Re: My iOS Remote control app

[Kyle Gordon <kyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Looks good. I'm not an Apple device owner though, so I can't try it.
However, I have been tinkering with www.openremote.org recently. Looks
similar in some ways.

On 30 July 2012 12:03, David Claxton <dave.clax@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
> I remember trying a similar thing on some old tablets I had (Pencentra
> 130s) as they were too old/slow to do anything special themselves. Not
that
> this applies to the iPhone obviously.
> From my point of view, I always liked the idea as it makes the
controller
> very configurable. And, as the server is doing the donkey work, you
can
> have it running some very funky scripts.
>
> Is there a way for the app to display something the server returns?
Might
> also be a nice option to configure where it displays it (inside the
app,
> popup notification message, toolbar notification message). I don't
know
> whether it has to ask the server for something or whether it could
also
> poll the server to see if the server has something new for it to
display?
> These suggestions could be moving away from the remote control
> functionality though.
>
> Dave
>
>
> On 29 July 2012 07:42, Steven Goodwin <stevengoodwin@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> (Not really an advert imo, since it's free, so more of a random
>> announcement/rfc.)
>>
>> I had an idea about "solving" my problem with HA remotes
- that
>> problem being about the plethora of configurations and variations
that
>> each house & appliance (and therefore each app) would need.
So,
>> instead of writing an app which talked to one type of server, I
>> decided to let it communicate with a generic server, and let
_that_
>> server pass the call on to the appropriate service. The buttons
>> displayed, their icons, and positions are determined by a
config.xml
>> file, which is loaded when the app starts.
>>
>> Video of it in action:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIExoACrNY0&feature=relmfu
>>
>> Current download:
>>
>> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/universal-remote-control/id538062489?ls=1&mt=8
>>
>> Does anyone else think this approach is valid? Worth pursuing?
>>
>> If so, I'll add sliders, knobs, and other controls in later
versions.
>>
>> If not, it'll get ignored, and I'll move onto something else!
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any thoughts/ideas,
>>
>> Steev
>>
>>
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