C: All hooked up . C: Okay , so
C: now we are here at the functional design meeting .
C: Um hopefully this meeting I'll be doing a little bit less talking than I did last time
C: 'cause this is when you get to show us what you've been doing individually .
C: The agenda for the meeting , I put it in the sh shared documents folder .
C: I don't know if that meant that you could see it or not .
D: C: Did anyone ?
D: No .
A: Mm .
C: No .
C: Oh well .
C: Um I'll try and do that for the next meeting as well
C: so if you check in there , there's a shared project documents folder . Um and it should be in there .
D: Mm .
D: Um um wi on on a what ?
D: Oh project project documents , yeah , yeah , yeah , okay .
C: Project documents , yeah .
C: So I'll put it in there .
D: Oh okay , yeah .
C: Is it best if I send you an email maybe , to let you know it's there ?
D: Yes , I think so .
C: Yep .
C: I'll do that next time .
C: Um I'll act as secretary for this meeting
C: and just take minutes as we go through ,
C: and then I'll send them to you after the meeting .
C: The main the main focus of this meeting is your presentations that you've been preparing during the time ,
C: so we'll go through each of you one by one .
C: Um then we need to briefly discuss the new project requirements that were sent to us .
C: I just sent
D: Yeah ,
D: the last minute , yeah ,
C: at the last minute ,
D: yeah .
C: I'm sorry about that ,
C: but we can see how that affects what you were you were doing .
D: Yeah .
C: Um and
C: then we need to , by the end of the meeting come to some kind of decision on who our target group's going to be
C: and what the functions of the remote control C: that's the
C: the main goal is to come up with those two things , target group and functions of the remote control .
C: And we've got forty minutes to do that in .
C: So
C: I would say A: You said uh targ target groups ,
C: yeah ?
A: what does that mean ?
D: Um C: As uh who it is that we're going to be trying to sell this thing to ,
A: Uh okay , 'kay .
C: yeah .
A: So are C: So we need to C: yeah , we need to have a fairly defined group that that we want to focus on
A: Okay .
C: and then look at the functions um of the dem remote control itself .
C: So with that I think it's best if I hand over to you .
C: Does anyone have a preference for going first ?
A: Alright .
A: I can go first ,
C: You wanna go first ?
D: Okay . Hmm .
A: yeah .
C: Okay ,
C: so we need to unplug my laptop
C: and plug in yours .
A: C: I assume we just pull it out ?
D: Mm .
A: A: Right . Um A: so f from the C: Just before you start , to make it easier , would you three mind emailing me your presentations ? Once we C: you don't have to do it now but when once you go back ,
D: Okay , yeah , afterwards , yeah , okay .
A: Right sure .
C: just so that I don't have to scribble everything down .
A: Uh okay . A: So n uh with uh with regard to the uh working design of this uh uh remote control uh I've identified um a few basic uh components of the remote
A: and uh se uh from the design , functional design perspective um w I c we can now uh know wha what exactly the components are
A: and how how they work together with each other .
A:  So  A: this is the method that uh I'll mostly be following in my um in my uh role .
A: Um the identification of the components ,
A: uh and uh since since I'm dealing only with the technical aspects , I would need feedback from the marketing person uh and uh from the user interface person .
C: Hmm .
A: Uh we'll then integrate this into the product design at a technical level
A: and uh basically update and come up with a new design ,
A: so it's a cyclical process .
A: Okay , so A: these were the basic findings from today .
A: The last three bullets have been integrated from uh the last minute uh email .
A: Uh I just quickly jotted them down .
A: Um so
A: basically uh the A: as I told you the identification of how the remote control works and what are the various parts to it uh and what are the different processes um and how the parts uh communicate with each other .
A: Um okay ,
A: so e the mee email said that teletext is now outdated ,
A: so we need to do away with that functionality of the remote control .
A: Um
A: also uh the remote control should be used only for television ,
A: because incorporating other features um makes it more comp complex .
A: And the reason why teletext is outdated because uh of internet and uh the availability of internet over television .
A: How however , our our remote control would only be dealing uh with the the use for television , in order to keep things simple .
A: Um A: also the management wants that um our design should be unique
A: uh it A: so it should incorporate um colour and the slogan uh that our company um has it as its standard .
A: Okay , so he he here is a functional overview of the remote control .
A: Um A: there's basically an energy source at the heart uh which feeds into the chip and the user interface .
A: The user interf interface communicates with the chip ,
A: so I'll basic go over to the A: Okay .
A: So A: if uh if this is our energy source and this is a cell , uh it communicates uh it feeds energy into the into the chip , which basically finds out h uh how how to do everything .
A: There is a user interface here .
A: So whe when the user presses a button , it feeds into the chip
A: and the chip then generates a response
A: and takes the response to an infrared terminal ,
A: um which then A: so the output of the chip is an infrared bit code ,
A: which is then communicated to the remote site ,
A: which h has an infrared receiver .
A: Um the there can be uh a bulb here or something to indicate whether the remote is on or communicating .
A: Um
A: so these are the essent
A: so a all the functionality of the remote control ,
A: whatever new functions that we need to do , um make the chip more complicated uh and bigger , basically .
C: Mm-hmm .
A: Okay .
A: Um so A: i in my personal preferences um I'm hoping that we can ke keep the design as simple and clear as possible .
A: This would uh help us uh to upgrade our technology at a future point of time .
A: And uh also if we can incorporate uh the latest features in our chip design , so that our um uh remote control does not become outdated soon and it's compatible with mot most uh televisions .
A: That's about it . D: Thanks .
A: So anything that you would like to know or  C: Okay .
C: Do you have any um i idea about costs at this point ?
A: No , I don't have any idea about what each component costs .
C: Br
A: Um yeah .
C: Okay .
C: 'Cause that's something to consider , I guess ,
C: if we're if we're using more advanced technology , it might increase the price .
A: Yeah .
A: Certainly , yeah .
A: So so tha
A: yeah , A: we definitely need to operate within our constraints ,
C: Yeah .
A: but um unfortunately I I do not have any data ,
A: so uh I just identified the functional components for that .
C: That's fine .
C: Are there any more questions ,
C: or shall we just skip straight to the next one
C: and then we can discuss all of them together at the end ?
D: I think we need like some general discussion at the end probably .
C: Yeah , I think that will do .
A: Yeah , okay .
D: Yeah .
C: Okay , so do you want to D: Yeah ,
D: I think since since we were discussing some um design issues then I I I would like to continue C: Yes ,
C: shall shall we pull this up ?
D: okay , yeah .
C: I think that has to come out of there .
A: Yeah .
A: Mm 'kay .
C: Yeah .
D: Thanks .
C: Yeah , I thought those last minute things , they're gonna hit you the worst . D: Oh i
D: D: Okay , I hope
D: wait .
D: Should it just A: I it'll take some time .
C: It ta takes a little D: There's just nothing .
C: Oh , and have you C: you need to then also press on yours , function F_ eight ,
D: Oh right , right , right , um C: so the blue function key at the bottom and F_ eight .
D: Okay .
D: Nothin
D: okay , something is coming up .
A: Oh , there it is , yeah .
C: Now it's coming ,
A: It'll come up ,
A: it C: computer no signal .
A: um uh no signal .
D: No signal ?
D: Why ?
C: Maybe again ?
A: Yeah yeah , it says something now ,
D: Oh . My my computer went blank now .
A: adjusting C: Okay , adjusting .
D: Adjusting .
D: But I don't see anything
C: There we go , there we go .
A: Okay .
D: I don't see anything on my computer now .
D: This is the problem , but A: Oh , that's strange .
C: Oh , if you press if you press function and that again
C: there's there's usually three modes , one where it's only here , one where it's only there , and one where it's both .
A: Okay .
D: Um .
A: And one more time .
C: Okay , so one more time .
D: Uh now it's D: okay .
D: No ? No .
C: Should A: Mm .
C: yeah just wait for a moment ,
C: adjusting .
D: Oh okay .
C: Okay .
D: Okay , that's fine , that's good .
D: Okay , let's start from the beginning .
D: So I'm going to speak about technical functions design
D: uh just like some some first issues that came up .
D: Um 'kay ,