[sCAPe]

hi all,

is there any chance of starting the xlink service from a python script?

reason is, because after starting the kai engine on the pc xbmc actually doesn't notice that the engine is already running, so there is no xlink kai icon in the lower right corner of the main menu in xbmc!
only option is to go to my programs, click on xlink kai, then answer the dialog with "yes" and there you go. xlink is working and you see all arenas.
second option is to restart xbmc after the restart of course the xlink icon appears in the lower right corner.

question is, is there any built-in command available to python to initialize the xlink service to get xbmc to detect that the kai engine on the pc is already running?

any help is appreciated. thanks.

scape

[thor918]

i can't see any api that would 100% help you on this.

alternatives:
you could bring the xlinkkai window up trough python.
using xbmc built in command activate window.

xbmc.activatewindow(xlinkkai)

[sCAPe]

thanks thor for your answer.
though this is not what i initially searched, but it helps a lot.

[sollie]

i dont understand your problem totaly, but maybe this helps:

xbmc kai remote

[thor918]

here is the link to what sollie posted.

http://www.xbmcscripts.com/index.p....20tools

looks likes it does the xbmc restart trick.

the ability to start / restart a session of xlink kai on your pc.
  note.: xbmc will be restarted in order for the xbmc side of the xlink kai tunnelling  
            protocol to connect to your pc.

[thor918]

- 11-06-2006 added: builtin command, xbmc.kaiconnection. change kai connection status (connect/disconnect).

[donno]

hope that works :d from what i heard it doesn't

sorry if it doesn't work, wasn't quite to sure exactly what i was doing when coding it :d