Re: What bedside clock for a HA-er?

[Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 7 Nov 2006, at 17:13, Paul Gordon wrote:

> Hi John,
> I'd thought of that already, since I have a "spare" SLIMP3
floating=20=20
> around somewhere, however, I discounted it because despite its=20=20
> undoubted versatility as a display device, the user interface
for=20=20
> using as an alarm clock isn't going to be very good...
> How will I set the alarm to wake me up at 7AM for example?
> How can I press "snooze" to get an extra 10 minutes?
> I can imagine the only answer to either of these being via the
web=20=20
> interface to slimserver, or using the slim remote.. - neither of=20=20
> which comes anywhere near close to being as user-friendly as an=20=20
> Argos =A39.99 bedside clock...
> That's the sort of thing I'm after though, - so if there was a=20=20
> squeezebox with 3 or 4 hard buttons on it, which could be user-=20
> assigned, and labeled on the display (like the 2 soft keys on a=20=20
> mobile phone for example), and if there was a built-in function
in=20=20
> slimserver for configuring these buttons & the display into
an=20=20
> alarm clock, then that would be almost perfect!

Didn't the original slimp3 have a few spare GPIOs?

Jim

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