Insignia Infocast 8" Touchscreen $99

[damage]

the 8" is back down to $79 and the 3.5" is $49, in store only.

 

[jrobinsonii]

the 8" is back down to $79 and the 3.5" is $49, in store only.

FYI, Ordered an 8" on BestBuy.com, shipped to store for for $79 plus tax.

 

[hobbes487]

@damage,

I tried out your chumby app, but I can't get it to do anything other than have it sit on the black screen where it says configuring. I have put in the address of my configuration file: http://10.0.1.4:8081/chumby/chumby.xml I know this is right because I can access it from other machines on my network. You also mentioned needing a crossdomain.xml file. What is this and what do I do with it?

Thanks for the app and any help.

 

[damage]

this should help you out http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/142/tn_14213.html http://forum.chumby.com/viewtopic.php?pid=11020#p11020

 

[hobbes487]

Thanks. I have put a crossdomain.xml file in the root of my server: http://10.0.1.4:8081/crossdomain.xml:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM "http://www.macromedia.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd">

<cross-domain-policy>
  <allow-access-from domain="*" />
</cross-domain-policy>

Still the same results with that. I also tried to put it in the same directory as the configuration xml with the same results. Is that what the crossdomain.xml should look like?

for referrence, how long can i expect to see the configuring screen before it loads?

 

[damage]

Thanks. I have put a crossdomain.xml file in the root of my server: http://10.0.1.4:8081/crossdomain.xml:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM "http://www.macromedia.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd">

<cross-domain-policy>
  <allow-access-from domain="*" />
</cross-domain-policy>

Still the same results with that. I also tried to put it in the same directory as the configuration xml with the same results. Is that what the crossdomain.xml should look like?

for referrence, how long can i expect to see the configuring screen before it loads?

your crossdomain.xml file looks fine to me. it shouldn't take more than a second or two. depends on how large the xml file is. have you tried using my sample xml file on your server? it could be there's something wrong w/ the syntax/structure of your xml file. the app was slapped together so it has no error checking.

 

[hobbes487]

Yes, I am using the sample xml file. Does the address of the file need to be externally accessible? Maybe using a non standard port is a problem?

 

[damage]

i uploaded a new version to print out the URL next to the configuring message so you can see if it got the correct URL. one thing i forgot to ask, is the crossdomain.xml file in the root directory of your webserver? also, if you go back to the chumby site, manage the channel & customize panel builder again, put http://www.doghouselabs.com/chumby.xml which is the default address and see if the test panel comes up. it should since the app preview on chumby.com shows the test panel.

 

[hobbes487]

So it looks like the problem was was my webserver. I am using a pretty non-standard one that is embedded in another HA app. I installed XAMMP and hosted the config file there and it works. Thanks again for the app and all the help.

 

[damage]

glad you got it working.

 

[damage]

something new i'm playing with http://goo.gl/cNhqv

 

[hobbes487]

I had an idea for your Panel Builder app. Add the ability to put set a button's action to be a different configuration xml file. Then when the button is pressed it would render that screen. This way you could have multiple screens with more control and navigate between them easily.

 

[damage]

I had an idea for your Panel Builder app. Add the ability to put set a button's action to be a different configuration xml file. Then when the button is pressed it would render that screen. This way you could have multiple screens with more control and navigate between them easily.

i actually have this working in a private app but haven't had the chance to migrate it. at the bottom is the thumbnail from my private chumby app for a lighting panel i'm debugging. the picture's really small but that's all i have access to here @ work. the app has a row of buttons at the bottom that select a different room via loading a different xml file (it actually just passes a different request string to a php script and the script generates the xml file on the fly - so it's really just 1 php script that creates multiple xml files). the problem is the infocast cpu is slow parsing the xml, it takes a couple seconds for the new screen to show up (similar to what happens when panel builder starts up). i spent several hours trying to optimize the parsing & the xml file structure but it's not much better so it's on the backburner for now.

 

[damage]

optimized the XML parsing a little better, but there's still a lag between screens: http://goo.gl/yfi3n
unfortunately, i don't think it's going to get much better. added support for a new button type called "menu":

    <button type="menu">
      <btncolor>0x555555</btncolor> 
      <btnborder>0xffffff</btnborder> 
      <labelsize>17</labelsize> 
      <btnwidth>60</btnwidth> 
      <btnheight>30</btnheight> 
      <btnx>250</btnx> 
      <btny>35</btny> 
      <label>NewXML</label> 
      <labelx>125</labelx> 
      <labely>30</labely> 
      <labeloffsetx>0</labeloffsetx>
      <labeloffsety>0</labeloffsety>
      <action>http://192.168.1.2/test2.xml</action> 
    </button>

action specified is the URL to the new XML file & screen. no limit on the number of menu buttons you can have.

 

[hobbes487]

Awesome! Thanks, I'll test it out.