Re: OT: Device control and status display using Pocket IE

["Jon Payne" <jgpayne@xxxxxxx>]

Can you use java? A little Java applet sat on the web page could do this
easily - you just talk sockets back to the server. The applet could be as
simple as just displaying whatever text is sent to it.

jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ward, David" <David.Ward@xxxxxxx>
To: "Ukha_D (E-mail)" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 2:41 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] OT: Device control and status display using Pocket IE


> This is OT for my application, but it's certainly applicable to HA.
>
> I'd like to put together a 'remote control'  for a piece of PC
controlled
> test gear.
> The plan is to use a standard Pocket PC e.g. iPaq to control our
custom
> application using the iPaq's wireless link and Pocket IE.
>
> The system software is prolly to be written in VB for speed,  we will
serve
> web pages directly from the VB app (This bit works as a demo at the
mo.)
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> My problem is implementing a 'real time' status display via simple
HTTP or
> Java script,  update at say once per second.
> We need to be able to display some very simple parameters, status,
> temperature etc.  as a dynamic display that updates in the browser
window.
> I'd like to keep flicker/refresh to a minimum so I don't really want
to
> update the whole page.
> My first thoughts are to update a 'status' frame, or to use Java
script to
> fetch values from the web sever by intercepting requests for specific
> pages/CGI.
>
> Anyone got any thoughts or preferably and code examples so that I can
show
a
> proof of concept to the guy's that will eventually implement this?
>
> Thanks for your time
>
> Dave Ward
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