Re: Electronic Wizards

["Frank Mc Alinden" <frankmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Guys

Heres a link to steve Coopers xPL-VFD ........
http://www.gadgetshed.co.uk/gallery/vfd

> It uses the formatting codes used by Noritake VFD devices to break the
> text
> out onto lines. It has a couple of bugs which I need to get time to
work
> out
> (sorry Frank!) but basically does the trick.

;-).....Ian  any chance of having a look at the app some time in the near
furture...??

Thanks
Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 4:28 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Electronic Wizards


>
> Righty..
>
> I wrote a wee gateway which accepts xPL OSD messages (used for general
> display purposes) and pushes them out of the serial port.
> It uses the formatting codes used by Noritake VFD devices to break the
> text
> out onto lines. It has a couple of bugs which I need to get time to
work
> out
> (sorry Frank!) but basically does the trick.
>
> The serial port I use isn't an *actual* serial port, it's a Lantronix
> MSS100
> virtual port, which is connected to a set of Noritake VFD displays (at
the
> moment, three, but I have used up to five in the past).
>
> My xPLHal server has a few different determinators (simple "if
this
> happens,
> do this" type rules) set up to capture information from the xPL
network
> (current track playing on the house audio, via a winamp plugin, caller
ID,
> state changes (so, when the nighttime macro fires, it sends a
message).
>
> There's plenty of howto info on the project Wiki:
>
> http://wiki.xplproject.org.uk
>
> Ian.
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Chris Miles
> Sent: 20 September 2006 17:45
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Electronic Wizards
>
>
>
> Could you give a little more information regarding this please?
>
> Chris
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ian Lowe
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 1:12 AM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Electronic Wizards
>
> I do this to VFD displays, using an MSS100 to drive them (I just run
the
> RS232 TX wire to a bus block, then out over CAT5, rather than proper
> serial
> to each display).
>
> displays useful stuff from xPLHal server - current track playing,
caller
> ID,
> that sort of thing.
>
> Ian.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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