2009-05-05, 17:10
SScorpio, a well thought true, well formulated request could do wonders wrt extending the httpapi
andye26 Wrote:Just select you display under display settings plugin.
I think that allows lcd smartie to talk to your display via the drivers for your display.
I select Irtrans plugin and localhost and thats it.
When I installed Irtrans software for my display it asked me what type of display I had eg com parallel or usb.
Andy
DragonFly Wrote:SScorpio, what kind of LCD/VFD are you actually using?
The topic starter uses a Hiper VFD, which (I think) is a Futaba DM-140GINK, the same used in my SCALEO E. However this VFD is controlled through USB and LCDsmartie only supports Parallel or Serial interfaces as far as I can figure out............
indy5 Wrote:Under the display plugin, that currently reads "FutabaVFD_LCD.dll" does this have to match the actual windows driver that is install on my machine, or is this just a lcdsmartie dll file?
Swifty Wrote:Maybe we are looking at this the wrong way round for LCD/VFD under windows..
Instead of getting 3rd party applications and then hoping they have support for X,Y,Z display - Couldn't we create a fake MSAS and feed it XBMC info?
That way any LCD/VFD that supports windows media center (I'm guessing most peoples displays in their HTPC's case) would work with its native windows driver..
MSAS - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa468224.aspx
indy5 Wrote:At this point, and in relation to the original poster's question in this thread, should we be pursuing a different avenue? I think this is a great idea to try and make use of Windows' built in support for displaying information outlined above. If any of the devs out there believe this is doable, I will submit a ticket for a feature request.
SScorpio Wrote:I just updated the zip file with a new version, though the link is the same so you will always get the latest version by downloading from that link. The code is a little cleaner and there is a bug fix that corrects an issue that occurs when the playing video or audio file doesn't contain any information.
There is now also a xbmc.dll.config file. Currently only the server address and port values are used by the program. So you can now change what port your XBMC webserver is running on without needing to do a custom compile.
My future plans are to have the other items in the config file control what is being displayed just like the existing lcd.xml file that is included with XBMC.
styx06 Wrote:Hi SScorpio...sounds like you developed exactly what I was looking for. One problem though: when adding the plugin to LCD Smartie and then enabling it via the text lines, LCD Smartie hangs completely (can only ctrl+alt+del out of it).
I am using LCD Smartie version 5.4 and did change the config file to the correct IP. Any thoughts?