Insignia Infocast 8" Touchscreen $99
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damage
Senior Member
i've updated panel builder with a couple new features. you can add the time & date to your panels. i've also added the ability to automatically display messages (such as caller id info) they'll show up as a button overlaid on the screen. you can click it to dismiss it or it'll disappear in 15 seconds. demo video http://goo.gl/NgUuS you can use these features by adding them to your XML files. update sample files are available here http://goo.gl/4JK78 the infocasts should automatically grab this new update.
pete_c
Guru
Thanks Damage for the suggestion of DCM and will try the updates.
I've been playing with the screen; little bit by little bit. I am not an artist and am really bad with colors.
IE: made two cables up today with CAT5; kind of custom and the most time consuming piece was getting the colors right - still used a multimeter and alligator clips to test...
Appears to be some anarchy going on at the chumby dot come site over ads appearing on the Chumby today.
I've been playing with the screen; little bit by little bit. I am not an artist and am really bad with colors.
IE: made two cables up today with CAT5; kind of custom and the most time consuming piece was getting the colors right - still used a multimeter and alligator clips to test...
Appears to be some anarchy going on at the chumby dot come site over ads appearing on the Chumby today.
damage
Senior Member
from what i see, ship to store doesn't work. i tried for several stores & it says unavailable. someone said the main warehouse is out and the only stock is in store - the online availability may or may not be accurate.
pete_c
Guru
On my last visit (last week) to BB before the "sale" was announced they had both opened and unopened 8" Infocast's on the shelf for $79.
I had to do a kind of "search" on various shelves with a sales person. The computer showed XX Infocasts in stock in the store. I did find them though in three different sections of the store and not really where they were "supposed" to be; hence about 45 minutes of searching.
I had to do a kind of "search" on various shelves with a sales person. The computer showed XX Infocasts in stock in the store. I did find them though in three different sections of the store and not really where they were "supposed" to be; hence about 45 minutes of searching.
damage -
I noticed on your latest example xml for the Panel Builder you have a few status indicators. How do these get updated? The app doesn't refresh the screen unless you use a menu and navigate to a new screen, right? Also, how does the osd get displayed? Does the app query the osd action periodically?
I noticed on your latest example xml for the Panel Builder you have a few status indicators. How do these get updated? The app doesn't refresh the screen unless you use a menu and navigate to a new screen, right? Also, how does the osd get displayed? Does the app query the osd action periodically?
damage
Senior Member
the status indicator has been in the xml file since version 1. it's been a placeholder for when i figure out how to do periodic screen updates. i figured it out in 1.3 with the OSD feature. to get OSD working you provide a URL in the XML file and the app polls that every second, popping up the message whenever it changes. i am rolling status updates into the OSD feature, so you'll need to have this 2nd URL provide the updates. the reason for that is the original xml file that provides the button & screen layout can be rather large depending on your screen & the infocast bogs down parsing it. and parsing it every second would leave the cpu pegged all the time. by moving it to a much smaller status file, it works A LOT better. this change will change some fields in the status portion of xml file. i am testing this now and will be releasing it soon.
pete_c
Guru
I tested the update last night. I like it and I like the add of a clock.
I changed all of the file names such that they all begin with chumby this and that.
I am hand editing the XML file and I apologize for asking a dumb question but what is it you are using to edit the XML file Damage?
I tried a couple of Windows XML editors and they error out at the "=" piece of the XML. Emacs?
I changed all of the file names such that they all begin with chumby this and that.
I am hand editing the XML file and I apologize for asking a dumb question but what is it you are using to edit the XML file Damage?
I tried a couple of Windows XML editors and they error out at the "=" piece of the XML. Emacs?
pete_c
Guru
Going really slow with this.
I am testing xpl_hub and the java version of xpl_hub. For whatever reason early on I couldn't get the "all in one" xpl_hub to run. Now I can get both of these to run just fine.
I still cannot see the hub running on my network though with the java DCM viewer running on an XP machine; or am I not supposed to see it?
Damage, looking initially for having the Infocast do some very simple "stuff", baby steps would be the best term; as I am very much of a newbee with xpl. (look at my progress so far - none that I can tell).
A nice test would be to configure a Dockstar with a 1-wire setup broadcasting a couple of temps and see the status (temps or whatever) on my Infocast.
I am testing xpl_hub and the java version of xpl_hub. For whatever reason early on I couldn't get the "all in one" xpl_hub to run. Now I can get both of these to run just fine.
I still cannot see the hub running on my network though with the java DCM viewer running on an XP machine; or am I not supposed to see it?
Damage, looking initially for having the Infocast do some very simple "stuff", baby steps would be the best term; as I am very much of a newbee with xpl. (look at my progress so far - none that I can tell).
A nice test would be to configure a Dockstar with a 1-wire setup broadcasting a couple of temps and see the status (temps or whatever) on my Infocast.
damage
Senior Member
the hubs don't show up on loggers, unlike their xAP counterparts. they are invisible for the most part.
this morning i took the xpllib source here http://goo.gl/dMSk5 and compiled them on the infocast. i tested the xpl hub, sender and logger and they work fine. i think you already have the gcc toolchain installed on the infocast, so you can give this a try. i went into the example directory & did make. you can then run the logger on the infocast & if it's receiving messages then your hub install is fine. you should at least be able to see the heartbeat messages from dcm on the infocast.
this morning i took the xpllib source here http://goo.gl/dMSk5 and compiled them on the infocast. i tested the xpl hub, sender and logger and they work fine. i think you already have the gcc toolchain installed on the infocast, so you can give this a try. i went into the example directory & did make. you can then run the logger on the infocast & if it's receiving messages then your hub install is fine. you should at least be able to see the heartbeat messages from dcm on the infocast.
