Re: xPL-Pic-tvosd Update

[Frank Mc Alinden]

Hi John

> > 2: When a device has been configured should it reply to a
"Config.list"
> > request ?? or only "Config.current".......
>
> It should reply to config.list and config.current.

I thought a config.list was only applicable to unconfigured devices ?? Does
that mean then that some of the "options" in config.current are
NOT
configurable ????.......

> Are you saying the config.list message is lost because the
config.current
comes along too >quickly after the config.list and overwrites it?

Hold off on this one i found a bug in my program regarding the
config.list....

> OK, in xPL Manager, open up one of your scripts - anyone will do -
e.g.
> xplhal_shared.xpl

Thanks for that will try it as soon as im back on track ..just have to
reshuffle my code as im crossing page boundries again..... ;-((....

Frank

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Subject: Re: [ukha_xpl] xPL-Pic-tvosd Update


> Hi Frank,
>
> > Nice work on the xPL Telephone stuff Tony ;-))
>
> Yep, looking good.
>
> > Well have spent the christmas break working on the xpl tvosd and
im now
> > able to reconfigure the instance as per the xpl
specs...;-))...Still to
> > incorporate the updating of the heartbeat interval...Its been
frustating
at
> > times ,(bugs,bugs, and more bugs, plus memory page
overlapping)...but
its
> > been bloody addictive......
> >
> > Couple of Questions/Issues
> >
> > 1: When i try to configure my tvosd which is awaiting
configuration xpl
> > manager brings up an error when i click on the awaiting
device..........
> > "xpl hal server returned unexpected rsponse.please ensure
blah
blah....error
> > 417 no such device ?????????
> > I can manually do initial config (send xpl message ) and after
that i
can
> > then use xpl manager to reconfigure ???
> > All seems well after the unconfigured devices fall off the
list....
>
> I think I've seen this before - I'll try and reproduce it here.
>
> > It also appears that if a device doesnt get configurated straight
away
then
> > you get multiple of the same device awaiting reconfiguration(due
to
multiple
> > hbearts being received ?) ???? I assume this is normal as they
drop off
(no
> > response from the awaiting device) ??
>
> You shouldn't see more than one instance of the device with the same
name
in the "awaiting configuration" section.
> Again I'll try and replicate this over the weekend.
>
> > 2: When a device has been configured should it reply to a
"Config.list"
> > request ?? or only "Config.current".......
>
> It should reply to config.list and config.current.
>
> > Looking at the log my tvosd doesnt get a chance to reply to a
"Config.List"
> > request as it receives a "Config.Current"straight on
top of the
> > "Config.list"request
>
> Are you saying the config.list message is lost because the
config.current
comes along too quickly after the config.list and overwrites it?
>
> > Have the same issue when i reconfigure...i set the heartbeat flag
so it
will
> > send a hbeat straight away but the message is not get logged
although
> > xplmanager sends out a config.current request..I have put a 3
second
delay
> > on the hbeat after reconfiguration ...
> >
> > 3: Can someone write me a script that every x minutes sends out a
OSD.BASIC
> > message just for testing...............
>
> OK, in xPL Manager, open up one of your scripts - anyone will do -
e.g.
> xplhal_shared.xpl
>
> Paste the following code:
>
> Sub SendTestOSDMsg()
> call
xpl.SendMsg("","*","osd.basic","command=clear"
&amp; vbLf &amp; "text=Hello
world")
> End Sub
>
> The "*" is the target - you can enter your full device name
(vendor-device.instance) to target the message at your device if you wish.
> The boddy will be
> osd.basic
> {
> command=clear
> text=Hello world
> }
> (you can edit the call xpl.sendmsg line to adapt the message if you
wish)
>
> Once you've pasted the code, click File menu -> Save and Reload.
> When you get a message saying scripts reloaded successfully, click OK,
then close the script editor.
>
> Now you need to tell xPL Manager to run the script every few minutes:
> In xPLHal Manager, right-click on the Events node in the left-hand
tree
and select New Event.
>
> When the wizard appears, click Next.
> Select Recurring Event and click Next.
> In the Subroutine dropdown list, select the SendTestOSDMsg routine
that
you just added and click Next.
> For start time, select 00:01 and click Next.
> For end time, select 23:59, and in the "Interval" box, enter
the number of
minutes between messages, e.g. entering 5 will mean you get a test message
every 5 minutes - you can't have anything less than 1 minute.
> Click Next.
> Leave the Randomisation as 0, and click Next.
> For the days on which to execute, click Select All, then click Next.
> Give the event a name like Test OSD messages, and click Next.
> Finally, click Finish.
>
> xPLHal will now send out your test messages at the interval you
specified.
>
> HTH,
>
> John
>
>
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