RE: xPLRSS - How To

["Neil Frost" <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Frank...


> Targetpath = c:\inetpub\wwwroot\home

>Is this  specific to your setup ???
Yes, this is the location on my server for my home webpages. My server
is where xPLRSS is run from and all of my xPL stuff.

> LinksURL =

Nothing here ??
No, not yet, still got to see what this does

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

>Title and description of what ????

Title of the "News" item e.g. You had a call
Description of the "News" item e.g. Caller 01234 567890 called at
19:37
01/01/05

HTH
Neil


----- 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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