GBPVR LCD Plugin for LCDSmartie

[fooman1]

Hi n@boleo,

I have had on the to-do list for a while now the display of a character (eg a full bar) whenever a remote control key is pressed. When I implement that, it should not take long to extend it so that you can define a custom command for each keypress. However, this will not be something that I can get out in the near future, as I don't have so much time anymore, and is below a few other things in priority.

Your second question appears promising and if you can provide more information about irremote.ini and its use and how it interacts then I may be able to add the ability in a short amount of time. This is because it is possible to send a TCP command to the GB-PVR plug-in and have it return a string back. I simply need to add a case for the command to turn a backlight off, and it will return the string for LCDSmartie to do so.

[n@boleo]

irremote.ini is part of hauppauge standart installation : this is the config file (c:\windows\irremote.ini) witch allow to map actions for remote control button. It's quite simple to use, and you can define whatever you want for each key press. It could even be differrent depending windows focus program.

Let's look at this example

Code:

RADIO={home}{sleep(500)}{ctrl}{5}{sleep(500)}{enter}

Every time the button radion will be pressed, focused program will receive command exactly the same way i could do it by using keyboard : press home, wait half second, press control+5, wait half second again and press enter.
You can also launch/close programm using run{whatever} or close{whatever}

Code:

GRNPOWER={close(explorer.exe)}{run(H:\Progra~1\GB-PVR\GBPVR.exe)}

It's highly probable you can send parameters too within command line

Code:

GRNPOWER={run(shutdown -r -f -t 5)}

This would surely force your computer to restart within 5 second I can't test it right now as I'm not at home but I'm pretty sure

There is several section in irremote.ini depending the program you want to control.

So if you can create program able to "convert" parameter to TCP command it will be wonderfull.

Code:

GRNPOWER={{run(H:\Progra~1\GB-PVR\LCDPluginCommand2TCPPort.exe n)}

This way "n" will not be managed by LCD plugin and directly sent to LCDSmartie, i'll be able to turn on/off my LCD backlight just pressing my green button from my remote control

Here is the default irremote.ini

[turkey]

there is a hotkey plugin for lcdsmartie that simplifies the backlight control to a smartie solution rather than a gbpvr solution. Just assign one of the hotkeys to trigger a backlight toggle in the actions menu, and set irremote.ini to control that hotkey combination.

Much easier than a TCP.

[n@boleo]

Thanks for the tips, turkey ! It works fine
Here is the link

[fooman1]

[Re EPG data to grab program info]

I'll see if I can come up with some time over the next few days to implement this.

I took a look at this and to implement this will unfortunately be quite a hassle that takes more time than I have to spare. This will need to remain on the to-do list for a while longer.

Thanks for the tips, turkey ! It works fine
Here is the link

Good to hear. Thanks, turkey.

[n@boleo]

Fooman1, is your plugin .NET framework 2.0 compliant ? Because sub told here next release will go to 2.0, i've already set it up on my pvr. Each time i'm launching LCDsmartie i have a message about DLL that can't be loaded on both my LCD and screen. I've rolled all back, removing Framework 2.0 and all is ok again...
Just want to know...

[pBS]

Reven

i had a hack at the old lcd plugin a while back and was able to get this info displayed using the tv gbpvr events and then checking it against the EPG and the current time.

reven....any chance of getting that hack you mentioned? i just got a 2x24 for $6.95 with EL backlight transformer for $5.95 and was disappointed to see no program info,just file names....
just finished cramming my P4 into a Sony VCR and the panel makes it complete..
i got it showing a nice cpu graph with diskspace on bottom line and time on top with channel, but nada for title/descriptions..
i wouldn't mind the pause thing at all..!!
let me know if you still have it...
Pweese?

[fooman1]

Fooman1, is your plugin .NET framework 2.0 compliant ? Because sub told here next release will go to 2.0, i've already set it up on my pvr. Each time i'm launching LCDsmartie i have a message about DLL that can't be loaded on both my LCD and screen. I've rolled all back, removing Framework 2.0 and all is ok again...
Just want to know...

The plug-in is compiled in .NET 1.1. It should work if you have .NET 1.1, or .NET 1.1 AND 2.0 installed. If you only have .NET 2.0 installed then I have no idea if it will work or not -- probably not. I think it's only a matter of recompiling to make it work on .NET 2.0, however it's something I haven't done since GB-PVR does not yet use .NET 2.0.

If you uninstalled .NET 1.1 then that is probably why the DLL could not be loaded. Otherwise if you had .NET 1.1 still installed it should not have given you an error. Can you please give any further information?

[n@boleo]

The plug-in is compiled in .NET 1.1. It should work if you have .NET 1.1, or .NET 1.1 AND 2.0 installed. If you only have .NET 2.0 installed then I have no idea if it will work or not -- probably not. I think it's only a matter of recompiling to make it work on .NET 2.0, however it's something I haven't done since GB-PVR does not yet use .NET 2.0.

If you uninstalled .NET 1.1 then that is probably why the DLL could not be loaded. Otherwise if you had .NET 1.1 still installed it should not have given you an error. Can you please give any further information?

I had both 1.1 and 2.0 installed, errors occured... Without 1.1 i would not have been able to use GBPVR ... Removed 2.0 and everything is fine now. Did not try further but i can test again if needed.

[fooman1]

I had both 1.1 and 2.0 installed, errors occured... Without 1.1 i would not have been able to use GBPVR ... Removed 2.0 and everything is fine now. Did not try further but i can test again if needed.

That should definitely not be happening. I have .NET 1.1 and 2.0 installed on my machine and don't have any problems.

It's up to you whether you want to try .NET 2.0 again. I know it's a hassle and if it's not something you will be using for now then I understand if you don't want to reinstall it and potentially have to roll-back yet again. However, if you feel like trying, could you please post the logs (using the Debug log level under GB-PVR Config->Miscellaneous tab) when the error occurs.