Re: xPLRSS - How To

["Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Neil

Thanks for doing this , just a couple of questions


> Targetpath = c:\inetpub\wwwroot\home

Is this  specific to your setup ???


> LinksURL =

Nothing here ??


> Feedtitle = Put some sort of title
>
> Feeddesc = Put a description

Title and description of what ????

Thanks
Frank


----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Frost" <neil@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 3:43 AM
Subject: [ukha_xpl] xPLRSS - How To


>
> This is how I set up the xPLRSS application.
>
>
>
> I downloaded the following apps from
>
>
>
> http://www.chickfamily.net/xPL/default.htm
>
>
>
> xPLRSS and xPL-PCOSD.
>
>
>
> As xPLRSS picks up OSD messages and creates the xml file I wanted to
see
> what messages were being displayed and compare them with the xml file
> created as I do not have another xPL enabled OSD device I used
> xPL-PCOSD.
>
>
>
> Both are applications as opposed to services so use xpl.ocx (I think).
>
>
>
> After starting the xPLRSS app, I configured it in xPLHAL Manager.
(PETEC
> RSS "instance")
>
> I changed the following:
>
>
>
> Targetfile = xPLRSS.xml
>
> Targetpath = c:\inetpub\wwwroot\home
>
> LinksMode = Auto
>
> LinksURL =
>
> Feedtitle = Put some sort of title
>
> Feeddesc = Put a description
>
>
>
> I then ran the xPL-PCOSD app, left it as default apart from the
instance
> name.
>
>
>
> I then created a script to display an OSD message, I used the
following
> for the script.
>
>
>
> Sub TestOSD()
>
> mymsg="command=clear" & chr(10) & "Text=Hi
There"
>
> call
xpl.sendmsg("","","OSD.BASIC",mymsg)
>
> End Sub
>
>
>
> I then created an event in xPLHAL Manager so that I could manually
> trigger the script (I set it up as recurring event and just right
> clicked and selected "Execute Now")
>
>
>
> I now have an xml file called xPLRSS.xml in my www folder for my home
> website that picks up every OSD message. It also seems to create the
> html files for the link.
>
>
>
> Now I have the weather script working, I've set a determinator action
> which looks for the change in the observed time and, along with
> recording the information in xQL, sends an OSD message with the
> temperature and the windchill which in turn adds an entry in
xPLRSS.xml.
>
>
>
> An example of the xml file is:
>
>
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding ="ISO-8859-1"?>
>
> <rss version="0.91">
>
> <channel>
>
> <title>Frostie's xPL RSS Feed</title>
>
> <description>RSS Feed of xPL Messages</description>
>
> <item>
>
> <title>Current Temperature is 5C </title>
>
> <description>Windchill Temperature is 1C</description>
>
> <link>400.htm</link>
>
> </item>
>
> </channel>
>
> </rss>
>
>
>
> It appears that the first line of an OSD message is treated as the
title
> and following is treated as the description, I shall reformat it for
1st
> line = "Current Weather Conditions" and the 2nd line for the
info. I
> need some further playing to see if a 3rd line stays as the
description.
>
>
>
> I have noticed, and this may be a feature, that the file clears down
> every so often, thus I suppose giving up to date "news".
>
>
>
> I should imagine there may be some mileage in a separate schema for
RSS
> feeds as opposed to piggy backing the OSD messages... any thoughts?
>
>
>
> Neil
>
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