RE: Re: OSD of CallerID info on a Tivo? (dummy's guide needed)

["Rob Mouser" <rmouser@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Mark

At the risk of sounding controversial I think many users of this group
(Well ok ME!) would benefit from some good old plain English
explanations of the xAP applications. As Tom says, we don't all talk or
understand 'code' or 'schema's'.
I realise that there is a life cycle to the development process and
perhaps at the moment xAP is not ready to become self installable 'self
extracting' 'full blown' application(s) as detailed in the design
objectives. If this is the case then some idea on the site of the
proposed timescales for this to happen or a 'Were at this stage' in the
process.

Just my 2p worth.

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: mark_harrison_uk2 [mailto:mph@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 26 August 2003 18:57
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: OSD of CallerID info on a Tivo? (dummy's guide
needed)

Ah, yes - the xAP website :-(

www.xapautomation.org is VERY overdue for an overhaul. There are now
about 100 xAP applications out there - the site lists only 33 of
them...

... likewise, there's a lot of "HowTo" documentation sitting,
well,
in our inboxes / hard disks / etc, that REALLY needs uploading.

/me calls for the site webmaster :-)

Regards,

Mark


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "e1230758" <tom@k...> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I am sure someone out there could explain how to do this in very
> simple layman's language. I have looked at the Xap sites and am
> totally baffled about what they are talking about! I am starting
>from
> the point of having no idea what a Schema is, what you do with it
or
> whether it goes on the PC, the Tivo or what.
>
> My Tivo has a Turbonet card and I can successfully use Tytools, so
> the Network bit works fine. I have used the really good guides on
the
> list before with out problems, but this time I am way over my head.
>
> My modem has CallerID which Works and I also have a modified BT50
> which gives the CallerId info at the Com port. So I would like to
use
> one of these to pick up the info, then forward it to the TIVO,
either
> directly or by using a program that recognises the number and
> substitutes it for a known name.
>
> I am running win98SE and have downloaded and installed the
> Microsoft .net Framework 1.1 as one of the site suggested. However,
> what next? I previously tried a programme called YAC that was
> recommended, but it does not work with WIN98 so that option was not
> available.
>
> In summary does anyone know of a dummy's introduction guide to
> getting my CallerID info onto the Tivo. appologies if this has
> already been covered but I did not find anything in simple enough
> language which I could follow.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help
>
> Tom



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