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I recently bought a doublesight 9inch usb touchscreen monitor. After messing with it for a bit I realized how incredible it is. It works with usb so you can have xbmc on main monitor(tv) and control it and anything else with this monitor. The program I am working on is very much like irule except for pc. The entire GUI is built from xml files. That means you can completely change every aspect of the program! add more buttons, web pages, controls ect...
As of now It is itach compatible so you can control anything using itach ir transmitters!
Control any other program running on the same pc.
launch any other program.
unique way of incorperating other programs into it by means of transparent parts.
currently mine is in the kitchen and I can control my entire entertainment system plus itunes and xbmc. when not using it it works just like a digital photo frame.
If anyone has one of these monitors and is interested in test please let me know. I will post some pics of the program tomorrow.
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I use a touchscreen on my htpc... I would like to try your app.
I'm not an expert but I play one at work.
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Again everything is built in real time from xml files much like XBMC. Using a USB touchscreen monitor will allow you to control XBMC and any other program from the touchscreen. It also can controll and send ir commands to an itach transmitter! I use this to control my entertainment center from the touchscreen.
My goal is to get json working and be able to have it control xbmc just like the iphone app from collect3. that app is amazing.
Also considering a net app that will allow you to send commands to other pcs on your network so you can control several pcs from one little touchscreen.
My entire house has been using xbmc from day one. I still have 4 xboxs lol and now they all have acer aspires and a couple custom build media players now for the highdef movies. It is xbmc that inspired me to make this program fully customizable. Theres no program that just works like xbmc.
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Looking into a way of hosting the download.
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Just got json to work on latest version. At this time it will only allow sending commands through tcp. Just need you Xbmc Ip address and what json you want to send. Any button can have these set up as the sender so you can control Xbmc from anywhere on your network. So you can control as many xbmc installs on your network all at once from the same app.
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2011-10-25, 04:18
(This post was last modified: 2011-10-25, 04:20 by jimk72.)
Im working on getting a website set up to help with the skinning and for downloads. The way its set up once someone creates all the images and buttons it can be used in any other setup as a panel. I have finished the tcp work to allow you to use json through tcp to control xbmc. Its still only one way but am working on being able to show thumbs ect.. you can always use the webbrowser on a panel and use the latest webserver from xbmc to view all the movies ect..
I have the itach part working perfect so if you have any itach equipment it will allow you to fully control the ir output so you can control any equipment through IR.
Im also still looking into a new weather site to update local weather inside the app.
Im trying to get as much finalized in the xml part as possible to prevent incompatable updates as far as skins go so bear with me.
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Looks very promising.
I have a usb touchscreen that I would like to test on.
and showing a second menu that slides out. All panels slide in and out and you can add as many as u want with as many buttons as u want.
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