden phones that tell both of you where to bet. You will both usually receive different numbers to bet on so you can place more bets in less time.

A few players recently asked me about the wireless and how secure it is.
 
The only other wireless computers that give you multiple different numbers are the Lite and Uber computers. This capability is critical if you want to cover all the numbers you need. Some of you are aware of another wireless computer from another vendor, but it uses a simplistic bluetooth muse with:
 
1. Emission a constant radio signal that is easily detected
 
2. Sound is badly distorted if you move
 
3. Range is very short (1-2m)
 
4. Simply repeats the sound heard by the computer wearer, which defeats much of the purpose of using a second player
 
The problems with this are it is easily detected, lacks functionality to cover more numbers in less time, gives poor quality sound, and is generally a cheap shortcut for what the wireless should do.
 
You cannot connect a $50 bluetooth muse (wireless headset) to any of my computers – it is very different technology. All wireless technology I produce uses short bursts of radio signals that to a proper scanner appears as random radio chatter. The frequency changes, and is an encrypted digital signal. So there is no quality loss, 50m range, intercepting it is virtually impossible, and location tracking is impossible because the signal is never the same.
 
The Hybrid wireless is exactly the same. The original person who designed our wireless once worked for Australian Police to develop wireless surveillance equipment. In high roller rooms, it is more important to use proper covert wireless, in addition to behave like you're not using any roulette computer or visual ballistic technique.
 
Developing proper algorithms to account for all major variables that determine winning number is one thing. But getting away with the winnings is another, and we can't take shortcuts on this. If we were prepared to use a basic bluetooth muse of phone headset, we would have been finished the Hybrid V3 a long time ago.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

JAA Update Complete

A few updates to JAA are complete and will be installed on the server shortly. The main one is importing spins from the mobile phone. So if you use the mobile phone to collect data, you can import the text file with all data. Simply load the spin profile you want to save the spins in, then follow the prompts to import. There were also a few enhancements to speed up auto analysis.
 
Next will likely be the integration between server and mobile phone, which will make application of JAA even easier. You simply use the hidden phone to import spin data, and it tells you where to bet automatically without even needing to save data, write something down etc. The only thing that would make it easier from there is automated data entry like using image recognition cameras like the hybrid, but that's excessive.