Re: OSD ideas from Lehane

["g8kmh" <lehane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx, "Ian B" <ian.bird@t...> wrote:
>
> Hi Lehane
>
It would display osd.basic with the target either being the unit
(e.g. mmwave-enetdisp.hallway) or '*'. When using it as a display for
the switches/softkeys then it would be targetted directly - otherwise
the news, weather, etc.

The switches would send sensor.basic.

The whole lot tied together by xPLHal or an application.

Lehane


> > I hope to have an ethernet OSD in the New Year. I just got a
couple
> > of Modtronix modules to go with the Netiom and will be using them
> > with a 4x20 display and some switches.
>
> How do you propose to send 'stuff' to this device? Will it have
it's own
> schema (or whatever it is called in xPL land) and applications will
send out
> messages direct. Or will it eavesdrop on the network and somehow
make
> decisions as to what to display?
>
> I ask as I am thinking of a display I am building
displaying 'stuff' when it
> is not busy doing anything else.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ian