RE: RE: (ukha_d) Meteor

[justin@xxxxxxx]

Quoting "BUTLER, Tony, FM" <roaming@xxxxxxx>:

> > weren't you working on something to pass messages over LAN to
> > your Tivo? (maybe 
> 
> Well, ish - I was hoping to discover someone had already done the hard
work
> and I could just bring it all together :-)
> Am not a *nix person so can't write tivo listener, but PC/windoze side
of
> thing wouldn't be a problem
> Of course, need the listener to be of any use :-(
> 
> > Anyway, that's what I am doing with a little app I wrote 
> > which works by passing 
> > a string to it on the command line. This means I can have 
> 
> Nice one!  Will have a look at it.
> Have been given a bit of VB telnet code already by someone which I
have yet
> to have time to look at.  Works most of the time AIUI. 
Would like it to
> work 100% of time for SWMBO friendliness....
> TBH, would prefer _not_ using a telnet solution as seems a bit clunky
to
> me.

I agree. I'm not a programmer by trade and that was the only (easyish) way
I 
could see of doing what I wanted.

> Prefer the listener idea but have no suitable skillz - this may also
have
> meant that an xAP plugin could whizz the CLID info to other
display
> devices....

I found this earlier http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?
s=&threadid=71542
If it is just a case of opening a socket and sending a string to the client
then I guess it shouldn't be too difficult to write a server application
for 
it.

> > HomeSeer send all 
> > sorts of messages to my Tivo. e.g. If I have been out, I can 
> > get HS to display 
> > a screen of missed calls by pressing a button on my Pronto. 
> > The main reason for 
> > writing it though was to have caller id displayed (Meteor ->
> > HSP -> HS -> 
> > Myapp -> Tivo) and it works well.
> 
> But u need a modem too for this to work right?

ATM, yes.

> Would you like to share that nifty bit of code too, or is it all in
the
> tivoOSD zip file already??

TBH, I would be too embarrassed to let anyone see the code.

> > A few people have been in touch wanting to try it out but as 
> > yet I've had no 
> > feedback, which may mean it's perfect, or on the other hand, 
> > such a POS that they won't talk to me :-)
> 
> Nah, probably just works so well they're speechless :-)
> 

You're too kind :-)

Justin.

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